The Complete Easy All Vegetarian Holiday Brunch
- Fruit slaw
- 1 cup matchstick-style sliced firm mango
- 1 cup matchstick-style sliced and peeled crisp Asian pear
- juice of 1 lime
- 1 or 2 tbl. Domaine de Canton, to taste...and maybe half a teaspoon of fresh grated ginger
- 1/3 cup chiffonade of fresh spearmint
- Perfect strata
- 3 cups of stale cubed challah bread
- 1 cup of thinly sliced yellow onion, to caramelize nicely in butter
- pinch of your favorite salt
- a few tablespoons of unsalted butter
- 4 farm fresh eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 cup of great quality half and half (or your own cream and milk mix)
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 tbl. Dijon mustard
- 4 oz. of goat cheese, chevre
- pinch of fresh grated nutmeg and fresh cracked pepper
- a few tablespoons of grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- Toss the sliced mango and pear matchsticks gently together so they are evenly mixed. If you like add a tiny pinch of coarse salt. Pour over the lime juice to coat the skin of the fruit matchsticks. Let this sit for at least 10 minutes. As a variation you could sneak in some fresh grated ginger, about half a teaspoon.
- Add the Domaine ginger liqueur. Keep chilled until serving.Gently toss in the fresh mint leaves you have rolled and snipped just before serving.
- Air your stale challah cubes for a few hours to dry out the pieces further. If your challah is not stale, then you can lightly heat the cubes in the oven for about 5 minutes. Dry them out without browning and cool completely, if you must heat them.
- Add the salt to the onion slices. Heat a few tablespoons of butter in your pan and then slowly caramelize the thin onion slices. Cook until perfectly caramelized to a lovely brown color and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350. Whisk the eggs with the half and half, buttermilk, and mustard until smooth. For a variation, you can add 1- 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh herbs (such as Italian parsley and dill) into the whisked liquid.
- In a lightly buttered baking dish (@13") add the bread cubes. Fold in the caramelized onions. Break up the chevre into half teaspoon-sized pieces and dot the strata with it. Pour the egg-milk mixture over the bread-onion-chevre.
- Top with the grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, a pinch of fresh grated nutmeg, coarse salt to taste, and pepper. If you are caraway fans, you could add a sprinkle on top for a variation. Bake until all rises to a rich, souffle-like golden brown, about 40 minutes.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/15144-the-complete-easy-all-vegetarian-holiday-brunch (may not work)