{"id":15805,"date":"2015-09-01T00:03:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T07:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=15805"},"modified":"2026-04-19T18:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:52:05","slug":"spinach-and-cheese-strata-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=15805","title":{"rendered":"Spinach and Cheese Strata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/strata.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15809\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/strata.jpg\" alt=\"strata\" width=\"293\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/strata.jpg 334w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/strata-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a>3 T. unsalted butter<br \/>\n1\u00bd C. onion, finely chopped<br \/>\n2 (10 oz.) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained<br \/>\n1 tsp. salt, divided<br \/>\n\u00bd tsp. pepper, divided<br \/>\nDash freshly grated nutmeg<br \/>\n8 C. cubed French or Italian bread, cut into 1-inch cubes<br \/>\n6 oz. coarsely grated Gruyere (about 2 C.)<br \/>\n2 oz. finely grated Parmesan (about 2\/3 C.)<br \/>\n9 large eggs<br \/>\n2\u00be C. milk<\/p>\n<p>Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the onions to the pan and saut\u00e9 until soft, about 5 minutes. Add \u00bd tsp. of the salt, \u00bc tsp. of the pepper, and the nutmeg, and continue to cook for 1 minute more. Stir in the spinach, remove from the heat and set aside. Butter the inside of a 2\u00bd-3 quart baking dish. Layer the bottom of the dish with one third of the bread cubes. Top with one third of the spinach mixture and one third of each of the cheeses. Repeat these layers twice more with the bread, spinach and cheese. In a medium bowl, combine the eggs, milk, the remaining \u00bd tsp. of the salt and \u00bc tsp. of the pepper. Whisk together until blended. Pour the mixture evenly over the bread and spinach layered in the baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 8 hours or up to 1 day. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Bake uncovered until puffed, golden brown and cooked through, 45-55 minutes. Let stand at least 5 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 T. unsalted butter 1\u00bd C. onion, finely chopped 2 (10 oz.) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained 1 tsp. salt, divided \u00bd tsp. pepper, divided Dash freshly grated nutmeg 8 C. cubed French or Italian bread, cut into 1-inch cubes 6 oz. coarsely grated Gruyere (about 2 C.) 2 oz. finely grated Parmesan (about 2\/3 C.) 9 large eggs 2\u00be C. milk Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the onions to the pan&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=15805\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,14],"tags":[122,178],"class_list":["post-15805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breakfasts","category-meat-free","tag-cheese","tag-eggs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40151,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15805\/revisions\/40151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}