Gluten-Free Crab and Brie Savory Breakfast Bake is a delicious, savory make-ahead recipe loaded with lump crab meat, eggs, Brie cheese, dill Havarti cheese and cream cheese custard! This is a great recipe for using up day-old gluten-free sandwich bread.
Gluten-Free Crab and Brie Savory Breakfast Bake was adapted from a recipe by Linda Zimmerman which appears in her book- Puddings, Custards and Flans.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
- 8 slices cubed day-old gluten free sandwich bread
- 8 ounces flaked lump crab meat
- 1/2 cup grated dill Havarti cheese
- 1/2 cup cubed cream cheese
- 6 ounces chilled, cubed Brie cheese with rind removed
- 6 large eggs
- 3 cups buttermilk, milk OR dairy substitute (I used organic light coconut milk)
- 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions
- 1/4 teaspoon salt , or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon gluten free cayenne
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon Herbs de Provence blend, OR your favorite herb blend
Preparation:
- Put cubed gluten free bread in a large, one gallon container. Beat the eggs and pour over bread cubes. Add all remaining ingredients (except lump crab, and cubed Brie cheese) and gently fold until well mixed. Cover tightly with a lid or plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- In the morning, preheat oven to 350°, fold crab meat into the bread cube mixture and pour into a buttered 13x9 inch baking dish. Dot the top of the dish with cubed Brie and press the cheese down into the bread with a spoon. Sprinkle herb blend evenly over the top of the dish.
- Bake for about 1 hour, or until top is golden brown and bubbling.
- Serve hot.
Serves 6 to 8 as a breakfast entree.
Tip: I used day-old slices of Gluten Free Sandwich Bread which held up well in this heavy dish. Homemade Gluten Free Hamburger Buns also work very well in this recipe.
Reminder: Always make sure your work surfaces, utensils, pans and tools are free of gluten. Always read product labels. Manufacturers can change product formulations without notice. When in doubt, do not buy or use a product before contacting the manufacturer for verification that the product is free of gluten.
