Brie Sausage Breakfast Casserole Treasure Trove 11 Recipes

BRIE AND SAUSAGE BRUNCH BAKE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain., Place bread cubes in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with sausage mixture, red peppers, Brie and Parmesan cheeses and basil. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, cream, mustard, pepper and salt; pour over top. Cover and refrigerate overnight., Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake, uncovered, 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean., Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake 4-6 minutes or until cheese is melted. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting. Sprinkle with green onions.

BRIE & SAUSAGE BREAKFAST CASSEROLE (TREASURE TROVE #11)

Steps:

• Trim rind from Brie and discard.
• Cut cheese into small cubes and set aside.
• Cook sausage in a large skillet over med-high heat, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink; drain well.
• Cut crusts from bread slices.
• Place crusts evenly in the bottom of a lightly greased 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Layer evenly with bread slices, sausage, Brie and Parmesan cheese.
• Whisk together 5 eggs, 2 cups half-and-half, low-fat milk, sage, seasoning salt, and dry mustard.
• Pour evenly over cheeses.
• Cover and chill mixture for 8 hours.
• In the morning, preheat oven to 350°F.
• Whisk together remaining 2 eggs and 1 cup half-and-half.
• Pour evenly over chilled mixture.
• Bake for 1 hour or until casserole is set.

SPICY CHEESY SAUSAGE BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook the sausage until browned well, crumble; set aside.
• In the same pan, sauté the mushrooms, onion, garlic, and green chiles.
• Combine the sausage with the mushroom mixture; set aside and let cool.
• Grease a 9x13-inch glass baking dish and fill the bottom with the prepared bread cubes; top with sausage mixture then the cheese.
• Beat together the eggs, milk, sundried tomatoes, basil, sage, dry mustard, salt, pepper, and Tabasco; pour over sausage and cheese in the baking pan.
• (This dish can be prepared a day ahead- at this point you'd cover it with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator.) In the morning, remove the casserole from the refrigerator and set it out on the counter for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Uncover and bake casserole until it's golden and puffy and the center is set, about 50 to 60 minutes.
• Cut into squares and serve.
• If you want it especially spicy, chop up a jalapeno and sauté it along with the onion and mushrooms; you can also substitute O'Brien potatoes for the bread; you can even substitute vegetarian sausage for the meat!

BRIE AND SAUSAGE BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Trim and discard rind from top of Brie.
• Cut cheese into cubes; set aside.
• Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink; drain sausage well.
• Cut crusts from bread slices; place crusts evenly in the bottom of a lightly greased 13x9 baking dish.
• Layer evenly with bread slices, sausage, Brie, and grated Parmesan cheese.
• Whisk together 5 eggs, 2 cups whipping cream, and next 3 ingredients; pour evenly over cheeses.
• Cover and chill 8 hours.
• (I chill it overnight, so longer than 8 hours doesn't seem to hurt it.) Whisk together remaining 2 eggs and remaining 1 cup whipping cream; pour evenly over chilled mixture.
• Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until casserole is set.
• Yield 8-10 servings.