Lisa's Breakfast Strata

Total Time: 55 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb sweet italian turkey sausage (or breakfast sausage)
• 2 medium onions, chopped (2 cups)
• 6 cups whole wheat bread cubes (about 7 slices, crusts removed)
• 12 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded (or pepper jack cheese, or sharp cheddar cheese)
• 8 large eggs
• 3 cups milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 cup chives, chopped

Recipe

• 1 coat a 9-by-13-inch baking dish (or similar shallow 3-quart baking dish) with cooking spray.
• 2 cook sausage until browned; cut into ½" slices and continue cooking till done. drain on paper towel-lined plate.
• 3 sauté onion in skillet. set aside.
• 4 spread cubed bread in the prepared baking dish.
• 5 scatter the sausage and onion evenly over the bread.
• 6 sprinkle with cheese.
• 7 whisk eggs, milk, sour cream, and dijon mustard in a large bowl until smooth; season with black pepper, salt, if desired, and onion powder. carefully pour over contents in baking pan.
• 8 cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
• 9 next morning, preheat oven to 350°f remove strata from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
• 10 sprinkle top of strata with chopped chives.
• 11 bake the strata, uncovered, until puffed, lightly browned and set in the center, about 55-60 minutes.
• 12 let rest for about 5 minutes before serving (strata will set-up a bit and continue cooking slightly while it rests).