Bacon strata Recipe
- 6 free-range eggs
- 500ml/18fl oz full-fat milk
- 250g/1lb 5½oz ricotta cheese
- 125g/4½oz sourdough bread, ripped into small pieces
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion, finely sliced
- 200g/7oz smoked bacon lardons
- 175g/6oz roasted butternut squash, chopped
- 150g/5½oz buffalo mozzarella, chopped
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh sage
- 75g/2¾oz freshly grated parmesan
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
- Beat the eggs and milk together in a bowl. Add the cheese and bread and mix until well combined. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onion until soft. Add the bacon and cook until golden-brown and crisp. Stir in the butternut squash, mozzarella and sage
- Spoon half the eggy bread mixture onto the base of a 25cm/10in ovenproof dish. Add half of the squash mixture.
- Repeat the layering process in point 4. Finish by sprinkling over with parmesan and bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until the mixture has set and the cheese is bubbling on top.
- Serve the bacon strata with green vegetables and garlic bread.
