While this spinach and Gruyère strata is the perfect breakfast or brunch recipe to make any time of the year, this has been our go-to Christmas morning breakfast for almost two decades. Since it is prepared the night before, I’m able to enjoy Christmas morning with ease. With a mixture of eggs, cream, white wine, spinach and Gruyère, it is prepared and left to absorb overnight by thick cubes of rustic bread. In the morning, the strata puffs-up golden and delicious with threads of Gruyère cheese and spinach tucked in and around each pillowy slice. The edges delicately crisp-up and the bread takes on an almost custard-like texture.
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Oh, you should be proud of me. This is the post and recipe that almost never happened. For the last few nights I have been all-consumed by Hallmark Christmas movies. I was finally, finally, able to pull myself away from those sappy, ridiculously predictable, but completely addictive, Christmas movies long enough to post this recipe for you before the holidays! I’ll make this quick so that I can get back to those awfully delightful movies you can make these Italian knot cookies, too.
