All you need to make the most decadent after-dinner treat ever are three simple ingredients. Look for chocolate-covered espresso beans in bulk food stores.
Other meaty-fleshed fish, such as grouper or tilapia, can replace the red snapper. Serve with steamed green beans and Fried Plantains (see below).
Tomato-scented rice pilaf topped with red beans is the perfect authentic accompaniment to tequila-kissed shrimp. Serve with lemon wedges for an extra burst of acidity.
This meal in a bowl can satisfy any finicky soup lover by offering separate garnishes, such as bean sprouts, watercress, tomato wedges or pea shoots.
Chef Tawfik Shehata, of Vertical Restaurant in Toronto, shares this Egyptian-style falafel, which uses fava beans instead of chickpeas. It's one he enjoyed throughout his childhood.
Fabulous on their own, these sweet, toffeelike nuts are also delicious sprinkled on salads or saut? vegetables, such as green beans, mashed sweet potatoes or squash.
Juicy fall apples are the crowning glory of this classic French upside-down tart. Real vanilla bean accentuates the apples' natural sweetness and adds a warm, inviting aroma.
Two sources of vanilla give these cookies a deep and complex vanilla taste. Put the scraped bean pods into your sugar canister to add flavourful notes to granulated sugar.
Sophisticated yet impressively simple, this ruby-red sauce instantly jazzes up crêpes, French toast, waffles or ice cream. A vanilla bean adds an extra layer of fragrant flavour.
A vanilla bean gives the best flavour by far to pouring custard, or crème anglaise. But you can stir 2 tsp (10 mL) vanilla into the cooled custard instead.
