This pizza party strata is made with cubes of garlic bread, pepperoni, mozzarella, and dollops of marinara sauce bathed in an eggy custard. It's finished with grated Parm, snipped basil, and a few glugs of EVOO (optionally! but recommended).

Strata is a cross between bread pudding and frittata—eggier than bread pudding, it easily slides into frittata’s savory territory. The recipe is highly adaptable, working with any stale bread from bagels to biscuits, and can accommodate any number of mix-ins, for the perfect fridge clean-out casserole.

For best results, assemble it the night before so the bread can soak up the egg-milk mixture, then bake it in the morning for an easy and impressive brunch centerpiece.

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