Croissant brauðréttur

Croissant bread dish

Bread dishes ("brauðréttir") are quite popular in Iceland's everyday cuisine. Here I have a recipe in which no toast bread, but croissant is used - a delicious bread dish for a cozy breakfast.

The dish can be prepared very well the evening before and then stay covered overnight in the refrigerator. The next morning you take it out of the refrigerator so that it gets room temperature again. Meanwhile preheat the oven and then put the food into it. 

Ingredients for 4 people

4 croissants

4 slices of cheddar cheese

1 tsp butter

2 eggs

200 ml cream

100 ml milk

1/2 tsp coarse sea salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp dried thyme

80 g Brie cheese

6 slices of ham

1 tsp butter

Preparation 

Slice the croissants open and put a slice of cheddar cheese into each one, Then close the croissants again.

Butter a casserole and place the croissants in it.

Cut the ham and brie into small pieces and spread as evenly as possible over the croissants.

In a bowl, mix the eggs with the cream, milk, salt, pepper and thyme, and pour the mixture over the croissants.

Add a little dried thyme on top of the croissants. Cover the casserole with aluminum foil. Let it steep in the fridge overnight.

The next morning, preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper /lower heat, while leaving the croissants at room temperature.

Place the casserole with the aluminum foil at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for 20 minutes.

Then remove the aluminum foil and bake for another 10 minutes until the dish has turned golden brown.

Then serve directly.