There’s no cooking involved with this recipe, but you can cut the cucumber in ribbons and mix the cream cheese filling a few hours before your guests arrive. Find a volunteer to schmear and roll the cukes into perfect party canapés. Then line them up like soldiers and add a flourish of lox and roe.
Рубрика: Holidays
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Cream of Cauliflower Shooters
Make this delicate cauliflower velouté before the party, but leave the spiffy garnish for a friend with finesse. Grab a guest with some artistic flair and ask them to go to town with roasted Brussels sprout leaves, pomegranate seeds, black pepper and olive oil. This soup is their canvas.
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Cream of Mushroom Soup
Kick Thanksgiving dinner off with this elevated childhood classic and watch as everyone clamours for seconds.
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Hot Chocolate with Melted Marshmallows
“The melted homemade marshmallows make this hot chocolate extra creamy and the Mexican-inspired hits of cinnamon and cayenne really enhance the flavour.” Kareen, kitchen director.
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Le Premier Word
This play on the classic Last Word cocktail (gin, Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, fresh lime juice) is a tribute to Montreal—and Canada. I used a local British-style gin, local apple cider and the French herbal liqueur, Chartreuse. The final touch of Scotch is a nod to the country’s Celtic side and adds wonderful depth. –Kate Boushel, bartender, Atwater Cocktail Club, Montreal
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Snickerdoodles
Soft and chewy, this recipe for snickerdoodle cookies will become a family favourite.
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Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake
This holiday homage to sticky toffee pudding elevates the classic English dessert to cake status. Made in a large soufflé dish with what our Test Kitchen director, Kareen, calls a “Québec pouding chômeur technique”, the moist, date-laden cake holds up beautifully when frozen in advance. Come serving time, just submerge in a hot water bath to unlock all that caramel goodness at the bottom, and accompany with whipped cream.
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Chocolate Caramel Squares
This treat is inspired by millionaires’ shortbread (also known as caramel shortbread), but with an oatmeal base.
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One-Pan Fruitcake
“Fruitcake is too complicated to make.” We hear the same thing every year! Well, here’s our completely simplified version (in cooking, not taste, terms). The proof? This generous dessert, loaded with dried fruit, is prepared, cooked and served in the same cast iron skillet. You wanted to breathe easy this holiday season, right?
