Italian Breakfast Bake
Italian Breakfast Bake
Serves 6
20 min.
active cooking time
60 min.
total cooking time, plus chilling overnight and cooling
Ingredients
6 oz. (about ½ loaf)
Kowalski's Signature Take & Bake Artisan Ciabatta Bread (from the Artisan Bread Table)
6 strips
Kowalski's Smoked Bacon, chopped into ¼" pieces
¼ cup
chopped yellow onions
1
orange bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 cup
heavy cream
¾ cup
skim milk
3
eggs
½ tsp.
kosher salt
½ tsp.
freshly ground Kowalski's Black Peppercorns
- dash
cayenne pepper
- dash
ground nutmeg
- cooking spray, for spraying the baking dish
4 oz.
crumbled goat cheese, divided
4 oz.
shredded Fontina cheese, divided
¼ cup
chopped oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained, divided
¼ cup
chopped fresh herbs (such as basil and chives), divided
2 tbsp.
freshly grated Kowalski's Signature Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese (from the Specialty Cheese Department)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Cut bread into ½" cubes; place on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until lightly toasted (5-7 min.), stirring occasionally.
- Remove bread cubes from oven; set aside to cool.
- In a large sauté pan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp (about 5 min.).
- Add onions and bell pepper; cook for 5 min.
- Remove bacon mixture from heat; drain and discard fat (or reserve for another use). Set aside to cool slightly.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together next 7 ingredients (through nutmeg) until well combined; set egg mixture aside.
- Spray a 2 qt. baking dish with cooking spray. Evenly layer ½ of the bread cubes, ½ of the bacon mixture, ½ of the goat and Fontina cheeses, ½ of the tomatoes and ½ of the herbs in the dish; repeat with remaining bread cubes, bacon mixture, goat and Fontina cheeses, tomatoes and herbs.
- Sprinkle evenly with Parmesan; slowly pour egg mixture evenly over top.
- Cover dish with waxed paper or foil; lightly weigh down with bags of shredded cheese or tortillas to keep bread submerged. Chill overnight in the refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Bake chilled dish in preheated oven until bubbling, puffy and set in the middle (about 40 min.).
- Remove from oven; let cool for at least 10 min. before slicing and serving.
