Braided Holiday Brunch Loaf
From linebb956 16 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 10
Got this from Yankee Mag.. It'll look as though you spent hours, but in truth it's really just fancy scrambled eggs folded into dough.
Ingredients
- 1/4 stick (2 tablespoons) unsalted butter shopping list
- 1 russet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes shopping list
- 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped shopping list
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced into 1/4-inch pieces shopping list
- 4 strips cooked bacon or ham, chopped shopping list
- 1 dozen eggs shopping list
- 2 scallions, finely chopped shopping list
- 8 ounces cream cheese, cut into small pieces shopping list
- 1/2 cup shredded mild cheddar or monterey jack cheese shopping list
- 1 egg white shopping list
- 1 teaspoon water shopping list
- flour for surfaces shopping list
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, defrosted shopping list
How to make it
- In a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, melt butter and cook potato cubes 5 minutes, or until they begin to soften.
- Add onion and pepper and cook 8 to 10 minutes, or until onion becomes translucent, flipping ingredients with a spatula occasionally, being careful not to break up potato.
- Add bacon. Lower heat to medium.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and scallions.
- Add to sauté pan.
- Fold in cream cheese and cheddar and scramble gently until just set.
- Remove to a separate bowl and cool to room temperature (or refrigerate).
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a small bowl, whisk together egg white and water.
- On a lightly floured work surface, roll one sheet of puff pastry into a 10-by-12-inch rectangle.
- Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment or Silpat.
- Trim pastry
- Place half of egg mixture into center of pastry and braid .
- Brush with egg wash.
- Repeat with other pastry sheet. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until browned.
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