Weekend Brunch Eggs And Sausage Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup butter, softened (more to grease the baking dish)
• 1/2-1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic (or to taste)
• 2 -3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese (can use more)
• 1 1/2 lbs breakfast lamb sausage (can use less)
• 1 loaf italian bread (about 14-15 inches long, and about 4-inches wide)
• 24 large eggs
• 1 cup half-and-half cream or 1 cup full-fat milk
• 2 teaspoons salt
• black pepper
• 8 green onions, chopped
• 3 -4 cups grated cheddar cheese

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350°f.
• 2 generously grease a 13x9-inch baking dish with butter.
• 3 cook the sausage in a skillet breaking up into large pieces until browned (about 8-10 minutes) drain any fat and set the sausages aside to cool.
• 4 mix the minced garlic with the softened butter and parmesan cheese in a small bowl.
• 5 slice the loaf of bread in half lengthwise.
• 6 spread a thin layer of the garlic butter on both sides of the cut side of the bread.
• 7 arrange the two bread slices side by side in the bottom of the baking dish (don't worry if the bread does not completely cover the bottom).
• 8 sprinkle the cooked crumbled sausage on top of the bread.
• 9 in a bowl whisk together eggs, half and half until frothy about 3 minutes, then whisk in green onions and half of the shredded cheese.
• 10 pour the egg mixture over the sausage (the bread will float to the top, pushing down on the bread with a spatula to help the bread absorb the liquid).
• 11 sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• 12 at this point you can cover and refrigerate until ready to bake, or bake right away.
• 13 bake covered with a large piece of buttered foil (buttered-side down) for about 30 minutes.
• 14 carefully remove the foil and bake until the top is slightly puffed and the eggs are cooked through (about another 20 minutes more).
• 15 let stand 10 minutes, then cut into squares.