Italian Breakfast Torte

If you need to feed a lot of people breakfast and don’t have time to toil in the kitchen, this is something that can be prepared early and served at people become available, like on a Saturday morning when everyone is getting ready for a graduation….I’m just saying…FYI: takes 1.75 hrs to bake and serves 12.

Ingredients

  • 2 tubes of Crescent rolls
  • 8 oz Deli Ham – thinly sliced
  • 8 oz Hard Salami – thinly sliced
  • 8 oz Provolone cheese – thinly sliced
  • 24 oz Roasted sweet red peppers
  • 7 Eggs
  • 8 oz Parmesan cheese – grated
  • 6 oz Baby spinach
  • 1 cup sliced Mushrooms
  • 1 tsp Olive oil
  • 2 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/8 tsp Pepper

Process

  1. Mise en Place: Measure and prepare your ingredients prior to starting.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  3. Grease 9″ deep pan with oil and place on a double thickness of foil inside. Press foil around pan making sure that foil extends past top of pan.
  4. Unroll one tube of crescent and place dough into pan – press into bottom and seal seams.
  5. Bake 10 mins and remove from oven.
  6. Heat skillet over Med-High, add olive oil and cook spinach and mushrooms until tender. Drain on several layers of paper towels.
  7. Whisk 6 eggs, Parmesan, Italian seasoning and pepper.
  8. Layer warm crust with half of the ham, salami, provolone, red peppers and spinach mixture.
  9. Pour egg mix over the top.
  10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 with other half of items.
  11. Unroll the other tube of crescent and press together to cover the pan.
  12. Whisk remaining egg and brush over top of dough.
  13. Cover loosely with foil and bake 1.25 hours until center is 160 F.
  14. Work sides loose and lift from pan using the sides of the foil.
  15. Let stand 20 mins to firm up and cool down – if you serve to soon it will run and the cheese could cause mouth burns.