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Eggs à la Jenjen — A Savory Cosmopolitan Bread Pudding with English Muffins, Canadian Bacon, & American Cheddar

June 23, 2019

Sunday, 23 June 2019

Long before instant internet recipes — heck, long before the internet — my mom created a cookbook for me full of family favorites. In it was her variation of a breakfast strata called Eggs à la Trish which was her go-to prep ahead overnight egg dish for company.

Fast forward 40 years after my mom started that cookbook (check out the 70’s feel to the cover – lol). . . . Grandma came to visit Miles and me for a few days and I made my signature savory bread pudding. We decided to make it a real family meal and invited Mom and Papa to join.

Papa said, “so I hear you made your mother’s recipe.” It was then I realized, it wasn’t her recipe anymore. It was definitely inspired by the savory bread pudding Mama scribed into my cookbook so many years ago, but it was all my own now. Heck, I don’t think they even sell the cheese it called for anymore!

Ina Garten says recipes evolve over time. And over the years I put my own spin on the strata. Some of it was inspired — like when I saw the Pioneer Woman put heavy cream into her everything bagel casserole and I thought well I bet a little cream would be better than just milk. Some was conscious — like when I noticed other stratas with bite size pieces and I thought it would be easier to eat if it was assembled that way. Some practical — like when I thought 6 English muffins come in the pack so I might as well use all of ‘um.

So upon reflection of just how many changes I made to the recipe (7 off the top of my head) I decided it was no longer Eggs à la Trish. But in honor of mom’s recipe that started me on my strata stroll I’ve kept the “Eggs à la” in the naming. Folks, I give you: Eggs à la Jenjen. Ta da!

It really is so delicious! I kid you not, everyone went back for seconds and some folks went back for thirds and fourths.

Scroll through the slide show for a photo tour of how Eggs à la Jenjen is assembled.

Eggs á la Jen Jen

A Make Ahead English Muffin, Cheddar, & Canadian Bacon Strata
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Course Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 6 english muffins, such as Thomas' cut into bite size pieces
  • 6 oz canadian bacon cut into bite size pieces
  • 8 oz cheddar cheese freshly grated
  • 6 eggs organic, free range
  • 3 cups whole milk organic
  • 1 cup half & half organic
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp ground mustard

Instructions
 

from the cupboards . . .

  • 2 1/2 quart baking dish with a lid
  • large mixing bowl
  • cheese grater
  • kitchen sheers
  • cup measure
  • wisk
  • 1/4 teaspoon
  • 1 teaspoon

preparation . . .

  • in a 2 1/2 quart baking dish with a lid layer your english muffin pieces, cheddar, and cannadian bacon
  • stir
  • in the mixing bowl add your 6 eggs
  • wisk them a bit to break the yolks
  • add milk, half and half, kosher salt, pepper, and ground mustard
  • wisk
  • pour your mixture into your baking dish (don't worry it will fit)
  • cover and refridgerate overnight

when ready to bake . . .

  • take the strata out of the refridgerator to get it closer to room temperature, about 15 – 20 minutes
  • while strata is getting up to room temperatuer preheat oven to 350
  • bake for 30 minutes covered
  • bake an additional 30 minutes uncovered
  • let stand 10 minutes tented in foil
  • serve hot
Keyword Make Ahead
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Today I served it with pre-cut cantaloup from the market. And a simple mixed baby greens salad with my spin on Ina’s Lemon Vinaigrette. I’ve served it with roasted tomatoes before and roasted asparagus. Both taste great. It makes for a wonderful supper as well as brunch dish and the leftovers heat-up beautifully.

And as bread puddings go this one is super low maintainance — no toasting bread before, or cooking up bacon, or sautéing veggies. A prep ahead, low maintenance recipe that doesn’t sacrifice on flavor. I’d say those are my favorite kind!

Bon appétite! xxx



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