Breakfast Italian Sausage and Pepper Strata

Strata, a savory bread pudding, shines on days like Christmas when you want a special breakfast but don’t want to spend the morning tethered to the kitchen, potentially missing out on all of the fun. This recipe does require some advance prep the day before, but in the morning, just pop it into the oven to bake and get right back to peeking in the stockings—you’re less than an hour away from an egg-cellent breakfast.

We make ours with sweet Italian sausage, roasted red peppers, and