Italian sausage and mozzarella strata
7
Points®
Total time: 3 hr 15 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 3 hr • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
A strata is really just a savory bread pudding. This one is made by layering sweet Italian sausage, eggs, shredded mozzarella, and peppers with whole-wheat bread.
Ingredients
Uncooked sweet Italian turkey sausage
8 oz, (1/2 pound), casings removed
Raw Cubanelle pepper
2 medium, (Italian frying peppers), diced
Onion
1 medium, chopped
Ground oregano
1½ tsp(s)
Reduced-calorie whole wheat bread
5 slice(s), day old, cubed (5 cups)
Shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 cup(s)
Grated Parmesan cheese
⅓ cup(s)
1% low fat milk
2½ cup(s), (1% variety)
Raw egg
6 large
Kosher salt
¾ tsp(s)
Black pepper
¼ tsp(s)
Instructions
1
Spray a large skillet with nonstick spray and set over medium heat. Add sausages, frying peppers, and onion and cook, breaking up sausages with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 6 minutes. Stir in dried oregano.
2
Line a 5- or 6-qt slow cooker insert with plastic liner. Spray liner with nonstick spray.
3
Layer half of bread cubes, half of sausage mixture, 1/2 cup mozzarella, and 3 tbsp Parmesan in prepared slow cooker. Repeat layering with remaining bread, sausage mixture, mozzarella, and Parmesan.
4
In a large bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, salt, and black pepper; pour over bread-sausage mixture. Cover and cook until knife inserted into center of strata comes out clean, 3 to 4 hours on Low.
5
Wearing oven mitts, lift out slow cooker insert and transfer to wire rack; let strata cool about 10 minutes. Using liner as handles, lift out strata and place on a cutting board. Cut into 6 wedges. Sprinkle with oregano leaves, if using.
6
Per serving: 1 wedge
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