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Featured in the November/December 1989 issue of Domain Magazine

Lilly and Company's Blue Plate Special

A lavish breakfast for Christmas morning or any morning.

Sausage Scramble
Pecan Scones
Upside-Down Pear-and-Cranberry Gingerbread
Citrus Salad with Minted Caramel Sauce

"When I was growing up, we always opened our presents on Christmas Eve," recalls Austin caterer Jane Lilly Schotz. "A big festive breakfast the next morning gave us something else to look forward to." Lilly and Company's American-melting-pot menu for six -- a reinterpretation of the familiar country-fried wake-up call -- is one of flavorful, comfortable innovation. Instead of passing around a basket of biscuits, Lilly suggests pear-and-cranberry gingerbread and Scottish scones chock-full of coarsely ground pecans. Peppery Italian sausage, crumbled and scrambled with eggs and new potatoes, sounds yet another homey note. Finish off the meal with a sweet and tangy citrus salad, its caramel sauce laced with mint. With a wholesome spread like this, who needs presents anyway?


(List below is for full menu; individual recipe lists are included on each recipe page)

Meat & Dairy
butter
8 oz. sour cream
eggs
milk
plain yogurt (or sour cream)
heavy cream

Produce
3 pears
1 cup fresh cranberries (optional)
fresh mint
4 to 5 oranges
4 to 5 bananas or 1 pint strawberries (optional)

Grocery
flour
baking powder
salt
sugar
pecans
brown sugar
flour
baking soda
cinnamon
ginger
nutmeg
molasses
vanilla

 

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