Brunch With Caara
The ideal Sunday brunch prepared by CAARA in correspondence with their primary ideology to culminate fresh produce based on a farm to table concept. The recipes, best served with Suite No.8’s CAARA collection, take us back to our childhood memories of garden picnics under the bright warm sun. The collection consists of vibrant hued tableware that blends perfect with CAARA’s scrumptious delicacies.
FIRST UP, EGGS BENEDICT!
The ideal Sunday brunch prepared by CAARA in correspondence with their primary ideology to culminate fresh produce based on a farm to table concept. The recipes, best served with Suite No.8’s CAARA collection, take us back to our childhood memories of garden picnics under the bright warm sun. The collection consists of vibrant hued tableware that blends perfect with CAARA’s scrumptious delicacies.
Ingredients
- 1 x CAARA'S Baked English Muffin
- 2 x Organic Eggs
- 100 Grams Bacon
- 80 Grams Asparagus
- 50 Grams CAARA's Farmlove Salad
- 20 ML White Vinegar
- 10 Grams Salt
- 10 Grams Black Pepper
- 80 Grams Hollandaise Sauce
- 10 Grams of Cherry Tomato
- 20 ML CAARA'S Vinaigrette
- 1 Gram Micro Herbs
Recipe
- Add the flavorful CAARA vinaigrette to a saucepan filled with water. Add a pinch of salt in it and allow it to simmer. Once it heats up to a boiling temperature gently break the eggs in the pan. Remove after 3-4 minutes. This would give us the poached egg.
- Meanwhile gently grill fresh asparagus along with the bacon
- Toast the muffin and place the crisp bacon and asparagus on top of the toast followed by the poached eggs. Then garnish it with hollandaise Sauce.
- Prepare a healthy farm love salad to be served along the side using the CAARA Vinaigrette.
- Serve with delight on the Suite No. 8 presidential plate.
Bon Appetite!
SMOOTHIE BOWL - THE NEW AGE SMOOTHIE
A dish that not only caters to taste but also caters to health, the smoothie breakfast bowl is a favorite among breakfast lovers who like to keep a check on their nutrition intake. It is a scrumptious mixture of fresh fruits, granola and Greek yogurt. Not only is granola extremely fibrous in nature, which makes it a detoxifying edible, but it also helps tackling ailments such as fluctuation in blood pressure, cholesterol and keeps the blood sugar levels balanced.
Ingredients
- 150 Grams CAARA'S Wheat-free Granola Mix
- 200 Grams Banana
- 200 Grams Fresh Strawberry 20 Grams Pomegranate
- 20 Grams Berry Compote
- 100 ML Almond Milk/100 Grams Curd 10 Grams Mint Leaves
- 1 Gram CAARA Seed Mix
Recipe
- Pour the CAARA wheat free granola mix into a bowl.
- Add the neatly chopped fresh fruits to the mix and sprinkle it with the CAARA seed mix.
- Add the berry compote to the mix.
- Serve with delight in the Suite No.8 farm bowls with either almond milk or Curd on the side.
PANCAKES WITH BERRY COMPOTE
A classic breakfast to cater to the tastes of breakfast enthusiasts, it is a creamy American sandwich, finessed with chopped herbs and served with a delicately cooked poached egg on the top. First curated at the Delmonico’s restaurant in New York City in the 1860’s, the ap- petizing sandwich didn’t take long to popularize as the ideal Sunday brunch.
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Flour
- 5 TSP Baking Powder
- 1 TSP Salt
- 3 TBSP Sugar
- 2 x Organic Eggs
- 2 Cups Milk
Recipe
- Break two eggs into a bowl and add 2 cups of milk. Gently beat the eggs until mixed properly. Add flour, baking power, salt and sugar to the mix and mix until smooth. Add butter to the mixture..
- Grease a pan with butter and allow it to heat for 2 minutes.
- Gently add the mixture to the pan and let it heat. Once bubbles are formed over the batter, flip the pancake.
- Stack the pancakes on Suite No.8’s Droplet plates from the CAARA collection and top it with fresh berries.
- Add the CAARA berry compote to the pancakes and serve with delight.
END WITH, GRANDMAS CARROT CAKE!
With a taste, reminiscent of one’s childhood, the carrot cake has been a treasured choice of dessert for many. It is a traditional dessert that caters to innumerable occasions, be it an Easter dinner or the community bake sale!
Ingredients
- 6 x Eggs
- 70 Grams Sugar
- 650 ML Oil
- 1/2 TSP Vanilla Essence
- 700 Grams Flour
- 15 Grams Baking Powder
- 15 Grams Baking Soda
- 7 Grams of Cinnamon
- 300 Grams Crushed Almonds 770 Grams Grated Carrot
Ingredients For Frosting
- 750 Grams Cream Cheese
- 280 Grams Butter
- 140 Grams Icing Sugar
- 100 Grams Raw Honey
Cake Recipe
- Whisk the brown sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl until combined.
- Add the remaining ingredients like vanilla essence, flour, baking power, baking soda and cinnamon into the mixture and mix well at an unrushed pace.
- Fine grind the carrots and almonds, then blend it with the mix by hand.
- Prepare the cake ban by greasing it with oil.
- Gently place the mix in the pan and bake it in the oven at 180 degrees for approximately 40 minutes.
Frosting Recipe
- Beat the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl until the mixture turns smooth.
- Add the Himalayan raw honey to sweeten the flavor and beat rapidly till the mixture is creamy in nature.
- Extract the cake from the oven and evenly cover the top with the frosting.
- Serve will delight on the Suite No.8 Chevron plates from the Caara Collection.
All the tableware featured above is part of our CAARA collection and is available to shop on our website here. CAARA'S delicious farm fresh produce to table concept is available to order on www.caara.com.
Images by Yasir Iqbal for India Today Home March 2019
CAARA is a food service and food experience company creating delicious food and memo- rable experiences. Great produce lies at the heart of great food. Their produce is sourced locally from their own chemical free farms, supporting local artisans. CAARA'S verticals include cafe's, food delivery, bespoke catering and cookiery classes.
Suite No.8 and CAARA first collaborated in 2017; our delicately hand painted-playful plates, bowls and tea sets in polka dots and chevron stripes were exclusively designed and made for CAARA Cafe's at Ogaan Malcha Marg and The British High Comission.
Together, we have launched another very delightful collection with CAARA, The Pantry. Explore the collection here.
