Easy Egg Casserole For A Crowd
- The Casserole
- 1 dozen scrambled eggs
- 2 cups Mornay sauce (recipe below)
- 1/2 cup sauteed red pepper
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- Mornay Sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup whole milk, heated to just short of boiling
- 1/2 cup best sharp cheddar, shredded
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- Butter a ceramic casserole well (9x13 +/-).
- Scramble the eggs in 3-4 T butter (embrace your inner Julia), stopping cooking when they are still very wet.
- Place scrambled eggs, Mornay sauce, pepper and parsley in casserole. Gently mix together as if you were tossing a salad. Try to avoid over-mixing. You are after a gorgeous, but coarse texture sprinkled with holiday green and red flecks.
- Sprinkle crumbs and Parmesan over all.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes at 400 F or until sauce bubbles up a bit and crumbs turn golden. Start watching the casserole after 15 minutes or so. Cooking time may vary substantially if ingredients are already hot or refrigerated.
- Optional additionsrn* Artichoke heartsrn* Well-sauteed mushrooms (NO moisturern* Chopped fresh jalapeno peppersrn* Baconrn* Country hamrn* Sausage
- We usually serve crowds larger than 4 buffet style. For very large (>10) crowds when we want to make serving simpler and provide some level of portion control, we'll use the casserole mixture to roll up in spinach crepes.
- Melt butter in saucepan to bubbling
- Sprinkle flour into butter
- Cook gently until flour turns golden
- Remove pan from heat, add milk
- Return to low heat
- Stir often with flat bladed spatula to scrape bottom and corners of pan. Sauce will bubble eventually and noticeably thicken.
- Remove from heat, Add cheeses and stir until smooth, heating very gently if needed to melt cheddar completely
eggs, mornay sauce, sautueed red pepper, parsley, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, sauce, butter, flour, milk, best sharp cheddar, parmesan cheese
Taken from food52.com/recipes/65704-easy-egg-casserole-for-a-crowd (may not work)