Recipe: Sausage Breakfast Casserole

Sausage Breakfast Casserole

May 8, 2009 ·

Sausage Breakfast Casserole

It’s Part II of my “virtual” Mother’s Day brunch! To complement the brown sugary, melt-in-your-mouth Sour Cream Pecan Coffee Cake, I’ll be celebrating my mom and mom-in-law with a savory Sausage Breakfast Casserole. I know they’ll love it – both moms have prepared similar dishes for my husband and me when we’ve visited. It’s the kind of breakfast we look forward to when we’re together.

The hot sausage and pepper jack cheese give the casserole a little kick of heat without being overly spicy. With the custard soaked into cubes of country bread the dish is very much like a savory bread pudding, or strata. The mustard in the custard (I’ve been reading too much Dr. Seuss!) adds such incredible flavor yet it’s subtle enough that the non-mustard fan in our house still doesn’t know it was in there. I was intimidated at first by the idea of using ten eggs – it’s a few more than I’m used to in a single recipe – but I came around when I realized it worked out to fewer than two eggs per person.

A slice of this casserole is a meal in itself. But if you’re like me, you’ve always got a little room for cake too.

Happy Mother’s Day!

P.S. I’m submitting this to the Celebrating Mother’s Day blog event on Kopiaste.. to Greek Hospitality – the roundup of dishes will be posted on May 10.

Sausage Breakfast Casserole

Sausage Breakfast Casserole
Adapted slightly from the Spicy Breakfast Casserole recipe on the Hot Flavor Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage package

Serves 6 (generously)

INGREDIENTS:

16 oz. package hot pork breakfast sausage
10 eggs, lightly beaten
3 cups milk
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 teaspoon salt
6 cups cubed bread (I used a country levain, crusts removed)
4 oz. (1 cup) shredded pepper jack cheese
4 oz. (1 cup) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup thin-sliced green onions

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium-high heat, stirring frequently until thoroughly cooked and no longer pink.

In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, mustard and salt; stir well.

Distribute half the bread evenly in a buttered 9″ x 13″ x 2″ baking dish. Sprinkle with half the pepper, half the cheese, half the sausage and half the onions. Repeat layering using remaining bread, pepper, cheese, sausage and onions. Pour egg mixture evenly over casserole.

Bake uncovered for 60 minutes, or until eggs are set. Tent with foil if the top begins to brown too quickly.

NOTE: May be assembled ahead and refrigerated up to 12 hours before baking.

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Tags: casserole, cheddar cheese, green onions, Mother's Day, pepper jack cheese, sausage

Breakfast/Brunch

9 Comments

By The Duo Dishes, May 8, 2009 @ 11:32 AM

Yum! This just screams Southern breakfast. You get a little bit of everything in one bite. We would not be opposed to using grits or polenta instead of bread for a true all-in-one-breakfast. :0

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By dawn, May 8, 2009 @ 12:12 PM

I am the only one in the family that loves my sausage, so I could have this all to myself then. LOL

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By Susan, May 9, 2009 @ 7:53 AM

Looks delicious!

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By Ivy, May 9, 2009 @ 10:54 PM

I’d love this for breakfast, especially if someone else would make it for me
Happy Mother’s Day

Ivy’s last blog post..Orange Yoghurt Cake

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By Pam, May 11, 2009 @ 11:08 AM

Now that’s my kind of breakfast. It looks and sounds delicious!

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By Heidi / Savory Tv, May 24, 2009 @ 7:35 PM

This looks so wonderful! Breakfast is truly my favorite meal of the day. Cheers!

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By Kevin, May 28, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

That is one tasty looking breakfast!

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By Anna, June 15, 2009 @ 12:18 PM

Actually this is just like stratta! We make it every year on Christmas morning.

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