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Christmas Holidays Recipe

Morton Family Strata from “The Family Stone”

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On Christmas morning we often have a slew of relatives who have stayed over from our Christmas Eve dinner the night before, and we always try to serve up a nice brunch to get everyone started on their day of traveling to other family events. So last year I wanted to try something new for a change and I remembered that there was a recipe on the DVD of The Family Stone for a delicious looking strata.

 

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In the film, Meredith Morton (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) prepares her family’s recipe for strata to serve to the eccentric Stone family on Christmas morning. If you have seen the movie, you undoubtedly remember the scene where this strata is dropped all over the kitchen floor!

 

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Despite being accident prone myself, I managed to avoid spilling this anywhere. It was a great dish to prepare for a brunch because it needs to sit in the fridge over night, so you get to make it well in advance and just pop it in the oven when you wake up on Christmas morning.

Printable Version · Makes 8 servings

What you’ll need:

  • 8 slices of white bread
  • 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, sliced or grated
  • 14 ounces tomatoes, sliced
  • 13 ounces sliced mushrooms, drained (or sauteed fresh)
  • 1 medium onion, thinly sliced into rings
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1 pinch garlic salt
  • parmesan cheese
  • black olives, sliced (optional)

 

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 on top of the cheese.

 

Add the onion on top of the tomatoes.

 

 Saute the mushrooms in a little bit of butter.

 

 Place mushrooms on top and cover with the rest of the cheese.

 

 Arrange the bread shapes on top of 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 if you’d like. Cover. Refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.

Bake 1-1/2 hours in a 325°F oven, or until knife comes out clean.

 

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 Let stand for 5 minutes or until firm.

 

Deliciously cheesy!

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Comments

  1. Erin says

    November 28, 2013 at 12:27 am

    Dude. This looks amazing. Gonna see if I can persuade mama to try it this year!

  2. Pat Bradley says

    December 5, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    I’m so glad you have this recipe here… I reference it year after year!

    http://frombehindtheopentable.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-week-of-celebrating.html

    • Amanda - Small Home Big Start says

      December 10, 2013 at 2:48 pm

      Thank you! I always grab it from here too. One nice thing about having a blog is that it’s your own personal cookbook of the recipes you’ve tried and loved. So glad to see that it is as much a part of your family tradition as it is mine.

  3. Debra Fisher says

    December 24, 2013 at 8:47 am

    I watched the movie last night and my husband really wants me to make this for Christmas morning. Thanks for posting the pictures!

  4. Tina S Kuss says

    January 2, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    Why does it have to sit for 24 hours I am just wondering what it does for it .

    • Amanda says

      January 2, 2016 at 8:39 pm

      It only needs to sit for 6 hours or overnight. This gives the bread a chance to soak and for the flavours to develop. For a faster version, try my
      Mushroom Spinach Strata

  5. Lisa Padgett says

    November 9, 2018 at 1:00 pm

    Can you add in some sausage or another breakfast meat? Either way it looks amazing and I’m going to make it soon. Thank you for posting.

  6. Jasmine Serrano says

    December 7, 2020 at 12:17 am

    Can this be made without onions? Maybe substitute green onion?

    • Amanda says

      December 15, 2020 at 6:41 pm

      You can absolutely make this without onions or swap in green onions. Both would work!

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