Recipes - Sausage and Mushroom Breakfast Strata - Applegate

Ingredients

• 8 ounces French or Italian bread, sliced ½-inch thick
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus more for buttering the pan
• 8 ounces fresh breakfast sausage
• 4 shallots, finely chopped
• 8 ounces white button mushrooms, trimmed and sliced
• ½ cup dry white wine
• 1½ cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 6 large eggs
• 1¾ cups half-and-half
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper