Fantastic crowd pleasing brunch dish we have made for everything from Christmas morning to Mother’s Day brunch with mimosas.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Total Time: 1 day 1 hr 40 mins
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- ½ loaf dry French bread, broken into pieces
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 8 ounces shredded Swiss cheese
- 4 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 (1/4 inch thick) ham slice, coarsely chopped
- 1 ¾ cups milk
- 9 eggs
- 4 green onions, minced
- ¼ cup sherry
- 1 ½ tablespoons Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¾ cup sour cream
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Steps
- Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Arrange bread pieces in the prepared baking dish; drizzle with melted butter. Top with Swiss cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, and ham.
- Whisk milk, eggs, green onions, sherry, mustard, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl until foamy; pour over bread mixture. Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil and refrigerate for 24 hours.
- Remove dish from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Bake strata in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove aluminum foil and top with sour cream and Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, until a knife inserted in the strata comes out clean, about 10 more minutes.
