Brie & Sausage Breakfast Casserole (treasure Trove #11)

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (8 ounce) brie cheese, round
• 1 lb lamb sausage
• 6 slices bread
• 1 cup parmesan cheese (grated)
• 7 large eggs (divided according to directions)
• 3 cups half-and-half cream (divided according to directions)
• 2 cups low-fat milk
• 1 tablespoon fresh sage (chopped, or 1 tsp dried sage)
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard

Recipe

• 1 trim rind from brie and discard.
• 2 cut cheese into small cubes and set aside.
• 3 cook sausage in a large skillet over med-high heat, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink; drain well.
• 4 cut crusts from bread slices.
• 5 place crusts evenly in the bottom of a lightly greased 13x9-inch baking dish.
• 6 layer evenly with bread slices, sausage, brie and parmesan cheese.
• 7 whisk together 5 eggs, 2 cups half-and-half, low-fat milk, sage, seasoning salt, and dry mustard.
• 8 pour evenly over cheeses.
• 9 cover and chill mixture for 8 hours.
• 10 in the morning, preheat oven to 350°f.
• 11 whisk together remaining 2 eggs and 1 cup half-and-half.
• 12 pour evenly over chilled mixture.
• 13 bake for 1 hour or until casserole is set.