Cara Cara Orange Compote

Tart, sweet and lively with bright citrus flavor, this compote is excellent spooned over French toast!

Ingredients:
2 Cara Cara oranges, peeled and separated, pith removed
6 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons brandy

Method:
1. In a small, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat, combine orange sections, sugar, and brandy. Using the back of a wooden spoon, mash oranges as they heat up to release juices. Stir until sugar dissolves.

2. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.

Chorizo Scramble

Or, try breakfast burritos this week: Just whip up this spicy scramble and serve it in tortillas with cheese and salsa on top!

Ingredients:
8 eggs
8 ounces chorizo sausage
¼ cup milk
½ cup chopped leeks, white and light green parts only
½ sweet onion, peeled and diced
1 tablespoon butter or olive oil
1 tablespoon freshly-chopped parsley
Sea salt and fresh ground pepper

Method:
1. Heat the butter or oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the chorizo sausage and cook through, breaking the sausage into small chunks with a wooden spoon. Then, add the spring onions and leeks and cook, stirring constantly, for an additional 2-3 minute, until both are softened and fragrant.

2. Crack eggs and break over a shallow bowl. Break yolks with a whisk or fork, then whisk together with the milk, seasoning generously with salt and pepper. Add eggs to the frying pan and mix with the chorizo and vegetables.

3. Cook, stirring occasionally until eggs are set and no longer runny. Gently mix in the freshly-chopped parsley and serve immediately.

Good Morning Recipes

We’re back, and just in time for brunch, too: Cuddle up in some sweatpants, put on a pot of coffee and perk up your taste buds with this week’s selection of farm-fresh brunch fare. Featuring such highlights as organic breakfast sausages from Skagit River Ranch, freshly-baked Challah bread, Mille prosecco, locally-roasted coffee, and both farm-fresh eggs from our heritage breed hens and rich duck eggs, this delivery also includes fingerling potatoes, a wealth of citrus fruit, garden-grown herbs and two delightful cheeses from our creamery. Rise and shine, it’s breakfast time!

Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:

Challah Bread French Toast
This lovely and light French toast is wonderful topped with maple syrup, berry jam, or confectioners’ sugar.

Duck Egg Frittata
Packed with fingerling potatoes, braised greens and Grana-style cheese, this easy frittata boasts incredibly fresh flavor.

Fingerling Potato ‘Homefries’
These creamy, rustic potatoes are flecked with fresh parsley and red pepper flakes for heat.

Meyer Lemon, Valencia Orange & Kumquat Citronette
Crafted from a beautiful mixture of winter citrus, this light, yet punchy, vinaigrette is lovely drizzled on fresh garden greens.

Roasted Cipollini Onions
These tender little onions are fabulous mixed into scrambled eggs.

Challah Bread French Toast

This lovely and light French toast is wonderful topped with syrup, berry jam, or confectioner’s sugar.

Ingredients:
1 large loaf Challah bread
2 eggs
1½ cups milk
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon smoked cinnamon
1 tablespoon honey
½ teaspoon salt
Unsalted butter
Vegetable oil

Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 250°.

2. In a large shallow bowl or pan, whisk together the eggs, milk, orange zest, vanilla, smoked cinnamon, honey and salt. Slice the Challah in ¾-inch thick slices. Soak the slices in the egg mixture for 5 minutes, turning once.

3. Heat 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon oil in a very large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the soaked bread and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side, until nicely browned. Place the cooked French toast on a sheet pan and keep it warm in the oven. Fry the remaining soaked bread slices, adding butter and oil as needed.

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