Name: Cheese Strata
Prep time: 7 min
Total time: 7 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 large slices of wholemeal; bread; butter; mustard (optional); ½ tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (optional); 150 ml (¼ pint) milk; 1 egg, beaten; salt and pepper; 25 g (1 oz) Cheddar or other cheese, grated

Preparation info

Serves
1

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Students' Cookbook

By Sophie Grigson

Published 1993

About

This is a savoury version of bread and butter pudding, and is a quick way to turn an ordinary sandwich into a main course. You can adapt the idea to make other kinds of Strata, perhaps adding a few slices of tomato, or using ham or prawns instead of cheese.

Ingredients

2 large slices of wholemeal
bread
butter
mustard (optional)

Method

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4/180°C/350°F. Spread the bread thinly with butter, then with a little mustard, if using. Cut off the crusts, and use the bread slices and cheese to make a sandwich. Cut the sandwich into quarters and pack tightly, overlapping slightly, into a small (about

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