Christmas Morning Strata
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Today, we are finishing the week with a yummy Christmas morning strata. If you haven’t had a strata before, you must try this. A strata is similar to a quiche or fritatta and is usually made with bread, eggs, and cheese. With this strata, you use english muffins for the bread.
The great thing about a strata is you make ahead of time. So it works great for Christmas morning. You have to give the bread time to soak up all of the egg mixture. There is no meat in this dish. The vegetables used in it are a great flavor combo. The green broccoli and red roasted peppers add flavor, plus give this Christmas strata a nice festive look too! The combination of cheddar and Monterrey jack cheeses is also a welcomed addition.
Here is what you need to make the
Christmas Morning Strata
- OLIVE OIL
- 6 GREEN ONIONS
- BROCCOLI FLORETS (I USED FROZEN BROCCOLI AND THAWED IT)
- GARLIC
- ROASTED RED PEPPERS
- 5 ENGLISH MUFFINS
- CHEDDAR AND MONTERREY JACK CHEESE BLEND
- EGGS
- WHOLE MILK
- HONEY DIJON MUSTARD
- SALT AND PEPPER
Christmas Morning Strata
Real Mom Kitchen
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 6 green onions chopped
- 2 cups chopped broccoli florets I used frozen broccoli and thawed it
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ cup roasted red peppers diced
- 5 English muffins split, toasted until golden and quartered
- 2 ½ cups shredded Cheddar and Monterrey Jack blend
- 8 eggs
- 2 ½ cups whole milk
- 2 Tbsp honey Dijon mustard
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large skillet over medium heat, cook oil, green onion, garlic, and broccoli. Cook, stirring often, until all vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
- Add red peppers to the veggies and stir to combine.
- Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Arrange toasted English muffin pieces on bottom of dish with the cut sides up.
- Spoon the reserved vegetable mixture over English muffins, and sprinkle with 2 cups cheese.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, mustard. Season with salt and pepper and pour egg mixture evenly over mixture in baking dish.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Before baking, let strata stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking.
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- Remove plastic wrap from baking dish and cover with foil. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil, sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese; bake until golden and just set in center, 20 to 30 minutes longer.
- Let stand on a wire rack for 10 minutes before serving. Serves 8.
Recipe adapted from All You Magazine.
This is the original photo from this post when it was first published in December 2011.
