I couldn't
think of a good title for this dish. I
don't think it's a frittata although it has eggs in it. I don't think it's a bread pudding, although
there is stale bread in it. Whatever, it
is a good way to whip up a filling lunch with only a handful of ingredients.
Ingredients
2 leftover hamburger
buns (with sesame and caraway seeds)
6 eggs
Can of
evaporated milk
Salt and
pepper
Tiny bit of
cayenne pepper
Butter
Some
leftover ham, sliced
Grated
cheese ( I used a mix of pizza blend and freshly grated parmesan)
If I had
been thinking I would also have added a few leaves of baby spinach
Method
Preheat
your oven to a moderate heat.
Grease your
deep oven dish with butter – generously – or you know what will happen!
Slice your
bread.
Whisk the
eggs and milk together
Put your
first layer of bread on the bottom, season it, add some of the grated cheese
and then pour over some of the eggy mixture to cover. Put on some of the ham.
Repeat with
another layer of bread, cheese, ham and seasoning.
Because I
didn't dip the bread into the egg mixture I just pressed down on the top of the
dish to make sure the egg squeezed through the bread.
A fine
layer of parmesan on top along with a few knobs of butter and you are ready to
pop it into the oven.
Mine took
about 35 minutes to cook – but all my ingredients were pretty cold at the
outset – if you have them at room temperature the cooking time would be less.
This was
tasty and filling – you couldn't actually taste the bread itself but it gave
the dish body – and the sesame and caraway seeds that were on the buns added a
nice zing of flavour.
Sorry about
the rubbish pics – I rushed and had bad light.
I love leftover meals like this - brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI think it would be a savory bread pudding, but whatever you call it, I say delicious, and a great use of what's on hand. I always have stale bread to use up.
ReplyDeleteI like how you're able to think of such creative ways to use leftovers!
ReplyDeleteI just bought a half ham at Costco and was looking for recipes, I'm going to make this one for sure. Great timing!
ReplyDeleteI like this kind of dish thàt uses up the leftover bits of this and that. I hate throwing out leftover buns. I'm going to try this out. I think I'll add spinach too. Thanks Carole.
ReplyDeleteYum this sounds delicious. I love that I it uses stale hamburger buns and ham. I frequently have lots of both left over and this would be a good way to use them up.
ReplyDeleteClever way to use up the hamburger buns -- I usually put them in the freezer and forget about them. I may be giving this a try after our up-coming July 4 holiday.
ReplyDeleteYou picked a good title for it. I know the ham would be a big hit here, we love ham. And of course, I always seem to have bread going stale and hate throwing it out. You are a creative cook!
ReplyDeleteSounds good!
ReplyDeleteYum so good. I love this dish.
ReplyDeleteGreat way to use hamburger buns! We always have some leftover and I usually just freeze them to use next time but always forget until they're freezer burned. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI've seen similar preparations called "strata" -- FWIW. Yesterday at a brunch celebration I was served something like that with spinach and squash cubes in between the bread cubes. I think it was a vegetarian brunch, so no ham.
ReplyDeleteBut ham sounds like a very delicious idea.
ANYTHING to use up those leftovers!
best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
I'd cube the bread and call it savory bread pudding. I like the idea of slices, but then I'm not sure what I'd call it -- layered savory bread pudding? Very creative!
ReplyDeleteLooks very tasty! Yum!
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