Breakfast Strata
Breakfast Strata is an easy egg, ham and cheese breakfast casserole topped with bacon! Perfect for holiday mornings or a weekend brunch. Easy to prep in the evening and bake in the morning.
Breakfast Strata
Breakfast casseroles are the perfect dish to serve your family on Christmas morning and we often enjoy them on Sunday mornings. This hearty breakfast is full of flavor with smoked ham and lots of cheese.
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What is Strata?
Strata is a layered casserole often served for brunch. The main ingredients are usually bread, eggs and cheese. Meats and vegetables are often added as well for different flavor combinations. It is similar to quiche or a frittata.
How to Make Breakfast Strata:
- Spread softened butter onto one side of each slice of bread.
- Cut bread into quarters and place half of bread quarters, butter side down, in a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish.
- Sprinkle shredded cheese over bread.
- Top with diced ham in an even layer.
- Add second layer of bread to fill pan.
- Top with remaining cheese.
- Mix eggs, milk and cream together in a bowl.
- Add Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, paprika, salt, pepper, onion powder and dry mustard.
- Whisk all together until well combined.
- Pour over casserole evenly.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 6- 8 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- Remove plastic wrap and sprinkle cooked and crumbled bacon over casserole.
- Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until casserole is set.
- Allow to cool 10 minutes before serving.
- Garnish with sliced green onion tops and fresh parsley if desired.
Delicious Breakfast & Brunch Dishes to Serve with Breakfast Strata:
- Easy Belgian Waffles are a weekend favorite at our house. Fluffy waffles topped with maple syrup and fresh berries are always a welcome addition to breakfast or brunch.
- Sausage and Spinach Quiche is one of my favorites. Crispy breakfast sausage, spinach and smoked cheese baked with eggs in a flaky pie crust.
- Chocolate Gravy is a real southern treat and if you haven’t ever tried it, you are missing out. It’s a favorite from my childhood and I love carrying on the tradition of making it for my family.
- We always like to have a couple of brunch cocktails like these Pomegranate Mimosas, Pineapple Mimosa or these Virgin Peach & Raspberry Bellinis for the kids.
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Breakfast Strata
Ingredients
- 10 slices stale bread I used brioche
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 3 cups shredded smoked gouda cheese
- 2 cups diced smoked ham
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 8 slices cooked and crumbled bacon
- tops of 2 green onions for garnish
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Butter one side of each slice of bread.
- Cut each slice into quarters and place half of bread, butter side down, in a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish.
- Top with half of cheddar and smoked gouda cheese.
- Sprinkle diced ham in an even layer over cheese.
- Add second layer of bread to fill pan, butter side down.
- Top with remaining cheese.
- In a bowl, combine eggs, milk and cream.
- Whisk in Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, paprika, salt, pepper, onion powder and dry mustard.
- Pour egg mixture over casserole evenly.
- Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate 6- 8 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- Remove plastic wrap and sprinkle cooked and crumbled bacon over casserole.
- Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until casserole is set.
- Allow to cool 10 minutes before serving.
- Garnish with sliced green onion tops and fresh parsley if desired.
Egg, Ham and cheese with tomato, becan …. oh that’s an amazing combination. Those exact notes and directions which you have mentioned in this recipe are very useful. Thanks for sharing this with us.
The Breakfast Strata recipe does not include the number of eggs.
Ditto. Is there an update to include eggs???
Yes 8 eggs! Thanks for letting me know, I’ve updated the recipe card.
~ Milisa
It looks like from the photo there are 8 eggs. Guess that’s what was used!
Hi Trish,
Good call! It is 8 eggs, can’t believe I missed that. I have it updated now.
~ Milisa
The instructions say to add the dry mustard and onion powder but they are not listed in the ingredients. How much of each?
Planning to make this tomorrow but don’t see the measurements for dry mustard and onion powder. Help!
Hi Sheri,
I got that updated in the recipe card. It’s 1 teaspoon dry mustard and 1/2 teaspoon onion powder. I hope you enjoy it!
~ Mlisa