Strata In Puff Pastry

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup shallot, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3/4 lb smoked shaved ham or 3/4 lb turkey or 3/4 lb salmon
• 2 cups medium cheddar, grated
• 411 g frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 300 g packaged frozen chopped spinach
• 1/2 yellow bell pepper, sliced thin
• 1/2 orange bell pepper, sliced thin
• 3 eggs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 grease a 9-inch springform pan.
• 3 sauté shallots and garlic in butter for 4 minutes.
• 4 squeeze extra water from thawed spinach'til it is very dry.
• 5 mix together spinach, shallots and garlic.
• 6 roll out 2/3 of the puff pastry dough and line the prepared springform pan with it, letting pastry hang over the edge of the pan.
• 7 layer ham (or turkey or salmon), cheese, spinach mixture and peppers.
• 8 beat eggs, reserving 2 tbs, and pour the remainder over the peppers.
• 9 roll out the remaining puff pastry dough and place on top of the strata.
• 10 crimp the edges and seal.
• 11 cut slits in the top and brush with the reserved egg.
• 12 bake 45 minutes.