A savoury bread pudding from Yotam Ottolenghi. It is best prepared the day before and baked an hour ahead of eating. You can try different cheeses and herbs.
Ingredients
- 500 g sourdough loaf ends removed but crust left intact, then cut into 5mm-thick slices
- 135 ml olive oil plus extra for greasing
- 75 g kale leaves roughly torn
- 40 g parsley leaves roughly chopped
- 15 g oregano leaves
- 1 red chilli roughly chopped (deseeded if you prefer less heat)
- 1 large shallot peeled and finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and roughly chopped
- salt and black pepper
- 50 g parmesan roughly grated
- 60 g gruyère roughly grated
- 3 eggs plus 3 yolks
- 700 ml whole milk
- 300 ml double cream
- 1½ tbsp dijon mustard
- 1½ tbsp capers rinsed or drained, then roughly chopped
- 1½ tbsp cider vinegar
Servings:
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 170C (160C fan)/350F/gas 4. Spread out the slices of bread on two baking trays and bake for 10 minutes, until lightly toasted and dried out, then leave to cool.
- Grease a 30cm x 20cm and at least 6cm-deep baking dish with oil.
- Put the kale, herbs, chilli, shallot and garlic in a food processor, pulse a couple times until finely chopped, then add 90ml oil, three-quarters of a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, and pulse to a coarse paste.
- Measure out 75g of this pesto and set aside. Use the rest generously to coat both sides of each slice of bread. Layer the bread slices in the baking dish at an angle, so they overlap a little, and sprinkle the cheeses in between as you go.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, yolks, milk, cream, mustard, three-quarters of a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper. Pour over the bread, cover with a piece of greaseproof paper, then weigh down the strata with a heavy baking dish.
- Refrigerate for at least four hours, and preferably overnight.
- Take the strata out of the fridge an hour before baking, and remove the weight and greaseproof paper. Heat the oven to 190C (180C fan)/390F/gas 6.
- Cover the strata tightly with foil, bake for 30 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for 25 minutes more, or until deeply golden and bubbling. Leave to cool for at least 15 minutes before serving.
- Meanwhile, combine the reserved pesto with the capers, vinegar and remaining three tablespoons of oil. Serve the strata directly from its dish with the pesto alongside.
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