Wine and Cheese Strata

Ingredients

• 1/2 loaf dry French bread, broken into pieces
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 8 ounces shredded Swiss cheese
• 4 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 1 (1/4 inch thick) ham slice, coarsely chopped
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 9 eggs
• 4 green onions, minced
• 1/4 cup sherry
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.

Arrange bread pieces in the prepared baking dish; drizzle with melted butter. Top with Swiss cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, and ham.

Whisk milk, eggs, green onions, sherry, mustard, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl until foamy; pour over bread mixture. Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil and refrigerate for 24 hours.

Remove dish from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Bake strata in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove aluminum foil and top with sour cream and Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, until a knife inserted in the strata comes out clean, about 10 more minutes.