Farm Breakfast Strata

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb bacon (cut into 1/2 inch pieces)
• 1/2 lb cooked ham (cut into cubes or diced)
• 1 small onion (chopped)
• 10 -12 slices bread (recipe originally said cubed but i left them whole)
• 2 cups cubed potatoes (i used ore-ida western style or can use o'brien)
• 3 cups shredded cheese
• 10 large eggs
• 3 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 the night before:.
• 2 in large skillet, cook bacon until crisp.
• 3 drain off excess bacon fat, but keep a little in skillet in order to cook onion.
• 4 add onion, ham and chopped bacon to skillet and cook until onion is tender and transparent.
• 5 butter a large baking dish - i used a glass lasagna dish.
• 6 layer the bread to cover bottom of dish - will use probably 5-6 slices or half the amount of bread cubed.
• 7 add half of potatoes and cheese.
• 8 top with bacon, onion and ham mixture.
• 9 add remaining pieces of bread, potatoes and cheese.
• 10 in large bowl, beat eggs, milk, worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt and pepper.
• 11 pour this mixture evenly over the ingredients in baking dish.
• 12 cover and chill overnight in the refrigerator.
• 13 the next morning:.
• 14 remove strata from the refrigerator and bring to room temp (about 30 minutes prior to baking).
• 15 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 16 bake uncovered for 1 hour or when knife is inserted near center and comes out clean.