Crawfish Strata

Total Time: 10 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 lb crawfish tail, peeled
• 8 slices bread, cubed and buttered
• 2 cups fresh mushrooms, thickly sliced
• 1/2 cup yellow bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/4 cup green bell pepper, chopped
• 2/3 cup green onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 lb cheddar cheese, grated
• 7 eggs, well beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• milk

Recipe

• 1 saute vegetables in butter until just soft.
• 2 add the crawfish tails and simmer for 7 minutes.
• 3 drain this mixture, reserving the liquid.
• 4 season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 5 in a 9x13 inch baking dish which has been lightly greased, place 1/2 of the cubed bread.
• 6 cover the bread cubes with the crawfish mixture and sprinkle 1/2 of the cheese on top.
• 7 cover this with the remaining bread cubes.
• 8 in a one quart measuring cup, place the liquid drained from the crawfish-veggie mixture and the beaten eggs. add milk until it reaches the 4 cup mark.
• 9 mix in the dry mustard and whisk well.
• 10 pour this liquid mixture over the bread mixture and sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
• 11 cover and refrigerate overnight or at least 8 hours.
• 12 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 13 bake, uncovered, for 45-50 minutes.
• 14 you can tell this is done when a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• 15 if the top begins to brown too quickly, place a sheet of foil over the top for the last 15 minutes of cooking.
• 16 let sit for 15 minutes before serving.