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Cracked Grain Coffee Cake
1 cup butter
3 eggs
3 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup cracked grains
1.5 tsp.baking soda
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 tsp vanilla extract
1.5 tsp. baking powder
1.5 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease well a bundt cake pan, set aside.
In a large bowl beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Stir together flour, cracked grains, baking powder and baking soda. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk to butter mixture. Blend well.
In a separate bowl, mix brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon.
With a large spoon, place half of the batter evenly into your prepared pan and sprinkle with filling. Top with remaining batter.
Bake for approximately 1 hour or just until cake begins to pull from pan sides. Cool in pan 15 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate.
Swiss Chard and Potato Frittata
Leftover frittata makes a great grab and go breakfast! From bigoven.com.
6 large Swiss chard leaves
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 medium boiling potato, peeled and diced finely
6 large eggs
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1/4 teaspoon salt
Ground black pepper
1 teaspoon unsalted butter
Wash the Swiss chard and pat very dry. Cut off and discard the stems, then gather the leaves into a tight bundle and finely chop them.
Heat the oil in a 9- or 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, and sauté until the onion turns golden, about 10 minutes. Mix in the potato and cover the pan. Cook, shaking the pan occasionally, until the potato is tender and the onions are brown, about 10-15 minutes. Remove the cover and pile on the Swiss chard. Cover again and cook, tossing occasionally, until the leaves are wilted, about 5 minutes. Scrape this mixture onto a plate and let cool. Wipe the pan clean.
Beat the eggs thoroughly in a large bowl. Beat in the cheese, salt and pepper. Stir in the cooled vegetable mixture.
Melt the butter in the skillet over low heat and swirl it around to coat the sides of the pan. Pour in the egg mixture. After about 5 minutes, when the edges begin to set, help the liquid egg pour over the sides of the frittata by occasionally loosening the edges with a rubber spatula and tilting the pan. It should take about 15 minutes for the frittata to become almost completely set.
Preheat the broiler. When the frittata is about 80 percent cooked, slide it under the broiler for a minute or so, until the top is set. (If the handle of your pan isn't ovenproof, wrap a few layers of foil around it before placing it under the broiler.) Let the frittata cool 10 minutes before cutting it into wedges.
A Hole in One Breakfast
4 slices Elmore bread, about and inch thick
4 eggs
3 tbsp. butter
Using a round cookie cutter or small glass, “cut a hole in the center of each slice of bread.
In a non-stick pan, melt the butter over medium heat and place the bread in the pan. Crack one egg into the center of each and cook for 2minutes. Flip over each slice and cook for one minute more.
Ruby Eggs on Patchwork Toast
Forgive the casualness of this particular recipe. I'm a fan of Eggs Florentine, but since you received Ruby Chard this week and no tomatoes, I refined and renamed my favorite brunch food. Enjoy!-elena
2 farm fresh eggs, poached (as easy as cracking them into a pot of boiling water and fishing them out 2 to 3 minutes later)
1/2# of ruby red chard, lightly sauteed with butter and chopped leeks
4 slices of roasted red peppers
4 T of creamy mornay (recipe follows)
2 thick slices of Patchwork Farm bread
Assemble the Ruby Eggs: Divide and pile the wilted Ruby Chard on each slice of bread. Follow with poached eggs and the roasted peppers. Toast or broil lightly in the toaster oven or broiler until just heated through, but the yolk is still runny. Garnish lavishly with mornay and eat with gusto! Perfect with sparkling orange juice or hot black coffee.
Making the Mornay: Melt 2 T of butter. Add 2 T of flour and whisk over medium heat for 2 minutes. Lower heat and slowly pour 2 cups of heated milk (for thinner, lower fat sauce) or cream (for thicker, high fat sauce) while furiously whisking to avoid cooked lumps of goo. Let simmer for a minute or two and then add 1/2 cup of freshly grated parmesan or swiss cheese or sharp cheddar. I like to add some blue cheese as well for extra tang. Continue to stir and cook until thickened. Store in the fridge for several days and reheat with a few tablespoons of milk.
Alternative to Cream Sauce: I've not tried this yet, but for those of you who are willing and/or not interested in a lot of fat in your diet, i've got a recipe for a reduced orange syrup. Basically it consists of simmering orange juice until a bit viscous, adding some salt and pepper, a bit of oil and fresh herbs. It sounded like it might work on the Ruby Eggs, but then again...maybe not. Let me know if you try it.
Corned Beef Hash
After all, the hash is the best reason to make corned beef and cabbage in the first place. Recipe adapted from the March Bon Appetit Magazine. Makes 4 servings.
6 slices bacon
2/3 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped cabbage reserved from corned beef
1/2 cup chopped vegetables (mixture of carrots and rutabagas) reserved from corned beef
2 cups finely chopped corned beef
2 cups chopped potatoes reserved from corned beef
2 large eggs, beaten to blend
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter or olive oil
Poached or fried eggs.
Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat; saute bacon until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, leaving 2-3 TB of drippings in the pan. Add onion to skillet and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Add cabbage and chopped root vegetable mixture and sauté 5 minutes. Transfer vegetable mixture to bowl; stir in corned beef, potatoes and bacon. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add beaten eggs and toss to coat.
Melt butter in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add corned beef hash mixture and cook until golden brown on bottom, occasionally pressing down with spatula, about 4 minutes. Turn hash mixture over in small portions and cook until second side is golden brown, occasionally pressing down with spatula, about 3 more minutes.
Serve topped with poached or fried eggs.
Maple Granola
If you're thinking it's not oats weather anymore, think again! I often eat granola, yogurt and fruit for breakfast in the summer.
2 c maples syrup, grade B
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 c oil
2 1/2 pounds rolled oats
3 c any combination of the following: oat bran, mixed cracked grains, sesame seed, wheat germ, sunflower seed, etc
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350. Combine syrup, vanilla and oil in a liquid measuring cup. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl; mix in the liquids. Combine well. Spread in a couple baking pans, such as jelly roll or roasting pans. Bake 30 minutes, stirring a couple times. Add a cup of chopped nuts for the last 10 minutes, if desired.
Buttermilk Raspberry Pancakes
If you can keep yourself from eating the raspberries right away, try making these for breakfast. They are one of summer's most wonderful treats. Serves 4.
2 cups whole milk
1 TB cider vinegar
2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 cup maple sugar (you can use maple syrup, but cut back 2 TB on the milk)
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups plain whole-milk yogurt
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 TB unsalted butter, melted and cooled
Additional butter for greasing griddle
1 pint raspberries
Mix the vinegar into the milk and set aside for 5 minutes. In a large bowl, whisk together all of the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk to combine the milk/vinegar mixture, yogurt, eggs and butter. Whisk the wet ingredients into the dry until only a few small lumps remain, being careful to not over mix.
On a griddle or pan preheated over medium heat, melt butter. Ladle pancake batter onto griddle (about 1/3 cup batter for each pancake), then immediately sprinkle each pancake with about 5 - 6 raspberries. Cook until bottom of pancake is lightly browned and bubbles have formed on the tops. Flip and cook until bottoms are golden. Serve warm with more yogurt and fresh raspberries or strawberry sauce.
Oatmeal Buttermilk Pancakes
These pancakes were a staple of the breakfasts I used to serve at my Inn. One of the best things about them is that you need to mix the batter the night before, making for a much more leisurely morning.
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
3 TB maple syrup
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups buttermilk (or milk soured with a bit of vinegar)
2 large eggs
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus more for brushing the griddle
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup to 3/4 cup apple cider
Whisk to combine first 6 ingredients in large bowl. Whisk buttermilk, eggs, 1/4 cup melted butter and vanilla in a medium bowl. Add to dry ingredients; whisk until blended, but some small lumps still remain. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or over night. When you are ready to make pancakes, remove batter from fridge and stir in enough apple cider to make a slightly thick, but pourable consistency. Heat heavy large skillet or pancake griddle over medium heat. Brush skillet with melted butter. Working in batches ladle batter by 1/4 cupfuls into skillet. Cook pancakes until bottoms are golden brown and bubbles form on top, about 2 minutes. Turn pancakes and continue cooking until bottoms are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Repeat with remaining pancake batter, brushing skillet with more melted butter in between batches. Keep pancakes warm in a 250F degree oven until ready to serve.
Meatless Red Flannel Hash
This recipe is from Barbara Kafka's Vegetable Love cookbook -- delicious with eggs your favorite way! Serves 4 as a side dish.
3/4 lb. whole beets, trimmed and scrubbed
2 large floury potatoes, scrubbed
2 tablespoons butter plus 1 tablespoon, melted
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
16 fresh sage leaves, cut into thin strips
2 teaspoons kosher salt
7-8 grinds fresh black pepper
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
Roast beets until a knife easily slips into the flesh. When just cool enough to handle, slip off the skins and coarsely chop. Place the potatoes in a 3-qt saucepan with water to cover. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until just tender, about 25 minutes. Drain and refrigerate until cold. Remove the skins and cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
Heat 2T butter and the oil in a 10-inch nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook until translucent, about 5 min. Add sage and cook until wilted. Add the potatoes and cook until brown, about 15 minutes. As the potatoes begin to brown, use a spatula to turn, rather than stirring, so the potatoes don't turn to mush. When the potatoes have browned, add the beets, salt and pepper, folding them in with the spatula. Continue to cook for about 10 minutes. Pour in the vinegar and 1/4 cup water or stock. Cook for 2 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed. Pour in another 1/4 cup water or stock and cook until the liquid has been absorbed once more.
