Merediths Strata Food

MORTON FAMILY STRATA (FROM "THE FAMILY STONE" MOVIE)

Steps:

• Using a cookie cutter, donut cutter or lid from a jar, cut bread into shapes or circles. Set aside.
• Place bread scraps in bottom of buttered 13" by 9" baking dish. Layer half of the cheese over bread.
• Arrange half of the tomatoes and all of the onion rings and mushrooms over the cheese. Cover with the rest of the cheese.
• Arrange the bread shapes on the cheese. Put slices of the tomato in the center of each bread shape.
• Combine slightly beaten eggs, milk, salt, oregano and garlic salt. Pour over the bread.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and dot with olives. Cover. Refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.
• Bake 1-1/2 hours in a 325 degree F oven, or until knife comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes or until firm.

MEREDITH'S STRATA "A MORTON FAMILY TRADITION"

Steps:

• Using a cookie cutter, donut cutter, or jar lid, cut bread slices into shapes or circles. Place bread scraps in the bottom of a buttered 13 x9 bakin dish.
• Layer half of the cheese over the bread, then half the tomatoes, all of the onions, and all of the mushrooms over the cheese.
• Cover with the rest of the cheese. then place the bread shapes with a tomatoe in themiddle of each center on the cheese.
• Combine the eggs, milk, salt, oragano, and garlic by whisking. Pour over the bread. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and dot with olives. Cover.
• Refrigerate for six hours or over night. It is easy to make this the night before and then pull it out in the moring to bake.
• Bake for 1 - 1.5 hours (I like my eggs cooked so I went on the longer side) in a 325 degree oven, or until a knife comes out clean. Let stand for five minutes to firm (so it isn't oozy - i think that is a new word) then serve.