Cheese Bread Pudding

Recipe Ingredients

1		French or Italian bread loaf - (8" long) - cut 1/2"-thk slices
1 cup	237ml	Milk
2 cups	474ml	Tomato sauce, fresh or jarred
8 oz	227g	Grated or sliced Fontina or
		Mozzarella cheese - (to 1 lb)
4 oz	113g	Smoked Black Forest ham - torn into strips
4		Eggs - lightly beaten
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Freshly-grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter - cut into pieces
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Soak the bread in the milk for 15 minutes. Line the bottom of a 2- to 2 1/2-quart shallow casserole with a layer of bread soaked bread. Top with a layer of tomato sauce and mozzarella and some strips of ham. Continue layering, finishing last layer with bread topped with tomato sauce.

Beat the eggs with Parmesan and pour the mixture over the bread. With a fork, pierce through layers until egg mixture is absorbed by bread. Dot the top with butter and bake for 45 minutes or until top if browned and puffed.

While this is baking make a nice vegetable salad to accompany this dish.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY with Michele Urvater - (Show # MF-6683) - - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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