The Famous Tomato Basil Strata Recipe

I have mentioned the Tomato Basil Strata a few time in the blog so I thought I would add the recipe.  The kids loved it!!! And I think it is because when you go out into the garden and you pick the tomato.....(after you have planted the plant, watered it and weeded around it) you're invested in the process!  Tasting something new is just the next step.  Almost all of the kids asked for seconds......This was a recipe that I thought that the kids would take their obligatory taste and the rest would hit the trash.  I will add a photo in the near future (a soon I get out in my home garden, pick some tomatoes that are surround by weeds that I have not yet weeded) and make it for my boys.

 

 

TOMATO BASIL STRATA

 

1 cup milk

1/2 white whine

(did not use wine when cooking in the classroom!)

1 loaf of day old French bread torn into small pieces

1 lb. shredded mozzarella cheese

3 ripe tomatoes slice thin

basil to tastes torn

4 beaten eggs

1/2 cup of half and half

 

Place a layer of torn bread in the bottom of a glass baking dish.  Cover the bread with the tomatoes, cheese & basil.  Beat eggs with some salt and pepper and pour over layers.  This is when you can refrigerate overnight....but we skipped that step.  Drizzle with half and half and if you want some parmesan cheese.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 mins.  The sides should start to bubble.  ENJOY!