Savory Bread Pudding with Sausage and Spinach
Savory bread pudding is great for brunch. This sausage bread pudding with spinach and asparagus is full of delicious ingredients and is very easy to prepare.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 400kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil divided
- 6 chicken sausage sliced into half moons
- 1 onion chopped
- ½ cup yellow and red peppers chopped
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 can asparagus drained and sliced
- 1 can spinach drained
- 2 tablespoon tarragon chopped
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 6 cups Italian bread cubes see notes
- 1 ½ cup mozzarella cheese
- ⅓ cup parmesan cheese
- 6 eggs
- 2 cups milk low fat
Instructions
- Heat one tablespoon olive oil in a large pan over medium hear.
- Sear the chicken sausage until brown, set aside.
- In the same pan, heat another tablespoon olive oil over medium heat.
- saute onion, garlic and peppers until translucent.
- Add in canned asparagus and canned spinach to the onion and peppers. Stir well and cook for a few minutes.
- Add in tarragon, salt and pepper. Stir and turn the heat off.
- Place the bread cubes in a large bowl and add in seared sausage and cooked vegetables to the bread.
- Add in mozzarella and parmesan to the bowl, mix well.
- In another bowl, whisk eggs and milk until fully combined.
- Transfer the bread mixture to a 9x13 oven safe dish and pour the egg mixture over it.
- Let the uncooked savory bread pudding sit for 30 minutes, or refrigerate for 4-12 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Bake the savory bread pudding for one hour until the egg custard is fully cooked. If the top starts to brown too quickly, loosely cover with aluminum foil.
- Serve warm.
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Notes
Do not use croutons for this recipe as they are too dry. It's better if your bread is a couple of days old because it would absorb the moisture better. I usually use ¾ of an Italian bread loaf for this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 400kcal