Artichoke And Ham Strata Recipes

Steps:

• Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Whisk the half-and-half, Parmesan and eggs, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and a few grinds of pepper together in a large bowl.
• Layer half of the bread cubes in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with 1 1/2 cups of the Swiss cheese, followed by the cooked mushrooms and the ham. Cover with the remaining bread cubes and pour the half-and-half mixture evenly over top. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. (This can also be assembled the day of; just let soak at room temperature 30 minutes to 1 hour before baking.)
• On the day of baking, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Let the strata sit at room temperature while the oven preheats. Remove the plastic and sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup Swiss cheese. Bake until slightly puffed and just no longer jiggly in the center, 40 to 50 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Arrange six slices of bread in the bottom of a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with ham and cheese. Cover with remaining bread. , In a bowl, beat eggs, milk, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt, pepper and cayenne. Stir in onion and green pepper; pour over all. Cover and refrigerate overnight. , Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Pour butter over bread; sprinkle with cornflakes. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Arrange muffin pieces, crust sides down, in an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray; drizzle with butter.
• Arrange ham and next 4 ingredients (ham through garlic) over muffin pieces.
• Combine nutmeg and remaining ingredients in a bowl; stir well with a whisk. Pour over muffin mixture. Cover; chill 8 hours or overnight.
• Bake in oven preheated to 375 for 50-55 minutes, or until set. Let it rest for 10 minutes and serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together milk and oil.
• Add bread cubes and let sit for 10 to 15 minutes, until bread has absorbed most or all of the liquid.
• In another bowl, whisk together heavy cream, eggs, salt and pepper.
• Add the gorgonzola.
• In a single layer, place half of the soaked bred cubes into baking pan.
• Top with half of the ham, half of the artichoke hearts and half of the Jack and parmesan cheeses.
• Repeat the layering.
• Pour the cream and egg mixture over the layers.
• Lightly sprinkle the top of the casserole with grated parmesan cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour or until set.

Steps:

• Drain artichoke hearts.
• Combine soup,onion,sherry and garlic salt.
• Mix well.
• In a 3 quart casserole dish put artichoke and ham,pour soup mixture over top,then add cheese over top of the soup mixture.
• cover and bake for 25-30 minutes in a preheated 375 degree oven.
• One variation of this recipe that i leave out is to add 8 quatered hard boiled eggs to the pan before the soup mixture is poured on.
• I am not a big hard boiled egg fan so I omit it.
• She sometimes added chow mein noodles to the top 5 minutes before taking out of the oven.
• When it is finished cooking i always take fresh ground pepper and sprinkle over the top before serving.

Steps:

• In 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add bell pepper, onion and garlic; cook about 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Remove from heat. Stir in artichokes and spinach; set aside.
• Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Arrange bread cubes in dish. Spoon vegetable mixture evenly over bread cubes; sprinkle with Monterey Jack cheese.
• In medium bowl, beat eggs, milk, mustard, salt and pepper with wire whisk until blended; pour evenly over bread, vegetables and cheese. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover tightly with foil; refrigerate at least 4 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Bake covered 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 20 to 30 minutes longer or until top is golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.