Accented with Port, this intensely flavoured sauce is perfect as a topping for ice cream, cake and even pancakes.
Submitted by Tina Lissemore of Port William, N.S., this is the grand-prize winner of our 2005 Canada Day Chicken Challenge contest.
Chef Gail McCully of Port Alberni, B.C., created this dish, which was the winner of the 2009 Master Garlic Chef cook-off. Port Alberni, the salmon capital of the world, has since adopted this delicious prosciutto-wrapped salmon as the official recipe of the Alberni Valley. Opt for wild-caught salmon if possible for our adaptation of the recipe.
We've adapted this recipe from the original, created by Roger Pickavance, consulting chef at the Fisher's Loft Inn in Port Rexton, N.L. Serve with Sauteed Spinach or another cooked in-season vegetable.
This combination of ruby red sorrel and ginger with port and rum is very refreshing. Look for dried sorrel in Latin American or West Indian stores and choose packages of whole, uncrumbled leaves. This drink can be steeped and strained, then kept for weeks in the refrigerator, ready to offer guests.
Citizens of Porto are known throughout Portugal (and, indeed, Europe) as “tripe eaters.” Porto was home to the Portuguese navy and, for most of the 18th century, an important port for the British navy. Porto supplied the ships with huge quantities of salt beef, leaving the city with only the trimmings and innards, which evolved into this famous dish. The ingredient list might look daunting, but it's actually easy to prepare – it just requires lots of time and lots of pots. You can simplify it by eliminating some of the traditional meat ingredients. You can also substitute the calf's or cow's foot with veal shank. Tripe lovers will probably want to increase the tripe by up to double the amount. Porto-Style Tripe is always served with white rice.
Though you could use another type of Cheddar, the extra-old orange-coloured variety provides the ultimate in flavour and looks.
My family and I own a 16 acre farm of organic cranberries. When I saw the challenge was to use local products, I couldn't resist working with this wonderful, beautiful and tasty fruit. I serve these with roasted buttercup squashe. The sweetness of the squash blends well with the sweetness of onions and cranberries.
This brilliant red fruity sauce plays along with the creamy flavour of Brie.
Dress this up with kumquats, fresh cranberries and walnuts or a selection of fruit. Brie melts irregularly but no matter how it oozes, it's delicious. Serve with flatbread and crackers.
