Russian Sauce

Epic sauce for breakfast burritos or sandwiches

Ingredients

  • ½ cup Mayonnaise
  • ½ cup Chile Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Smoked Hot Paprika
  • 1 tablespoon prepared Horseradish or horseradish sauce for a less horseradishy (is that a word?) finish
  • 1 teaspoon Pimentos Canned or jarred
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • 10 small chives chopped, dash of cayenne

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a blender (or in a mixing bowl using an immersion blender); pulse into a smooth mixture.
  • Transfer into a sealable container and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Dutch Baby

This large, fluffy pancake is excellent for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dessert any time of year. And it comes together in about five blessed minutes. Just dump all of the ingredients into a blender, give it a good whirl, pour it into a heated skillet sizzling with butter, and pop it into the oven. Twenty-five minutes later? Bliss. It’s wonderful simply with sugar, syrup or preserves, but you also can serve it with fresh berries and whipped cream, apple slices cooked in butter and sugar or banana slices lightly cooked then dusted with brown sugar.

Ingredients:

  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup whole milk, at room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • Syrup, preserves, confectioners’ sugar or cinnamon sugar- any other toppings. typically we do strawberries and whip cream or bananas cooked with brown sugar.

    Directions:
  • Step 1: Heat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Step 2: Combine eggs, flour, milk, sugar and nutmeg in a blender jar and blend until very smooth. Batter may also be mixed by hand.
  • Step 3: Place butter in a heavy 10-inch skillet and place in the oven. As soon as the butter has melted (watch it so it does not burn) add the batter to the pan, return pan to the oven and bake for 20 minutes, until the pancake is puffed and golden. Lower oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake 5 minutes longer.
  • Step 4: Remove pancake from oven, cut into wedges and serve at once topped with syrup, preserves, confectioners’ sugar or cinnamon sugar.

Beef Stroganoff

Short Family Favorite

Ingredients:2 lbs ground beef
2 medium onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 4-ounce can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 cup beef consomme or bouillion
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup sour cream mixed with 2 tablespoons flour (added at the end)
Directions:

  1. Brown ground beef in large skillet
  2. Add onions, garlic and mushrooms. Saute until onion is golden brown.
  3. Put in crock pot with all remaining ingredients except sour cream.
  4. Stir thoroughly. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours.
  5. Stir in sour cream 1 hour before serving.
  6. Serve over hot buttered noodles or rice.