My wife, Jan, is reading the Longmire mystery series. In the final book, Longmire has biscuits and Andouille sausage gravy. My wife came to me and said, “Make this.” Fortunately, I had some sausages left over from Fat Tuesday’s red beans and rice.
Karl’s Biscuits and Andouille Sausage Gravy
Filed under bread, Breakfast, Main Dishes
The prospect of fresh hot bread is one of the joys and reasons to get up in the morning. Most cultures have some form of baked good, but in the end it is mostly flour mixed with some kind of liquid and then baked—or fried. However, because of the complex chemistry involved in exactly what other ingredients you add—and how you treat the resulting dough—it produces amazingly different results.
Karl’s Biscuits
Filed under bread, Breakfast, California Fusion, Side Dishes
Adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe
I woke up this morning thinking, “Waffles!” As much as I like to cook, breakfasts have not been a high priority for me. My secret sin is that my morning pancakes and have always come from a box. Recently, I learned how easy pancakes and waffles from scratch were to make. Today, I thought about using cinnamon in the waffles and topping them with a fruit compote.
Karl’s Cinnamon Waffles
Filed under Breakfast, California Fusion
I woke up wanting waffles this morning. Plain waffles are a bit bland, they need something to top them. I had a large Asian pear in my fruit bowl and thought, “Why not.” A compote is simply fruit cooked in a sugar syrup—apple sauce is just one type of fruit compote.
Karl’s Asian Pear Compote
Filed under Breakfast, California Fusion, Sauces and Spices, Vegan, Vegetarian
Adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe
I woke up this morning thinking, “Waffles!” As much as I like to cook, breakfasts have not been a high priority for me. My secret sin is that my morning pancakes and have always come from a box.
Karl’s Orange Infused Waffles
Filed under Breakfast, California Fusion, Side Dishes
When I was a child, my mother Claudia would make sugared strawberries to top our waffles with—but only if it was strawberry season, when they were cheap. She would slice the strawberries and sprinkle a fair amount of sugar over them—as much as a quarter of a cup. Over time, the sugar would draw out the strawberry juices and make a fresh berry syrup to spoon over your waffle. Being diabetic, I have reduced the amount of sugar and, of course, I used my signature orange infused sugar.
Karl’s Orange Infused Sugared Strawberries
Filed under Breakfast, Sauces and Spices, Vegan, Vegetarian
Adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe
Note: I have been so busy with the holidays and posting big festival meals that some little gems have gone begging.
As much as I like to cook, breakfasts have not been a high priority for me. My secret sin is that my morning pancakes have always come from a box. Two months ago, my family woke up wanting pancakes and my cupboard was bare. Time to learn how to make them from scratch—“To the bat-internet!”
Karl’s Orange Infused Sugar
with butter, orange marmalade, and a fried egg
Filed under Breakfast, California Fusion, Side Dishes
I posted the recipe for my mother Claudia’s French toast a while ago. For a few people it is a treat, but it is a bit finicky in that you have to soak the bread slices and then cook them two at a time. If you are having a crowd at the table, this leaves some people hungry while they wait for the next batch. My memory is that she made this when we had breakfast company.
Claudia’s French Toast Casserole
Filed under bread, Breakfast, Main Dishes
I bought some Trader Joes almond butter and it was—to say the least—disappointing, hardly any almond flavor at all. Jan really loves banana bread and when our bananas get to that state of over ripeness where no one will eat them it is time to mix up a batch. Mixing the almond butter with the banana bread seemed a good way to use it up.
Karl’s Banana Almond Butter Mini Muffins
Filed under Breakfast, California Fusion, Desserts & Treats, Side Dishes
Several years ago, Cook’s Illustrated had a oat muffin recipe. While it was a tasty oat cupcake, it was not a “muffin”—too sweet! They did, however, have some good techniques for enhancing the oat flavor by toasting the raw oats and then grinding them into flour.
Karl’s Banana Oat Mini Muffins with Fresh Raspberries
Filed under Breakfast, California Fusion, Desserts & Treats, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
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