This loaf has it all – fruit, nuts and a sparkling top. If you like, change the flavours by using other dried fruit, such as golden raisins, cranberries or cherries, instead of the blueberries.
This sweet side dish offers up melt-in-your-mouth pearl onions bathed in a cinnamon-infused, raisin-studded sauce. Serve alongside a roast or let it star as a vegetarian main dish served over rice.
High-domed golden panettone is the traditional Christmas dessert bread all over Italy and in every Italo-Canadian community. Lavish with golden raisins, citrus peel, eggs and butter, it epitomizes the richness and generosity of the season.
A little curry powder gives this rice dish a quick flavour boost. If you can't find a fresh pomegranate, add the same amount of golden raisins, dried currants or chopped dried apricots instead.
Dried fruits — such as apricots, figs, prunes and raisins — are all high in potassium, an important mineral in the battle against hypertension. Serve this compote for breakfast, brunch or dessert with a dollop of Vanilla Yogurt Topping.
Adding fresh apples to this muffin batter is a nice way to incorporate fruit in a baked treat. Dried cranberries add a touch of tartness, but you can use raisins or any other dried fruit.
Pass the cranberry sauce, please. Make that cranberry and apple, with golden raisins, for an elegant accompaniment to the turkey. Double or triple the recipe to have extra jars for gift giving or to send home with guests.
This savoury dish has a little heat and a touch of sweetness from the raisins and caramelized onions. You'll find garam masala, an Indian spice blend, in the spice section of the supermarket. Serve over basmati rice.
Make your own delectable custardy tarts instead of buying them. We've subbed in the very Canadian ingredient maple syrup for the more common corn syrup. Plus, we've included variations on the classic, with chocolate and pecans instead of raisins.
Just like pastel de choclo, a popular dish from Chile, this pie is loaded with raisins, olives and hard-cooked eggs. With puréed corn and cornmeal, it has a double-corn topping. Serve with fresh tomato salsa or a squeeze of lime.
