
Quiche Lorraine with asparagus and sauce bearnaise
photo courtesy of Jay Rabalais |
We hope you won't think
it presumptuous of us to be publishing these recipes on our web
page, but, astonishingly enough, we regularly get requests for them
from our guests. So.... here they are. We hope you enjoy making
them as much as we enjoy serving them.
BEACH HOUSE CREME CARAMEL FRENCH
TOAST
(Guests almost always ask for this recipe!)
A scrumptious make-ahead breakfast or brunch main dish that goes together
in 15 minutes. May be made the night before and refrigerated, or made
same morning if you dip the bread in eggs/milk mixture first.
In 9 X 13" casserole dish, melt in microwave
| 2 tablespoons corn syrup
with 1 cup brown sugar and
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter |
Turning the pan width-wise, layer one and one-half loaves cinnamon
raisin bread slices in 3 columns like dominoes, usually 7 slices per
row. In large bowl, beat 6 eggs and add 2 cups milk, 2
cups light cream, 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon
salt. Stir.
Pour slowly over bread, cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate
over night.
Bake at COVERED at 350 degrees for 45 minutes and UNCOVERED
for 15 minutes.
Cut into 9 or 12 squares.
INVERT ONTO PLATES so the caramel is on the top.
Top with dollop of sour cream and chopped walnuts, almonds
or pecans.
Serves 6-9 depending on portion size.
BAKED
FRENCH TOAST WITH FRESH FRUIT LIQUEUR
May be made the night before and refrigerated, or made same morning
if you dip the bread in eggs/milk mixture first. Ingredients:
| 10 eggs
3 cups milk
2 tsp. vanilla
1 large loaf scally or challah or some other white specialty
bread
1/4 cup melted butter |
Mix eggs, milk and vanilla in large bowel. Pam large 11
x 13" casserole dish.
Slice bread thick and dip in batter, then layer like dominoes
till it's full.
Pour remaining batter over bread.
Drizzle melted butter evenly over top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Cut into squares and top with fresh fruit: Sliced peaches soaked
in peach schnapps, strawberries soaked in kirsch, or bananas soaked
in Grand Marnier.
Dust with powdered sugar.
Serves 6-9 depending on portion size.
BEACH
HOUSE SEAFOOD STRATA
May be made the night before and refrigerated, or made same morning
if you dip the bread in eggs/milk mixture first. Ingredients:
| 1 large loaf scally or challah or some other white
specialty bread
1 and 1/2 cups shredded Swiss or Jack cheese
1/2 cup purple onion slivered
1 cup sliced celery
1/2 cup sliced sweet red, orange, yellow peppers (optional)
1 pound seafood salad from the deli (you may, of course,
substitute fresh lobster, shrimp, crab, etc.)
5 large eggs
3 cups milk
1/4 tsp. dried mustard
Salt, fresh ground pepper to taste |
Cube bread and place in large Pammed 11 x 13" casserole dish.
Mix in sliced vegetables.
Spread seafood salad evenly over top, working gently down to
bottom.
Spread cheese over top.
Mix eggs, milk and mustard.
Pour over top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. Should be golden brown
and bubbly.
Cut into squares. Serves 6-9 depending on portion size.
BAKED
PEACHES & CREAM FRENCH TOAST
May be made the night before and refrigerated, or made same morning
if you dip the bread in eggs/milk mixture first. Ingredients:
| 6 eggs beaten
2 cups light cream
1 tsp. nutmeg
4 tablespoons peach preserves
1-2 loaves French, Italian, scally or challah or some
other white specialty bread |
Dunk Sliced bread and arrange in Pammed 11 x 13" casserole dish.
Pour rest over top.
Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Top with sliced peaches and peach butter. Dust with powdered
sugar.
Peach Butter
In blender, mix half cup softened butter with 4 tablespoons peach
preserves.

