Goat Cheese, Artichoke And Ham Strata Ii

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups milk
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 8 cups sourdough bread, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream or 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
• 5 eggs
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 teaspoon pepper
• 12 ounces soft fresh goat cheese, crumbled
• 2 tablespoons fresh sage, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons herbs, de provence (or try oregano and rosemary if you can't get it)
• 12 ounces smoked ham, chopped
• 3 (6 1/2 ounce) jars marinated artichoke hearts, drained, rinsed and halved lengthwise
• 1 cup fontina cheese
• 1 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 butter a 13x9 glass baking dish,.
• 3 whisk milk and oil in a large bowl. stir in bread. let stand until liquid is absorbed- about 10 minutes.
• 4 whisk cream and next four ingredients in another large bowl. stir in goat cheese.
• 5 in a small bowl combine herbs.
• 6 place half of bread mixture into prepared dish.
• 7 top with half of the ham, artichoke hearts, herb and cheeses.
• 8 pour half of cream mixture over.
• 9 repeat layering with remaining bread, ham, artichoke, herbs, cheeses and cream mixture.
• 10 bake until firm, about 1 hour.
• 11 note* can be made ahead of time, cover and chill and baked the next day.