Ham Strata

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 -3 hoagie rolls (or enough crusty bread chunks to cover bottom of your pan)
• 12 -15 asparagus spears (approximately)
• 1 large onion, sliced thin
• 1 cup gruyere cheese
• 10 -12 eggs
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups ham, chopped to bite size pieces

Recipe

• 1 spray your pyrex roasting pan with cooking spray and preheat oven to 350*.
• 2 tear your leftover crusty bread into chunks and layer on bottom of your pan.
• 3 saute your thinly sliced onion in butter until translucent (we actually like it carmelized).
• 4 trim the woody ends off the asparagus.
• 5 pour about a 1/2 inch of water into a large frying pan and bring to a simmer then toss your asparagus into the tub with some salt and simmer about 5 minutes or until tender but not falling apart mush.
• 6 crack eggs into a large bowl and add a splash of milk and wisk away.
• 7 spread the onions, asparagus and ham over the bread chunks
• 8 pour egg mixture all over, mixing up more eggs if necessary
• 9 add a pinch of salt and pepper then stick your hands in it and toss everything around till soaked through in eggs.
• 10 top with shredded gruyere (and be generous here).
• 11 pop in oven for approximately 30-45 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.