Fresh Fruit Fruit Crepe with vanila-orange creme
photo courtesy of Jay Rabalais |
BEACH HOUSE CRĘPES
Ingredients:
| Fabulous fruits
Purchased dessert crępes
Fresh strawberries, bananas, peaches, blueberries
Pepared Vanilla pudding with Cointreau wisked into taste
Cinnamon sugar |
Drape crępe over desert plate so that half of it remains on
and half off plate.
Spread dollop of yogurt on the half crępe on the plate.
Layer sliced bananas, peaches and strawberries on yogurt.
Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Fold crępe half off the plate up and onto the plate, making
a half circle.
Flute from edges toward center making the filled crępe into
a fan or scallop shell shape.
Add more fresh fruit at seam and dust with more cinnamon sugar.
FRUIT
PARFAITS
Ingredients:
| Sliced fresh bananas, peaches, strawberries, blueberries
Vanilla yogurt
Cinnamon sugar
Granola
Mint leaves |
Layer above ingredients: berries, yoghurt, granola, peaches,
etc. to please the eye.
Top with mint leaves and strawberries. Sprinkle with cinnamon
sugar.
Soaking the fruit in the liqueur of your choice adds a delightful
zing.
May be made a couple of hours ahead and chilled.
BEACH
HOUSE BAKED PEARS (Great for Apples, too!)
Ingredients:
| Brown sugar
orange Juice
Canned pear halves
Ground cinnamon
Ground nutmeg
Ground cloves |
Spread thin layer of brown sugar in Pammed oval ramekins.
Place 3 pear halves end overlapping end.
Drizzle splash of orange juice (with pulp is best).
Dot with butter.
Sprinkle with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Serve with underliner.
Beach House
Stuffed French Toast Ingredients:
| Whipped cream cheese
Strawberry, peach, raspberry, blueberry preserves, or
orange marmelade
Challah, scally, french or any other breads from the
bakery
Eggs, 1 per personor
Milk, about 1/2 cup per person
Vanila, 1 tsp.
Confectioner's sugar
Sliced fresh fruit to coordinate with preserves.
Liquer to marinate fruit, optional
Maple or berry syrup |
Spread one half nice thick bread slices with whipped cream
cheese, the other half with your favorite preserves.
Make sandwiches.
Beat eggs, milk, and vanila together. Substitute half cream,
half milk for a richer batter, if you wish.
Dip sandwiches in batter and grill on hot Pammed griddle till
golden brown on both sides.
Plate and top with fresh fruit, drizzle of syrup (maple or
berry) and sift confectioner's sugar over top.
Beach
House Bird's Nests
Ingredients:
| Challah, Scally, or French bread sliced at least
an inch thick
Eggs, 1 for each bird's nest
Coarsely shredded taco cheese
Fruit, bacon, or ham clices |
Cut oval shaped holes in center of each bread slice.
Placed bread slices on Pammed hot griddle.
Break an egg into "nest" hole in bread slices.
Sprinkle on taco cheese.
When egg has set and bread bottoms are golden brown, using
2 spatulas, invert bread slices, taking care to keep cheese beneath
slices.
(If it spills out, just tuck it back in. Depending on your
griddle, you may want to respray Pam when you lift a slice up just
before you turn it over and replace it on griddle. Then you won't
have any trouble getting it off the griddle when it's done.)
When second side of slices has turned crispy, invert onto places
and garnish with fruit, bacon or ham slices.
Beach
House Mini-Quiche-Souffles
Ingredients:
| 2 sticks butter
5 eggs
3/4 cup Bisquick or Jiffy Mix
8 oz. part skim ricotta
16 oz. lite cottage cheese
6 tablespoons lite sour cream
3 cups shredded Swiss cheese |
In a large bowl, melt 2 sticks butter in microwave. Beat in
5 eggs and 3/4 cup Bisquick or Jiffy Mix. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Spray large muffin pans with butter flavored Pam. Fill and bake
at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
You can add seafood salad, chopped veggies, diced ham or crumbled
bacon. |