Title: Crab and Cheese Strata
Categories: Breakfast, Cheese/eggs, Main dish
Yield: 6 servings
12 sl Firm white bread
1/2 lb Crabmeat, flaked
1 Tiny onion, chopped fine
2 c Swiss or gruyere or mixed
-and parmesan, grated
4 Eggs
1 ts Dijion mustard
6 tb Butter
1 Rib celery, chopped fine
1/3 c Mayonnaise
2 c Milk
1/4 ts Pepper
Trim 6 slices of bread to fit bottom of greased 12x8 baking dish.
Butter one side of each slice with 1/2 t butter and place bread in
bottom of dish, buttered side up. Mix crab, celery, onion and mayo.
Spread over bread slices. Scatter cheese over. Trim other 6 slices of
bread and butter them, as above. Place with buttered side down. Mix
eggs, milk, mustard and pepper together and pour evenly over
casserole. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hr.
(overnight). Bake at 350 for 35-40 min. or until puffed and light
brown. Let cool 10 min before slicing and serving. Serves 6.
