Categories: Breakfast, Casserole, Mushrooms

Ingredients

• 8 slices lean bacon
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 lb fresh wild mushroom, stems removed and cut into bite-size pieces (chanterelles, ceps, shiitakes, morels)
• 4 scallions, chopped (white part only)
• 1 small green bell pepper, chopped
• 10 slices multigrain bread
• 1 1/2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
• 6 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• salt
• black pepper
• 1 large ripe tomato, peeled, seeded, and chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°; butter a 2 ½ quart casserole dish; set aside.

2. In a big skillet, fry bacon over medium heat until crisp; drain on paper towels, crumble, and set aside.

3. Drain fat from skillet; melt butter over medium heat; add in mushrooms, scallions, and bell pepper; cook/stir 10 minutes, until soft; remove from heat.

4. Arrange 5 slices of bread in casserole dish; top with half the cheese, and spoon all the mushroom mixture over the cheese.

5. Arrange the remaining bread slices over the mushrooms; top with remaining cheese.

6. In a big bowl, beat eggs with milk and mustard; season with salt and pepper; pour evenly over the top of the casserole.

7. Sprinkle with crumbled bacon and tomato; bake about 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean—check at 30 minutes to make sure it doesn’t get too dry.

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