Breakfast Ideas using Demarle

Chocolate Brownie Eggs

With Easter approaching, you may be planning an Easter Brunch. Special occasions provide an opportunity to prepare special dishes or food that is a treat. The parties I'm doing this month feature our egg-shape tray to make cakes and chocolate eggs.  Call me to schedule your cooking demonstration!


Recently, I experimented with preparing bacon and hash browns using the Flexipat® and Silpat® (no pics, sorry). Not surprisingly, the results were great!

If you set the temperature at 375°, you can also prepare both of these side-dishes (first bacon, and then hash browns) on the bottom rack of  the oven while you cook the chile relleno crust-less quiche.

Oven Bacon

Preparing bacon in the oven with your Flexipat® not only eliminates the need to stand over the stove and turn the bacon strips, it does not smell up the whole house.

• Preheat oven to 400°
• Place the Flexipat® on the medium PBS
• Cut bacon strips in half
• Position bacon strips on the Flexipat®; some overlap is OK
• Bake for 15-20 min, depending on desired crispness
• Remove from oven and use the polyamide spatula to take bacon off  Flexipat®
• Placing bacon on paper towels removes excess grease
• Serve and enjoy!

Clean-up: Use paper towels to absorb the bacon grease in the Flexipat® prior to washing.  I am always amazed that I can cook something at a high temperature in the oven with this bake-ware and not have stuck-on food. As always, clean up any spills on your PBS immediately, and it will continue to look brand new.

Oven Hashbrowns

This quick and simple idea using prepackaged frozen hash browns makes hash browns that are crisp without frying.  I used the large Silpat® and PBS.

• Thaw frozen hash browns in refrigerator overnight
• Preheat oven to 400°
• Place Silpat® on the appropriate size PBS
• Toss hashbrowns in Demarle Stainless Steel mixing bowl with enough oil to coat them
  I used grape seed oil because it has a high smoking point and I like the nutty flavor
• Season with sea salt
• Spread hash browns on Silpat®, either in individual portions or as one mass. Do not pile too high.
• Bake for 10-15 min
  
• Remove from oven and use the polyamide spatula to remove to serving dish
• Serve and enjoy!