Breakfast at Tiffany's

Lately I’ve been feeling the love for breakfast. So let’s combine my love of breakfast with a movie I love called “Breakfast at Tiffany’s’. The simple yet elegant recipes I created to go along with this classic film pair so perfectly together that Holly Golightly herself would approve.


“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” is a movie about a New York socialite who befriends a struggling writer in her building. By night she’s the ultimate flirty, sophisticated party girl, and by day she becomes a vulnerable, confused mess. So as Paul Varjack begins to unpeel the layers of Holly, and get to know Cat, he falls for the person she really is, & who she never knew she was.

The title of the film comes from Holly’s tradition of eating breakfast in front of Tiffany’s every morning after a long night of partying. In the opening scene she’s eating a powdered pastry, but for my list of recipes I have some things you can enjoy sitting down with a knife & fork. First some chocolate hazelnut strawberry crepes topped with powdered sugar and homemade whipped cream. With it, have a slice of some shrimp, cheese & chive frittata. Then wash it all down with easy mimosas that compliment this high class meal.

One things for sure, that this movie will get you asking a lot of questions about the characters, & the meaning behind it all, which makes it the perfect film to watch with friends & great food.


Chocolaty-Hazelnut Strawberry Crepes
Crepe batter:
2 cups all purpose flour
4 beaten eggs
2 ½ cups milk
Pinch salt
1 tbsp vanilla
2 tbsp melted butter

In a mixing bowl sift flour & salt. Then combine the vanillia & eggs, & make a well in the flour mmixture & add the egg mix in the middle. Fold together. Once very lumpy slowly wisk in milk in streams. Then add the butter. Next spray a small non-stick pan with cooking spray & add a small amount of batter. Swirl batter to cover bottom of pan. pan. (Remember crepes are like very thin pancakes, so don’t go overboard on the batter.) Cook until the bottom is golden brown & the top feels rubbery. Flip and cook other side until golden brown.. Stack crepes on a plate until all are prepared. (Remember, crepes are very thin pancakes, so make sure they are not thick at all.)



For Filling
1 jar Nutella hazelnut spread
About 20 or more strawberries, sliced

Spread a thin layer of hazelnut spread on each crepe then top with sliced strawberries. Fold crepe in half like a taco.

Whip Cream
1 pint heavy whipping cream
2 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tsp almond extract

Whip ingredients until stiff peak…not to much whipping or you’ll end up with butter. Place a heaping full on filled crepes and dust powdered sugar & cocoa powder also for a beautiful finish.


‘I'm like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other.’
-Holly Golightly

Shrimp & Chive Frittata
8 eggs beaten
12 de-veined & peeled uncooked shrimp (cut into bite size pieces)
1 bunch of chives (sliced)
3.5 oz package of crumbled basil & tomato feta
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
Salt & Pepper
2 tbsp butter>


Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large sauté pan melt butter and add chives. Sauté for a minute or two, then add shrimp pieces. Sauté another 2-3 minutes more. In a bowl beat eggs and add salt and pepper to taste. Add eggs to pan with shrimp and chives. Place heat on low & add package of feta. Cook for 2 minutes in pan. Then in a 9 x 9 baking dish spray with non-stick spray & pour the egg mixture in. bake for 15- 20 minutes. Towards the end of baking add the sharp cheddar on top of the frittata and allow to melt in oven.




Mimosas
Orange juice
One bottle of non dry sparkling wine or Champagne

In a Champagne flute add one part orange juice to one part Champagne. Easy & delicious!



‘Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like Tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name!’
-Holly Golightly




“Breakfast at Tiffany’s”: Directed by Blake Edwards, Based on the novel by Truman Capote, Screenplay by George Axelrod, Released October 1961, Oscar wins for Best Original Song ’Moon River’ & best Original Score, Nominated for Best Leading Actress, Best Art Direction, & Best Adapted Screenplay. Starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, & Mickey Rooney. Released by Paramount Pictures. Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance.

*Photos by Patrick D. Angus