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Holiday breakfasts to make ahead
Memorial Day and Father’s Day
are coming up soon. If you are
planning for weekend company, a
breakfast dish that can be made
ahead is a quick and easy morning
meal. Serve these Egg Stratas with
fruit salad and sweet rolls or a
coffee cake for a delicious com
pany breakfast or brunch.
Egg stratas, if you are not
familiar with them, are layered
casseroles of eggs, cheese and
other ingredients. Most are
refrigerated several hours or
overnight before cooking.
Stratas, like other casseroles
that can’t be stirred, need to be
microwaved on medium power for
even cooking. On high power, the
edges or corners get hard (over
cooked) before the center is cooked
and set.
If you’ve made stratas m your
range oven, the microwave ver
sions will be less brown on top.
Sprinkle grated cheese or paprika
on top for more color. Or, put the
casserole under an oven broiler
during standing time to brown the
top.
Egg and Cheese
Strata
5 slices of bread, cubed (about
cups)
2 cups (8 ounces) Cheddar
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cheese,shredded
2 tablespoons butter or
margarine
Vz teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dry mustard
l >2 teaspoon paprika
4 eggs
1 3 A cups milk (or for richer
flavor, use one 12-ounce can
evaporated milk)
1. Layer half of the bread cubes,
1% cups cheese (reserve cup for
topping), and the remaining bread
in a flat lVz-2-quart casserole (such
as a 9-inch round cake pan or a
10”x6” utility dish).
2. Melt margarine or butter in a
4-cup measure or small mixing
bowl. Stir in salt, mustard ,and
paprika, then add eggs and milk,
beating until well mixed.
3. Pour egg mixture evenly over
the bread layers. Gently press
cubes down if they float up.
Sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
Cover and refrigerate overnight or
for several hours.
4. Microwave, covered, on high
power for 10 minutes, rotating pan
V 4 turn after 5 minutes.
5. Rotate pan again, and cook on
medium (50,5) for 10 minutes
longer, until the center is set on the
bottdm. Let stand 5 minutes before
serving. Serves 4-6.
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HINTS: Vary the flavor of this
recipe by of these; ‘4
cup choppea scallions,
mushrooms, or green ctulies; *2
cup chopped cooked ham; or 5-6
slices cooked and crumbled bacon.
Layer the optional ingredient
under the cheese layer in Step 1.
For a browner top, microwave
on high power for 10 minutes,
rotating the pan after 5 minutes.
Then bake the strata, uncovered,
in a range oven at 350°F. for about
20 minutes, until browned and set
in the center.
The Farmer’s Strata below isn’t
a true strata, since it is not
layered. However, it has the same
flavor and appearance as a strata
when cooked. With meat, potatoes,
eggs and cheese m the recipe, you
have a hearty and filling breakfast
casserole.
This casserole is also good
served .with a green salad for a
light supper dish. Or fix it the night
before an extra busy morning, and
you can “feed the men” in a snap!
1,4 cup chopped onion (1 small)
2 tablespoons butter or
margarine
12 ounce package frozen hash
brown potatoes, about 3 cups (OR
use 3 medium peeled and shredded
raw potatoes)
1/3 cup milk or cream
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded
cheddar cheese
1 cup (4 ounces) diced cooked
ham
Va teaspoon salt
Vz teaspoon pepper
Paprika for topping, if desired
1. Saute onion in butter in a 9-
inch round cake pan (or a 10x6-inch
utility pan) for 3 minutes on high,
until the onion is tender. Stir once
halfway through.
2. Add potatoes, cover with a lid
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or plastic wrap and cook on high
for 6 minutes, stirring once, until
the potatoes are cooked.
3. Beat eggs, add the remaining
ingredients and mix thoroughly.
Pour over potatoes and stir gently
to mix. Recover with plastic wrap.
4. Cook, covered, on medium
(50,5) for 15 minutes until the
center is set. Sprinkle with paprika
and let stand covered for 5 minutes
before serving. Serves 4-6.
TO PREPARE AHEAD:
Complete through Step 3;
refrigerate covered overnight.
Cook, covered, on high for 5
minutes, rotate dish, then continue
with Step 4 above.
in maple products contest
TOWANDA A maple syrup
contest was held recently during
the Maple Festival at the Troy
Fairgrounds.
Richard N. Plotts of Clinton
County judged the contest. The
judging includes such qualities as
color, clarity, texture, taste,
smoothness, density, as well as
other factors.
The following are the results
Class I (V> gallon syrup)
Ist C Earl Cole of Milan 2nd Roloson Brothers
of Troy 3rd HW Russell & Sons of Rome
Class II (quarts syrup)
Ist CW Russell & Son of Rome 2nd HW
Russell 4 Sons of Rome 3rd Bill 4 Janet Brown 4
Son of Rome
Class 111 (*/? pint syrup- light)
Ist HW Russell 4 Sons 2nd CW Russell 4
Son 3rd Roloson Brothers
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VARIATIONS: Use swiss cheese
instead of the Cheddar. Substitute 1
cup cooked and crumbled sausage,
or 6 slices cooked and crumbled
bacon in place of the ham.
NOTE: The cooking times above
are for microwave with 600-700
watts of cooking power. For 500-
600, add 10 seconds to each minute;
for 400-500, add 20 seconds.
MICRO/CONVECTION OWN
ERS: These recipes cook well in a
micro/convection or combination
oven at 350°F. (with microwave
on). However, since each brand of
oven cooks so differently from the
others, I cannot give you the exact
cooking time. Look for similar
recipes in your oven’s cookbook.
Copyright 1985, Lanl Bloomer.
(Vinners named
Ist Rotoson Brothers 2nd HW Russell A
Sons 3rd CW Russell A Son
Ist James Schrader ot Rome 2nd HW Russell
& Sons of Rome 3rd Elwyn & Helen Wnsley of
Gillett
Ist Dewey Meadows Maples of Warren Center
2nd C W Russell & Son of Rome 3rd H W
Russell & Sons of Rome
b Sugar Cake- crystal coated
Ist CW Russell & Son of Rome
Class V Sugar Crumb
Ist CW Russell & Son of Rome 2nd HW
Russell & Sons of Rome 3rd Dewey Meadows
Maple of Warren Center
Ist CW Russell & Son of Rome 2nd Bill &
Janet Brown & Son of Rome 3rd Roloson
Brothers of Troy
Ist Pat Bradley of Gillett 2nd Elwyn & Helen
Wnsley of Gillett 3rd Bill & Janet & Son of Rome
Best of Show Award
C W Russell & Son
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