Spiced dough wrapped around a hazelnut-and-almond filling creates impressive cookies. Slicing the logs after baking makes them easy large-batch cookies.
These burritos are loaded with beautifully seasoned chicken from our roasted chicken & veggies, as well as cilantro and your choice of Big Batch White Rice or Big Batch Brown Rice.
Roasting all but one of the garlic cloves pumps up flavour to the max without having the overpowering taste of raw cloves. Roast a few extra heads and spread the soft cloves onto toasted baguette slices or crackers for a tasty snack.
By Eva Fong, Burnaby, B.C.
Cook of the Year 2009 Winner, Fish & Seafood category & Grand-Prize winner
The inspiration for this dish comes from Eva's husband, who loves fish and seafood. Before the couple had children, Saturdays were known as Seafood Saturday in the Fong house. The Asian spin on this dish displays the diversity we have in Canada: fish and cucumbers from British Columbia, sweet potatoes from Ontario. Eva serves this dish with Sweet Potato Fries.
Spicy and slightly sweet, these pretty morsels have a creamy consistency from the coconut milk.
These crisp, light and nutty cookies make an impressive addition to any sweets tray. Draping the still-warm cookies over a greased rolling pin creates their signature curve; for a more subtle curve, use a wider-barrelled rolling pin, and for a more exaggerated shape, use a narrow one.
Gruy?re, a rich and nutty Swiss cheese, makes this mushroom bake as sinfully decadent as it is elegant. Chestnuts add a festive note and can be found in the produce section of most grocery stores.
Ask your butcher to butterfly the chicken breasts. Or, simply do it yourself. Hold knife blade parrallel to work surface and starting at curved side, cut in half almost but not all the way through, then open like a book. Toothpicks are key to securing the sides of the chicken before searing.
Fresh rabbit is available at many butcher shops and grocery stores. Because rabbits are small, you will need two for six people. Rabbit with mustard sauce is a classic of French cooking that is still popular in New France. Thanks to Andrew Chase for this recipe.
