Thursday, June 11, 2009

Caprese Bake

I just stumbled upon this recipe..and I want it NOW. I'm usually not a fan of things baked with an egg mixture..but this sounds soooooo good. I think the recipe is from England - so the measurements are in metric...but i'll just wing it :) attached the original Blog for mouthwatering pics...
http://www.cooksister.com/2009/02/savoury-caprese-bread-butter-pudding.html

CAPRESE BREAD & BUTTER PUDDING (serves 2)
Ingredients:
4-6 thick slices of day-old white breadbutter1 large ball of mozzarella cheese, sliced2 ripe plum (or about 8 baby plum) tomatoes, sliceda handful of fresh basil leaves, finely chopped3 large or 4 small eggs150ml milk or single creamsalt and pepper1 tsp dried oregano
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 190C and lightly grease 1 large or 2 small (about 10cm x 10cm) ovenproof dishes.
Butter the bread on one side only and cut each slice into 4 triangles. Cover the base of the dish with overlapping triangles of bread, buttered side down, with the bread points pointing slightly upwards.
Tuck tomato and mozzarella slices in between the slices of bread and sprinkle with half the basil. Season with salt and black pepper.
Add another layer of bread, this time with the buttered side facing up and repeat the step above to add the tomato, mozzarella, basil and seasoning.
Whisk together the eggs, milk/cream and oregano and pour over the bread layers as evenly as possible.
Place on a baking sheet in the pre-heated oven and bake for about 20 minutes or until the egg mix has set and the top is beginning to brown.
Serve immediately with a big green salad. This would also make a fantastic vegetarian main course for a dinner party - although you'll have to fight off the meat eaters!

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