Category Archives: Desserts

Pear, Apricot & Ginger Crumble with Cardamom Goat Cheese Ice Cream

Cardamom Goat Cheese Ice Cream:
2 cups (500 mL) whole milk (or goat milk)
8 cardamom pods
1 vanilla bean, split
1 cup (250 mL) sugar
2 egg yolks
1 cup (250 mL) fresh goat cheese, crumbled
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Savory Panna Cotta with Stewed Rhubarb

Savory Panna Cotta:
1/4 cup (60 mL) milk
1 package of gelatin
2 cups (500 mL) whipping cream
1/2 cup (125 mL) white sugar
1 sprig summer savory
1/2 cup (125 mL) sour cream
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Mandarin Orange Meringue Pie

Ingredients

Crust:
1, 9” (23 cm) unbaked pie crust

Filling:
3/4 cup (175 mL) sugar
1/3 cup (75 mL) cornstarch
Pinch of salt
1 3/4 cups (425 mL) freshly squeezed orange juice
4 egg yolks (reserve egg whites)
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Cranberry-Raspberry Sour Cream Pie

Ingredients

1, 9” (23 cm) unbaked pie crust
2 cups (500 mL) sour cream
3/4 cup (175 mL) brown sugar
Seeds from 1 vanilla bean
Zest from 1 lemon
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups (375 mL) cranberries (or … Read more

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Crunchy Cherries

Ingredients

  • 1 jar of stems on maraschino cherries, drained
  • 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) icing sugar
  • 4 oz (115 g) semi-sweet chocolate
  • 1, 1″ x 1″ (2.5 cm x 2.5 cm) piece of paraffin wax
  • 1 cup (250 mL) cocoa
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Vanilla Bean Navan Crème Brulée

Ingredients

  • 6, 5 oz ramekins
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup (125 mL) sugar, divided
  • 3 oz (90 mL) Navan vanilla Cognac
  • 1 1/3 cup (325 mL) whipping cream
  • 2/3 cup (150 mL) milk
  • 1 vanilla bean

Directions

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Flourless Chocolate Cake with Molten Ganache

Ingredients

  • Ganache

    • 3/4 cup (175 mL) heavy cream
    • 4 oz (125 g) unsalted butter
    • 1/4 cup (60 mL) granulated sugar
    • 8 oz (250 g) good quality bittersweet chocolate, chopped (Callebaut recommended)
  • Cake

    • 12 oz (375 g) unsalted butter
    • 8 oz
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Warm Gingerbread Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream with Green Tomato, Cardamom & Green Chile Chutney

THE WARM COMFORTING CAKE, THE COOL CREAMY ICE CREAM AND THE FIERY, SWEET CHUTNEY WILL MAKE THIS A MEMORABLE DESSERT

Ingredients

  • Green Tomato, Cardamom & Green Chile Chutney

    • 2 lb (1 kg) green tomatoes, diced
    • 1 lb (500 g) hot
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Lady Mary’s Trifle

Ingredients

  • 1 angel food cake
  • 1/4 cup (60 mL) cream sherry, or to taste
  • 3 cups (750 mL) prepared custard, cooled
  • 1 cup (250 mL) whipped cream
  • 2 cups (500 mL) mixed frozen berries
  • 2 cups (500 mL) red currant
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Apple Cinnamon en Papillote with Dark Rum & Raisins

Ingredients

  • 4 medium-sized baking apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp (45 mL) dark rum
  • 1/3 cup (75 mL) raisins
  • 1/4 cup (60 mL) brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground cinnamon
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/4
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