This gorgeous Italian breakfast strata is one of the best breakfast casseroles ever! It features layers of bread, Italian sausage, plenty of spinach, melty fontina cheese, and is held together with the perfect amount of egg custard. This rustic casserole has a beautifully light texture, yet it’s rich and satisfying, without being heavy. Enjoy!
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28 Comments
I think I've had this as a Christmas morning breakfast.
12 eggs… in this economy?!
Chef, is your pepper freshly ground? I can’t be bothered normally and yours looks like mine
Thank you going to make 😊
My god that's a pretty Sharp serrated knife
Looks great, but two days to prepare, and an hour and a quarter to cook (plus cooling time) it's not going to be a breakfast here any time soon!
This looks delicious! Thanks, Chef John
Until now, I never heard of this before or after I saw it in 'The Family Stone'. Meredith tried to make this for the family for Christmas morning, but it didn't go to plan and hilarity ensued. 🤣 Looks wonderful when actually cooked!
It is indeed the best breakfast I'm not eating.
Good god Chef Johan, that looks so good!
8:50
Hey I already patented the snipa snipa!
yum!!
This looks insanely good
Three days for sausage bread pudding?
Worth!
The breakfast strata has been my go to every Christmas morning.
If you place the pan under the casserole dish it won't drip, but if you don't it always does.
Florentine bread pudding? Looks delicious!
Ummmm…this looks like an ANY meal strata! Delicious and now I know what I'm making for dinner tomorrow!
The two day breakfast dish
Looks like another winner John, definitely will give it a try! Thank you for the recipe and I hope you have a lovely weekend.
I love seeing the steam rising! It's almost as if I can smell what you're preparing and it alway smells delicious!
The different coloured yolks depend on whether the eggs came from girl chickens or boy chickens.
Italians usually eat sweet stuff for breakfast in my experience – really sweet stuff!
rather have cap'n crunch.
This is making me nostalgic for my childhood. My late mother (who, like you, was also a chef) often made strata for breakfast. YUM!!!
This seems like a lot of work for breakfast. Do I really want to start cooking when I'm groggy and waiting for my coffee to drip? I don't think so.
Definitely not an Italian breakfast. This coming from an Italian.