Breakfast Bundt Bake

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Ingredients

Serves 10

3 Tablespoons butter, divided (or maybe a bit more butter if needed when browning the hash browns)

4-5 potatoes, boiled and turned into hash browns (2 cups worth)

1/4 cup onion, finely diced

1 small garlic clove, minced

2 cups fresh spinach, chopped into small pieces

500grams turkey sausage (or sausage of your choice), cut into small thin pieces

2 cups cheese, Monteray Jack or your choice, grated

8 cups bread cut into 3/4 inch cubes (we used light rye bread)

12 large eggs

3 cups cream (not whipping cream)

1 teaspoon dry mustard

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

pinch of cayenne

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Oil the bundt pan well. We used grapeseed oil. You will also need a large frying pan.

1. Saute the onion and garlic in one tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet for 3-4 minutes until soft. Add the spinach and saute just until spinach is wilted. This only takes a minute or two. Transfer the contents into a large mixing bowl.

2. Next lightly pan fry the sausage pieces in the same skillet, just to brown them up then stir into the spinach mixture to combine evenly.

3. Add the remaining butter to the skillet and fry the hash browns to lightly brown and crisp a little. If you feel you need to add a little bit more butter, please do so. Shut off, transfer to a plate to cool, set aside.

*NOTE: Be sure all the ingredients that you have just fried are not hot when you assemble the bundt.

4. In another mixing bowl whisk the eggs, cream, mustard, salt, pepper and cayenne together using a hand immersion blender to make them really fluffy. If you don't have a hand immersion blender, you can use a regular blender.

5. In the greased bundt pan make a layer of half of the bread cubes. Do a layer of the spinach/sausage mixture, then put the hash browns, the shredded cheese and the remaining bread cubes.

6. Pour the mixed egg mixture over the contents in the bundt pan. Make sure the top is thoroughly wet. Use you fingertip to lightly press and settle the contents into the egg mixture. Let stand for at least 30 minutes to absorb.

7. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 40-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center shows the eggs are not runny. Check at 40 minutes. You want the top to be lightly browned so remove the foil for a few minutes at the end. If it has not browned at all, turn on the broiler but DO NOT WALK AWAY. This process will happen very quickly and you do not want to burn the top.

8. To remove, run a knife around the inside and outside edges of the bundt pan. Place inverted plate onto the top of the bundt pan the flip the contents onto the plate. Serve immediately.

ENJOY!