The Bomb Sausage Egg Casserole With Secret Party Ingredients - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 eggs
3/4 lb mild Italian sausage
2/3 cup skim milk
1/3 cup half-and-half cream
2 pieces brownberry's oatnut bread, cubed (lightly toasted)
1/3 large white onion, chopped
2 large fresh garlic cloves, crushed in a press
4 -6 leaves fresh basil
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
kosher salt
fresh crushed black pepper
1/3 teaspoon dried mustard
paprika

Preparation

-preheat oven to 360.
two parts to this prep; the sausage mix prep and the egg mix prep.
THE SAUSAGE MIX.
-break sausage into small pieces and begin to brown in 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, never more than medium heat.
-after about five minutes, push sausage to one side.
-add chopped onion and crushed garlic to other side of pan; add basil leaves, torn into small, dime-size pieces; place this side of the pan directly over the heat to start the onions on their way. Keep it moving and keep heat low so the garlic doesn't burn.
-add some fresh crushed black pepper and dashes of kosher salt.
-once onions start to soften and brown a bit, mix in with sausage.
-continue to mix and modulate heat from medium to low, careful not to burn the meat, until sausage is brown. Turn off heat.
THE EGG MIX.
-beat the five eggs.
-add milk and half & half.
-add lightly toasted and cubed Brownberry's Oatnut bread [if you don't have this, what you should know is it's full-bodied and has a slight sweetness, as well as the obvious texture from, well -- oats and nuts.this is a major flavor/texture secret in the final tasting].
-add 2/3 cup of shredded cheddar cheese.
-add dried mustard and some more pepper.
COMBINING.
-2tsp of olive oil rubbed into bottom/sides of 2 inch deep/9 inch diameter ceramic baking dish.
-sausage mixture into bottom of dish.
-add egg mixture over the top.
-spread remaining 1/3 cup cheddar cheese over the top.
-more crushed black pepper and and couple dashes of paprika dusted over the top.
---***** I forgot to add a little baking powder to this to keep the egg fluffy. Will add a teaspoon next time******.
BAKE.
-45 minutes at 360 degrees, fork test in center comes out clean.
-let set for 5 minutes and serve!
You're welcome!