Relish Recipes

Dutch Speculaas Cookies

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Dutch Speculaas Cookies
These Dutch spice cookies are traditionally moulded in carved wooden boards and unmoulded before baking. Because they reflect the design of the moulds, they got their name from the Latin word “Speculum or looking glass”. This recipe for an easier rolled version has the same memorable flavour. They are so pretty added to a holiday cookie tray.

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Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes

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Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes
Molten chocolate cakes became famous for a reason: they're cakey on the outside with an irresistible center of warm dark chocolate flowing through the middle. The first time you try one, it may seem like magic, but this recipe is actually quite easy to make and ready in under an hour.

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Tomato Tart

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Tomato Tart
If you don’t have large or heirloom tomatoes, halved cherry tomatoes or sliced cocktail tomatoes will also work here. For the cheese, use any kind you like or a combination. We love gruyère but Comté, Cheddar, asiago, or pecorino could work too. Serve with a green salad, or a sliced fennel salad.

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Stir-fried Chicken with Snap Peas & Basil

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Stir-fried Chicken with Snap Peas & Basil
Who doesn't love a weeknight meal that comes together quickly with a minimum of chopping. Don’t begin cooking until all ingredients are prepared. Using both chopped basil (mixed with the cooked chicken) and whole basil leaves (stirred in at the end) provided the full herbal flavour and fragrance we were looking for. Serve with steamed white or brown jasmine rice.

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Goul-ish Soup

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Goul-ish Soup
Ok a bit of a Halloween twist on the name of a traditional hearty Hungarian stew that is bursting with flavour because of the paprika. You can easily transform it into a stew by adding a little more flour and a less stock. Serve it with spaetzle, which are wonderful Eastern European dumpling-like noodles. We love them homemade, but you can also purchase them dried.

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