Christmas Strata — Three Many Cooks

Ingredients

• 1 quart half and half
• 1 dozen eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt and several freshly ground black peppers
• 1 good baguette (scant 1 pound) cut into ½ inch thick slice
• ½ cup diced roasted red pepper from a jar
• ½ cup diced green chiles from 4.5-ounce can
• 12 ounces pepper jack cheese, grated (about 3 cups)
• ½ cup thin-sliced scallions (about 3 medium)