Cheese and Olive Custard

Name: Cheese and Olive Custard
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 5 slices bread, crusts removed; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 cup cheese, grated; 1/2 cup stuffed olives, sliced; 3 eggs, slightly beaten; 1/4 teaspoon prepared mustard; 1/3 cup olive juice; 2 cups milk

Submitted by Molly53

"A little like a savory bread pudding, a little like a custard, this dish comes from the Western chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947."

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Ready In:: 1hr 15mins
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 6

ingredients

5 slices bread, crusts removed
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup cheese, grated
¹⁄₂ cup stuffed olives, sliced
3 eggs, slightly beaten
¹⁄₄ teaspoon prepared mustard
¹⁄₃ cup olive juice
2 cups milk

directions

Preheat oven to 325F and grease a small casserole dish very well.
Butter bread and cut into cubes; arrange 1/3 on bottom of prepared casserole dish.
Cover with 1/3 of cheese and 1/2 of the olives.
Repeat, having cheese on top.
Dot with remaining butter.
Beat eggs slightly, add mustard, olive juice and milk, stirring constantly.
Pour evenly into casserole, set casserole dish into a pan of hot water and bake until set, about 60 minutes.