Ham and spinach strata

Breakfasts — By Ben on 23 March 2008

I can’t believe I started this blog almost a year ago. I must admit that at first I didn’t took good care of it. I posted every once in a while and abandoned it for several months. It was not until a couple of months ago that I started to blog seriously. And the response has been huge! Sometime this morning while I slept somebody became the #100 subscriber of this blog’s feed. That is very encouraging. All I can say is THANK YOU! You, my readers, give me the inspiration and motivation to go on.

On with the food, there is one breakfast I like to make over and over again. I have tried different versions of it and many different ingredients and I can’t seem to mess it up. I am talking about Strata. The first time I made it I fell in love wit it. Since then I have made it with chorizo, ham, turkey, cheese, green peppers and many other ingredients. But I have to say that the best one has probably been this weekend’s spinach and honey ham strata.

I used 1/2 cup of heavy cream instead of milk, Mozzarella cheese instead of cheddar and puff pastry for the base instead of bread. It was delicious! Strata is the perfect weekend brunch.

What is your favorite version? And before I forget, Happy Easter!, for the ones who celebrate it.

Tagged as: Breakfast & Brunch, Easy recipes, Eggs, Greens, Vegetables

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Ben

grew up around food. His family owned a restaurant in Mexico City and he spent a big deal of his childhood helping and learning after school the art of creating delicious dishes from simple ingredients. He created this blog to share his kitchen adventures with the world.

(6) Readers Comments

Andy
March 23, 2008 at 9:44 am

Congratulations on 100 subscribers!

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Bellini Valli
March 23, 2008 at 12:07 pm

Yes this would make an excellent brunch Ben:D

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courtney
March 23, 2008 at 12:18 pm

I love throwing things like this together.Eggs , veggies,meat , and cheese. Happy Easter.

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Peter
March 23, 2008 at 1:08 pm

Ben, the strata looks so colourful and flavourful. Keep on blogging, your food is really good!

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Jen of a2eatwrite
March 23, 2008 at 1:17 pm

Congrats on the subscribers – not surprising, because your blog absolutely rocks! I love veggies and cheeses in strata – especially eggplant, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, roasted peppers, asparagus, onions (not altogether, though!). Strata are wonderful!

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Joe
July 27, 2008 at 11:41 pm

I just did a strata with Gruyere Cheese and Spicy Italian Sausage. I posted it on my blog. Come take a look if you have a chance and let me know what you think. Love the blog!

http://cookingquest.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/strata-with-spicy-italian-gruyere/

Thanks,

Joe

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