Skillet Strata With Asparagus And Boursin

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb asparagus (tough ends snapped off, spears cut diagonally into 1-inch pieces)
• 6 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• ground black pepper
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 small onion, minced
• table salt
• 4 slices hearty bread, cut into 1-inch squares
• 3/4 cup boursin cheese, crumbled

Recipe

• 1 adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 toss asparagus with 2 tablespoons water in microwave-safe bowl.
• 3 cover with plastic wrap and microwave on high power until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. drain.
• 4 whisk eggs, milk, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper together in large bowl.
• 5 melt butter in large nonstick ovensafe skillet over medium-high heat.
• 6 when butter foams, swirl to coat skillet and add onion and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• 7 cook until onion is soft, about 3 minutes.
• 8 toast the bread so that it better absorbs the egg mixture and also deepens the bread’s flavor.
• 9 add bread and cook, stirring frequently, until bread and onion are lightly browned, about 3 minutes. be careful not to brown the onions too quickly--they will continue to brown as they cook with the bread.
• 10 off heat, stir in asparagus and egg mixture until well incorporated.
• 11 scatter cheese on top and bake until top is puffed and edges have pulled away from sides of pan, 15 to 20 minutes.
• 12 serve.