Gourmet Salad Mix

The season for eating our delicious Gourmet Salad Mix has begun!

Here are some of the plants it includes this time of year (early June):

Lettuce (a dozen varieties)

Arugula

Mizuna (regular, purple and ruby streaks, and golden frills)

Tatsoi

Minutina

Tres fin endive

Shungiku

Parsley

Chervil

Lambs quarters

Orach

Beet Greens

Chickweed

Spinach

pansies

Johnny jump ups

Jane Jewell’s Strada

Jane Jewell’s Strada

Ingredients

16 slices bread cut in 1” cubes
½ pound sharp cheese, shredded
2-3 cups cubed ham, sausage, or salmon
9 extra large eggs
2c milk
1t salt
½ cup melted butter

Place ½ the bread in bottom of a 9 x13 greased dish; cover with ½ the cheese and ½ the ham, repeat layers.  Combine milk, eggs, and salt. Beat thoroughly  Pour over ham/bread/cheese mixture. Drizzle melted butter over top.  Refrigerate 12-24 hours. Cover loosely with foil. Place in pan containing ¾” of hot water. Bake at 400° for 50 minutes or until knife in center is clean. No foil last 15 minutes

Big Dutch Babies

Big Dutch Babies (Sunset Magazine, 1977)

This is a dramatic looking egg dish that is super quick and easy to make.

Serves Pan Size Butter Eggs Milk/Flour
3 2-3 quart ¼ cup 3 ¾ cup each
4 3-4 quart 1/3 cup 4 1 cup each
5 4-4 ½ quart ½ cup 5 1 ¼ cup each
6 4 ½-5 quart ½ cup 6 1 ½ cup each

We also add 1 teaspoon salt to the recipe at the 4 serving size.

Put butter in heavy skillet and set in 425 degree oven.  Mix batter quickly while butter melts.  Put eggs in blender and whirl at high speed 1 minute.  Gradually pour in milk, slowly add flour (and salt if you are using it), whirl 30 seconds.

Remove pan from oven, pour batter into melted butter.  Return to oven, bake until puffy and well-browned, 20-25 minutes.  Serve immediately with topping.

Classic topping: Sprinkle powdered sugar on pancake, squeeze lemon over top. We also like it with fresh jam.