Cheese Strata

2 eggs

6 slices day old bread

1/4 teaspoon dry mustard

1/2 teaspoon salt

125g (4 oz.) cheese

1&1/2 cups milk

1 dessertspoon chopped onion

Pinch cayenne pepper

Method: Remove crusts from bread and arrange three of the slices in a greased baking dish. Cut cheese into thin slices and place on bread. Add remainder of bread. Beat eggs and mix with salt, pepper, mustard and finely chopped onion. Pour over the bread in the dish and stand aside for 1 hour. Put in a moderate oven and bake for 50 minutes or until fluffed and brown. Serve at once.

Source: contributed by J. Lemon in Gulnare Gourmets (Adelaide: Gulnare Primary School Welfare Club, 1984 [2nd edition]), p.129.