Recipes

Enjoy your favorite recipes

Our guests not only love the welcoming atmosphere and majestic views of the mountains…they love our tasty fare.  Whether it’s Kevin’s famous Eggs Benedict or our Chef’s complex Pork and Beans, most everyone asks for our recipes, so here they are.

Maple Onion Butter

New England Pork and Beans

Orange Spirit Cranberry Sauce

Julia’s Silver Dollar Pancakes

Snowvillage Inn Broccoli Cheddar Quiche

Julia’s Famous Hungarian Mushroom Soup

Sauteed Chicken with Sweet Potato & Kale

Maple Syrup and Bacon Muffins

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Maple Onion Butter

At Max’s, we make our own butters to compliment the freshly baked breads for each evening.  The butters are usually created with local, seasonal ingredients and are always a hit!

• 1 lb very soft butter
• 2 tbls dehydrated minced onions (granulated or powder is fine)
• 2 tbls dehydrated minced garlic (granulated or powder is fine)
• 2 tbls Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp  fresh sliced chives
• 3 tbls maple syrup
• Salt to taste

Use a paddle on a mixer and blend to a uniform consistency, add 1 tsp of salt until it’s too your liking.

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New England Pork and Beans

This is a great recipe for the famous comfort food and we featured at our Boston Globe Travel Show Cooking Demonstration.  We saw many old friends and made some new ones that day!

• 1# dried yellow eyed beans
• 3 tsp salt
• 1 tsp mustard powder
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1 medium onion
• 4 1/2 # pork shoulder bone in
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/2 tsp baking soda

Soak beans in water to ensure beans will stay covered overnight

Preheat oven to 300°

Drain beans, use this liquid to water your plants!

Put in beans a 2 quart sauce pot and cover with water by a half inch and add the baking soda.  Bring to a gentle boil for 15 minutes.

Whisk together salt, mustard, pepper, sugar, molasses and very hot water until very smooth.

In a Dutch oven or large baking dish with a tight fitting lid that’s as deep as the pork shoulder, add the whole peeled and cored onion, the butter, the pork, the boiled beans (not drained), more water to ensure the beans are covered by liquid and half the sweet mixture.

Place in oven and leave alone for 4 hours. After the fourth hour open the lid and stir the beans and see if the pork is falling off the bone.  If pork is not tender yet check each additional half hour until it is. Once you have reached the melting tender stage drip the other half of the sweet mixture over the surface of the whole dish and put back in oven, uncovered, with the heat turned up to 375° and allow to bake an additional ten minutes until the top layer is glazed and sweet.

Remove from oven and allow to cool for twenty minutes. Serve with your favorite braised greens or tender Brussels sprouts.

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 Orange Spirit Cranberry Sauce

Tis’ The Season!  Homemade cranberry sauce is easy to make, offers a beautiful presentation for your holiday table, and will leave your guests begging for the recipe!

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup port wine
• 4 cups whole cranberries (fresh/frozen)
• 1/4 cup orange liqueur (Grand Marnier)

Technique

Stir together sugar, port, and 3/4 cup water in a heavy 3-qt. saucepan until blended. Add cranberries; bring to a boil, and cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, 8 to 10 minutes or until cranberry skins begin to split. Remove from heat, and let cool 15 minutes.

Pulse cranberry mixture in a food processor 3 to 4 times or until cranberries are almost pureed; stir in orange liqueur. Cover and chill 8 hours before serving. Store in refrigerator in an airtight container up to 3 weeks.

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 Julia’s Silver Dollar Pancakes

Everyone loves Julia’s Silver Dollar Pancakes.   Jen thought it would be a good idea to fill everyone in on the special ingredients that make them so amazing!

4 eggs  blended in a blender

Add to blended eggs and mix-
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup sour cream
2 cups cake flour
3 tbl sugar
1/2 tsp salt

Pour on hot griddle and flip only once when bubbles form.

Serves 4

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Snowvillage Inn Broccoli Cheddar Quiche

You will need:

• 1  9” pie shell
• 1 ½ cups grated cheddar cheese
• 1 cup chopped blanched broccoli
• (Blanch the broccoli for 2 minutes in boiling water. Drain and lay the broccoli on paper towel to remove excess moisture.)
• 1 small onion, diced and sautéed
• ½ a red pepper, diced and sautéed

Custard for the quiche:

• 4 eggs
• 1 ½ milk or (part milk part half and half)
• 3 Tablespoons flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp mustard powder

Place 1 ½ cups grated cheddar cheese on the bottom of the pie crust.
Place the sautéed onions and red peppers, then the broccoli evenly in the pie shell. Make sure they are dry!
Pour the custard filling into the pie shell and with a fork, gently work the custard into the filling. Place the quiche on a sheet pan and bake at 350° for 45-60 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean. Let it cool for about 15 minutes before cutting.

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Julia’s Famous Hungarian Mushroom Soup

Servings 4 Units US

• 12 ounces mushrooms, -sliced
• 2 cups onions, chopped
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons dill weed
• 1 tablespoon Hungarian paprika
• 1 tablespoon tamari soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups stock
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice, -fresh
• ¹⁄₄ cup parsley, chopped
• fresh ground black pepper, -to taste
• ¹⁄₂ cup sour cream

Directions

Saute onions in 2 Tbsp butter, salt lightly.  A few minutes later, add mushrooms, 1 tsp dill, 1/2 cup stock or water, soy sauce, and paprika.  Cover and simmer 15 minutes.  Melt 2 Tbsp remaining butter in large saucepan.  Whisk in flour and cook, whisking, a few minutes.  Add milk and cook, stirring frequently, over low heat about 10 minutes – until thick.  Stir in mushroom mixture and remaining stock.  Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes.  Just before serving, add salt, pepper, lemon juice, sour cream, and, if desired, extra dill (1 tsp).

Serve garnished with parsley

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Sauteed Chicken with Sweet Potato & Kale

Ingredients:

• 1 T Oil
• 6 oz Chicken Breast
• ¼ C Flour, seasoned with Salt Pepper, Rosemary, Thyme & Paprika
• 1 Clove Garlic
• 2 T Leeks, Julienned
• 1 Red Pepper. Charred & chilled in paper bag, Skin & Puree
• 1 Sweet Potato, peeled, cubed & boiled until firmly tender
• ¼ C Cannellini Beans, Boiled until cooked through
• 1 T White Wine
• 1 T Lemon Juice
• 1 T Tamari
• 2 T Chicken Stock
• Fresh Rosemary
• ½ C Kale, Chopped

Heat skillet add oil then dredge chicken in flour & seasoning mix.  Brown chicken on one side flip add Leeks & Garlic.  Add Sweet Potato, Beans, and kale.  Then all liquids including Red Pepper puree simmer , reduce until slightly thickened.

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Maple Syrup and Bacon Muffins

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup pure maple syrup, divided
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
• 1/2 crumbled bacon
• 1/4 cup confections’ sugar or crumbled bacon to top for a savory option

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together egg, 3/4 cup of the maple syrup, sour cream and butter until well blended.
3. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just blended.
4. Gently fold in walnuts.
5. Divide batter equally among prepared muffin cups.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 14 to 18 minutes (400F).
7. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 3 minutes, then transfer to the rack.
8. In a shallow pan heat the remaining maple syrup and dunk the muffin tops in them.
9. Then dust with confectioners’ sugar or add crumbled bacon and drizzle with syrup.
10. Return to rack and let cool. Makes 12 muffins.