Creamy Egg Strata

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter divided
• 1.5 cups chicken broth 
• 10 servings garnish: chives fresh chopped
• 0.8 cup cooking wine dry white
• 8 large eggs lightly beaten
• 3 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon garlic minced
• 0.3 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
• 0.3 cup onion chopped
• 0.5 cup parmesan cheese freshly grated
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper freshly ground
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup cup heavy whipping cream sour
• 8 oz swiss cheese shredded

Equipment

• sauce pan
• oven
• whisk
• plastic wrap
• baking pan

Directions

1. Place bread cubes in a well-buttered 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Melt 3 Tbsp. butter, and drizzle over bread cubes.
2. Sprinkle with cheeses.
3. Melt remaining 3 Tbsp. butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat; add onion and garlic. Saut 2 to 3 minutes or until tender.
4. Whisk in flour until smooth; cook, whisking constantly, 2 to 3 minutes or until lightly browned.
5. Whisk in broth and next 4 ingredients until blended. Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes or until thickened.
6. Remove from heat. Stir in sour cream.
7. Add salt and pepper to taste.
8. Gradually whisk about one-fourth of hot sour cream mixture into eggs; add egg mixture to remaining sour cream mixture, whisking constantly.
9. Pour mixture over cheese in baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap, and chill 8 to 24 hours.
10. Let strata stand at room temperature 1 hour. Preheat oven to 35
11. Remove plastic wrap, and bake 30 minutes or until set.
12. Serve immediately.