Lemon Cookies It’s Christmas and it is time to bake some delicious cookies, and I highly suggest you to try to make this delicious Lemon Cookies. I discovered this fantastic recipe last year in one of my favorite Italian Blog http://www.misya.info/. Her recipes are always the best. Ingredients: 120 grams sugar 100 … Read more
Shortbread cookies These cookies are amazing; they will literally melt in your mouths. Let say I tried out so many recipe and this one is my favorite. These cookies are a great gift for Christmas, Easter or any other occasion. You can put them in a nice box and they last long, also if you … Read more
Shellfish Parfait Yields 2 servings Chowder Foam Ingredients: 1 cup onions, sliced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1/2 cup leeks, sliced 2 stalks celery, sliced 2 cups clam nectar 4 cups whipping cream 1/2 cup fennel, sliced 1/4 cup white wine pinch fennel pollen 4g leaf gelatin salt to taste lemon juice to taste 1 … Read more
chocolate holiday sausages “This weird and perhaps not-so-attractive and yet festive novelty is a delight and you’d be crazy not to make some quickly !” Of course, this isn’t my invention, this is an Italian and Portuguese holiday sweet, often called “chocolate salami” … I simply re-adapted my chocolate and biscuit blocks for the holiday … Read more
Gingerbread Makes 15 – 30 cookies (depending on size) Recipe: 4 – 5 cups flour 2 cups brown sugar 2 tsp baking soda 1 tbsp cinnamon, 1 tbsp ginger 1 tsp all spice 1 tsp salt ½ tsp cloves, ½ tsp nutmeg ½ cup corn syrup 1 cup melted butter ½ cup boiling … Read more
Grilled venison loin with blackberry agro dolce on polenta (Best paired with Tinhorn Creek Oldfield Series 2Bench Red) Serves 6 Agro dolce 1 pound fresh or frozen blackberries 1 shallot – diced 250 ml red wine vinegar 125 ml brown sugar 1 tsp salt Place all ingredients in a saucepan and reduce on medium heat … Read more
Figs and Goat Cheese Soufflé With beets and maple truffle vinaigrette It’s often the surprise factor that makes a dish memorable. A sweet and unexpectedly salty lemon soufflé I once enjoyed in Paris fits the category. My version of that dish for my restaurant started with sweet figs and salty goat cheese, but I … Read more
Quinoa salad, mango, avocado, roasted red pepper, red onion, cilantro and jalapeño huacatay dressing. Recipe: 1 cup quinoa 1/2 white onion finely diced 2 garlic cloves finely diced 1 teaspoon ground turmeric powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin Salt to taste. 1/2 bunch cilantro finely diced 1/2 cup fresh mint finely diced 1 roasted red pepper … Read more
SQUASH SOUP WITH PEARS, MAPLE SYRUP AND BLUE CHEESE CROUTONS Ingredients – Soup: 3 lbs. butternut squash 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil ½ cup onion, finely sliced One pear, cored, peeled and diced ½ cup Gewürztraminer 5 cups chicken stock (or vegetable stock) 2 tbsp. maple syrup ½ cup whipping cream … Read more
Brown butter roasted halibut with chanterelle mushrooms, corn, quinoa & sage Serves 6 6 x 5oz halibut portions 1 tbsp. canola oil ¼ pound fresh chanterelle mushrooms Corn kernels – cut off of 3 very fresh ears of corn 2 cups cooked quinoa (see below) (from ½ cup dry quinoa) 2 garlic … Read more