Place an oven rack on the 2nd level from the top and set oven to broil. Center a 9-10 inch glass pie dish over the skillet. Holding the pie dish in place, flip the skillet over, turning the hash out into the pie dish. Press down into an even layer. (The hash can be made ahead at this point and refrigerated. Bring to room temperature before continuing.) Brush the top of the hash with the melted butter. Broil for 10 minutes, or until the top is crusty and nicely browned.
Wheat Berries with Strawberry Sauce and Yogurt
So, you've made more wheat berries than you ate last night and are wondering what to do with the rest. Why not serve them for breakfast? Of course, this would also make an excellent mid-afternoon snack or evening dessert. Serves 2.
10 oz frozen strawberries
1 TB honey, optional
pinch salt
2 cups cooked wheat berries, warm
plain or flavored yogurt
Place strawberries, honey and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer. Turn down heat and keep at a simmer for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until strawberries are thawed and heated through. Divide warm wheat berries between two bowls. Spoon strawberry sauce over the top and garnish with a generous dollop of yogurt. Yum!
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Classic and Hearty Oatmeal
This is a staple in the Baron household, with 1 to 5 of us spooning it up just about every morning during the colder months. It's hard to judge a serving here, as I can eat as little as 1/3 to 1/2 cup (dry) and my kids each eat about a full cup dry. Serves 2 to 4.
2 cups dry rolled oats
2 cups milk
1 3/4 cups water
1/4 tsp salt
1 TB butter
handful of raisins or dried cranberries
drizzle of maple syrup or honey
Place oats, milk, water and salt in a medium saucepan and stir to combine. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Stir, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for five to 10 minutes, until all the liquid is absorbed and oats have softened to a porridge. Stir in butter. Divide into bowls and garnish with dried fruit and sweetener of your choice.
Cornmeal Waffles with Strawberry Compote
These make a delicious sweet and healthy treat served with a dollop of yogurt. Or, try making the waffles without the honey and serving with a savory mushroom sauce. Makes 6.
Strawberry Compote
1.5 lbs frozen strawberries, hulled
1/2 cup honey
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Pinch of salt
Waffles
1 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour
3/4 cup cornmeal
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 TB honey
3 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 stick butter, melted and cooled
Place berries, honey, lemon juice, and salt into a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cook until strawberries have softened and juices have begun to reduce and start to thicken, about 10 to 20 minutes. Let cool while you make the waffles.
Preheat oven to 200F. Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. In another small bowl, whisk honey, eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and melted butter. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry and whisk until smooth. Make waffles according to manufacturer's directions. Keep waffles warm in the oven while you make the rest. Serve waffles with compote and yogurt.
Foolproof Hard Boiled Eggs
From Cooks Illustrated March 1, 1999.
Boiling an egg seems easy. Just drop the egg into a pot of water and wait, right? Unfortunately that's not the case. More often than not the egg comes out overcooked, with a green ring around the yolk and an unpleasant sulfurous smell. After countless tests, we found this method to be best.
Place eggs in medium saucepan in a single layer, cover with 1 inch of water, and bring to boil over high heat. Remove pan from heat, cover, and let sit for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, fill a medium bowl with 1 quart water and 1 tray of ice cubes (or equivalent). Transfer eggs to ice water bath with slotted spoon; let sit 5 minutes. Peel and use as desired.
If you plan on peeling your eggs immediately after cooking, drain the hot water from the pot used to cook the eggs and shake the pot back and forth to crack the shells. Then plunge them in enough ice water to cover the eggs until they cool down. The water seeps under the broken shells, allowing them to be slipped off without a struggle. If you want to leave the shells intact (perhaps for decorating), and wish to peel them later, the best way is to start to peel from the large end of the egg, which has an air pocket. This lets you get under the membrane without digging into the white.
Awesome Apple Pancake Recipe
Adapted from a Champlain Orchards recipe that was contributed to the Dishing up Vermont cookbook by Tracey Medeiros
3 eggs
1/2 cup plus 3 TB whole milk
3/4 cup all-purpose flour (or substitute whole-wheat for up to 1/4 cup)
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp almond or pure vanilla extract
2-3 peeled apples, cored and thinly sliced
2 TB honey
3/4 tsp cinnamon
2 TB butter
Maple syrup for garnish
Warm an iron skillet in a 425F oven. With a handheld blender, whisk together the eggs, milk, flour(s), salt and extract until smooth. In a separate bowl, toss together apples, honey and cinnamon. Melt butter in the warm skillet. Arrange the apples in a single layer on the bottom of the skillet. Carefully pour the batter over the fruit. Bake for 25 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. To serve, drizzle with maple syrup.
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