Over 27 years have passed since this recipe was first published. It is a traditional dish that you can enjoy by yourself or with your company.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 day |
| Total Time: | 1 day 1 hr 40 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 9×13-inch casserole |
Ingredients
- ½ loaf dry French bread, broken into pieces
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 8 ounces shredded Swiss cheese
- 4 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 (1/4 inch thick) ham slice, coarsely chopped
- 1 ¾ cups milk
- 9 eggs
- 4 green onions, minced
- ¼ cup sherry
- 1 ½ tablespoons Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¾ cup sour cream
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Arrange bread pieces in the prepared baking dish; drizzle with melted butter. Top with Swiss cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, and ham.
- Whisk milk, eggs, green onions, sherry, mustard, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl until foamy; pour over bread mixture. Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil and refrigerate for 24 hours.
- Remove dish from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Bake strata in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove aluminum foil and top with sour cream and Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, until a knife inserted in the strata comes out clean, about 10 more minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 324 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 16 g |
| Cholesterol | 188 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Saturated Fat | 12 g |
| Sodium | 494 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This was a big hit for a birthday brunch. Followed the recipe and would make no changes.
Great recipe, the family loved it especially my grandson son who will not eat eggs. He said it was the best eggs he ever had. I did make a mistake I bought Mozzarella cheese by mistake instead of swiss cheese. tried it will swiss but we like it better with mozzerlla, Will continue with my error.
I halved the recipe and baked it in a 9 inch square pan. I goofed while following the recipe and stirred the sour cream into the eggs and milk. It turned out okay but will try it again and follow the recipe exactly.
We have made this very tasty dish twice now and it is a crowd pleaser. The only critics were the kids….but the adults gave this dish rave reviews! Didn’t change a thing-it’s perfect as written.
This was so easy and delicious I will definitely be making it again. Forgot to buy green onions so just sauteed some white onion I had on hand. I also seasoned it up a bit with a little Herbs de Provence because something about this screams French to me. Bon Apetit 🙂
We loved this recipe & I plan to take it to a brunch tomorrow, with no changes.
1.1.16 wine/sherry definitely is way in the background, but the cheese is upfront & center! Love breakfast/brunch dishes like this that can be prepared the day before, and this is a very different one. It was moist, cheesy, and just delicious. Took the recipe author’s suggestion and enjoyed it with a Mimosa for New Year’s Day brunch. Thanks for sharing, kayhayes26, we really liked this!
Big hit with my Sunday School class. I think I omitted the ham because I forgot to buy it. Making it again this week for quarterly breakfast.
Perfect for a Ladies Brunch