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Fancy Breakfast Bake

Time: 55 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

About

The Fancy Breakfast Bake is a high-class casserole for all you early birds! It transforms one of French cuisine's most elegant sandwiches, the croque monsieur, into a sliceable sunny sensation! Each sandwich is loaded with succulent ham and smoky Gruyère cheese, and then dipped into a savory egg custard to mimic the classic handheld. Then it's all baked until golden, with juicy tomatoes on top for a burst of freshness! Pinkies up for the Fancy Breakfast Bake!

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Ingredients

  • 8 slices deli ham
  • 4 slices Gruyère cheese
  • 8 slices white bread
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 heaping teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • salt, to taste
  • black pepper, to taste
  • 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • mozzarella cheese, optional, to taste, shredded
  • 5 ounces cherry tomatoes, halved, for topping
  • fresh parsley leaves, optional, to taste, for topping

Directions

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2 -Evenly layer the ham slices and the Gruyère slices on 4 slices of the bread. Using the remaining 4 slices of the bread, close the ham sandwiches.

Step 3 -Cut each of the ham sandwiches in half diagonally.

Step 4 -In a large bowl, add the eggs, the milk, the Dijon mustard, the salt, and the black pepper and whisk to combine.

Step 5 -Add the chopped onions and the garlic to the egg mixture and whisk to combine.

Step 6 -Dip each of the sandwich halves into the egg mixture, ensuring to coat all sides completely.

Step 7 -In an 8-inch square baking dish, arrange the sandwich halves in two rows, with the flat, cut-side down and the corners facing up. The rows will overlap slightly.

Step 8 -Pour the remaining egg mixture over the sandwich halves.

Step 9 -Sprinkle the mozzarella over top of the sandwich halves.

Step 10 -Let the baking dish stand for 10 minutes.

Step 11 -Bake until the top is golden and crisp, about 40-50 minutes.

Step 12 -Sprinkle the bake with the tomato halves and the parsley and serve.

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