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Breakfast Casserole: Sausage & Red Pepper Strata

Source: Gooseberry Patch Breakfast & Brunch Recipes Cookbook

So easy and very tasty. Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • ½ lb. ground breakfast sausage (turkey or pork)
  • 1/4 c. chopped onion
  • ½ t. dried oregano
  • Pinch of fennel
  • ¼ t. red pepper flakes
  • 4 slices French bread, cubed
  • ½ red pepper, diced
  • ½ t. dried parsley
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 c. low-fat evaporated milk
  • 1 t. Dijon mustard
  • ¼ t. pepper
  • ½ c. shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Instructions

Brown sausage in a skillet with onion, oregano, fennel and red pepper flakes. When cooked through, remove with a spatula onto a plate lined with paper towel to absorb the grease. Set aside or refrigerate until ready to assemble.

Arrange bread cubes in the bottom of a greased 8x8-inch baking pan. Top with sausage mixture, red pepper and parsley.

Whisk together eggs, milk, mustard and pepper; pour evenly over sausage mixture. Cover tightly with foil and refrigerate overnight.

Bake, covered, at 350 degrees for 55 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with cheese and bake for an additional 5 minutes, until cheese is melted.

NOTE: This can be prepped the day before or morning of (brown sausage, cut up bread and dice peppers). Then assemble the night before you are serving.