Best Merediths Strata A Morton Family Tradition Recipes

Morton Family Strata (From

Provided by D. Todd Miller

Time 1h45m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

8 slices white bread
8 ounces mozzarella cheese, sliced
14 ounces tomatoes, sliced
13 ounces sliced mushrooms, drained (or sauteed fresh)
1 medium onion, thinly sliced into rings
5 eggs
3 cups milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon oregano
1 pinch garlic salt
parmesan cheese
black olives, sliced

Steps:

Using a cookie cutter, donut cutter or lid from a jar, cut bread into shapes or circles. Set aside.
Place bread scraps in bottom of buttered 13" by 9" baking dish. Layer half of the cheese over bread.
Arrange half of the tomatoes and all of the onion rings and mushrooms over the cheese. Cover with the rest of the cheese.
Arrange the bread shapes on the cheese. Put slices of the tomato in the center of each bread shape.
Combine slightly beaten eggs, milk, salt, oregano and garlic salt. Pour over the bread.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and dot with olives. Cover. Refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.
Bake 1-1/2 hours in a 325 degree F oven, or until knife comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes or until firm.

Meredith's Strata

Provided by Michelle Meola @harleysmom07

Number Of Ingredients 12

8 slice(s) white bread
8 ounce(s) sliced mozzarella
2 - sliced tomatoes (large)
13 ounce(s) sliced mushrooms from a can (you can saute fresh ones, i used a can!)
1 medium onion - sliced thin
5 large eggs
3 cup(s) milk
1 teaspoon(s) salt
1 teaspoon(s) oregano, dried
1 pinch(es) garlic salt (i used regular garlic powder and it was a little more then a pinch)
1/2 cup(s) parmesan cheese (again i fudged this and added extra...)
1 can(s) sliced black olives

Steps:

Using a cookie cutter, donut cutter, or jar lid, cut bread slices into shapes or circles. Place bread scraps in the bottom of a buttered 13 x9 bakin dish.
Layer half of the cheese over the bread, then half the tomatoes, all of the onions, and all of the mushrooms over the cheese.
Cover with the rest of the cheese. then place the bread shapes with a tomatoe in themiddle of each center on the cheese.
Combine the eggs, milk, salt, oragano, and garlic by whisking. Pour over the bread. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and dot with olives. Cover.
Refrigerate for six hours or over night. It is easy to make this the night before and then pull it out in the moring to bake.
Bake for 1 - 1.5 hours (I like my eggs cooked so I went on the longer side) in a 325 degree oven, or until a knife comes out clean. Let stand for five minutes to firm (so it isn't oozy - i think that is a new word) then serve.