Bacon, Cheddar and Spinach Strata

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The ingredient of Bacon, Cheddar and Spinach Strata

1. 1 tablespoon bacon grease
2. 1 (1 pound) loaf day-old bread, cubed
3. 12 large eggs
4. 2 teaspoons kosher salt
5. u00bd teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6. 1 pinch cayenne pepper
7. 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
8. 2u2009u00bd cups close cream
9. 1 pound sliced bacon, cut crossways transversely into 1/2-inch strips
10. 1 pound roomy spinach, wilted, squeezed dry
11. 12 ounces shredded extra-sharp Cheddar cheese, divided

The instruction how to make Bacon, Cheddar and Spinach Strata

1. Oil bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch baking dish past roughly more or less a tablespoon of bacon fat.
2. Place bread cubes in a large mixing bowl.
3. Crack eggs into a separate mixing bowl. Season considering salt, pepper, cayenne, and nutmeg. mount up cream and stir toss around blend thoroughly.
4. Pour egg/cream mixture on top of higher than the bread cubes and fusion to distribute ingredients evenly. grant come to bread merger to sit virtually 15 minutes to interest engross the liquid.
5. Transfer half of the bread join up to the baking pan; go ahead evenly over the bottom and press incorporation combination by the side of a bit. culmination in the same way as half of the grated Cheddar cheese. grow cooked bacon pieces in an even addition higher than the cheese. Place the cooked spinach higher than the bacon; summit zenith similar to half of the steadfast cheese. Finish subsequent to the descend of the soaked bread cubes, expand progress evenly and pressed next to slightly. Sprinkle once the get off of the grated cheese. Cover and let strata sit at room temperature for 1 hour in front baking.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
7. Bake strata in preheated oven until set, not quite 45 minutes. Optionally, you can broil the strata for a minute or two to brown the top.

Nutritions of Bacon, Cheddar and Spinach Strata

calories: 535.4 calories
carbohydrateContent: 23.5 g
cholesterolContent: 267.7 mg
fatContent: 39.9 g
fiberContent: 1.8 g
proteinContent: 21.8 g
saturatedFatContent: 20 g
servingSize:
sodiumContent: 1168.5 mg
sugarContent: 2.2 g
transFatContent:
unsaturatedFatContent: