10 SIDELINES MARCH 2014
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Frothy Caramel Iced Coffee
Ingredients: three tablespoons of light brown sugar, one
tablespoon of water, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 1 1/4 cups of whole
milk, 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla, 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 teaspoon of
instant coffee, ice, cinnamon for dusting.
Directions:
In a small saucepan over low heat, combine the brown sugar,
water and salt. Heat and stir with a whisk. You’ll want to heat the
mixture for about two minutes or until it turns a few shades darker
than what you started with.
In the meantime, place your milk into the blender and blend on
low (you’re developing a frothy creamy topping).
Remove your caramel from the heat, and whisk in butter and
vanilla. Stir in the instant coffee.
Stop your blender and add about 6-8 cubes of ice. Add in your
caramel coffee mixture and blend until an icy mixture is achieved.
Raspberry Almond Baked Pancake
Ingredients: three tablespoons of butter, 3/4 cup of milk, three
eggs, 3/4 cup of all purpose flour, 1 tablespoons of sugar, 1/2
teaspoon of almond extract, 1/4 cup of raspberry jammy bits or
raspberry jam.
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Place butter into a cast iron skillet, or oven-safe sauté pan,
place into oven to melt.
Heat milk until lukewarm. Whisk together milk and eggs till
uniform, about one minute. Add in remaining ingredients and
whisk until no lumps remain.
Remove hot pan from oven, swirl butter around to coat all
sides of the pan. Pour remaining butter into batter and whisk
well. Add entire batter back into pan. Place into the oven and
cook for twenty minutes or until edges are golden brown.
Serve immediately, or remove pancake from pan and set onto
cooling rack which will prevent a soggy pancake.
Serve with lemon zest, slivered almonds, butter and
confectioners sugar.
By Kat Nielsen
In the horse world, we’ve found ways to combine various
events into brand new facets of equestrian performance. Take
for example skiing and horse racing, that’s known as skijoring.
Gymnastics and horseback, well that’s vaulting. Probably the
most recognizable multi-phase event in the equestrian world is
eventing, which combines show jumping, cross-country and
dressage.
In the foodworld, we have brunch. Breakfast and lunch. However,
there is nothing equal to the fabulousness that is eventing with
three phases in food courses. Well, until now. I’ve decided to take
a chapter from the horse world. This new course will celebrate
breakfast, dinner and dessert, and be dubbed ‘brinssert’. I made
that up, but let’s stick to the delicious food concept and we will
hammer out a name once it catches on.
To start this epic revolution, I’ve included recipes for a Raspberry
Almond Baked Pancake and Frothy Caramel Iced Coffee. The
baked pancake, aka a Dutch baby, is great for serving pancakes
to a crowd. It’s more eggy like a French toast which gives you the
satisfying protein you might get from a dinner soufflé. I doctored
up this version to play on my favorite sweet combination with
raspberries and almonds, but feel free to experiment with savory
applications like cheese, bacon and scallions. To wash it all down,
is the less-sugar-than-your-local coffee shop and way more frothy
iced coffee. It’s the after-dinner coffee with a bit more personality.
Cheers to the #brinssert revolutionaries out there. To full plates
and eating your tarte out.
About the writer: Author Kat Nielsen is a horse enthusiast turned food blogger.
She maintains a day job in the horse world handling marketing and brand support to
various companies while enjoying her evenings and weekends writing recipes and
blogging all about her culinary experiences. Visit her blog at EatYourTarteOut.com
or email her at
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Good Food Hunting
Frothy iced milk with coffee, vanilla and caramel.
Recipes For The “#Brinssert” Revolution
A dutch baby - baked pancake with bits of raspberry jam, an
easy way to make pancakes for a crowd.
Photos by Kat Nielsen
