Relish Recipes — Cocktails
STALK TALK: It's Rhubarb Season!
Posted by Donna-Marie Pye on
Rhubarb is a tell-tale sign of spring. But what exactly is it? Rhubarb is a spring vegetable, one of the few that is still truly seasonal. The edible part of this perennial plant is the vibrant pink stalk, which is almost always cooked with lots of sugar because it is very sour. Raw rhubarb is quite sour, just as mouth-puckering as lemon. Eating raw rhubarb stalks is completely safe and we recommend trying a little slice the next time you’re cooking with it just to experience its purest flavour. What rhubarb tastes like is really a question about what it tastes...
Smoked Salmon & Cheese Brochettes
Posted by Donna-Marie Pye on
These brochettes look pretty spectacular and are ideal as a pre-dinner finger food served with a slice of baguette or cucumber. You'll need 16 8-inch wooden skewers for the brochettes. (Adapted from A Taste of Canada - A Culinary Journey by Rose Murray, Whitecap Books, 2008)
Rosemary-Cheese Spritz Crackers
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Cheddar cheese spritz Crackers will be the highlight of your holIday snack table. If you are not familiar with spritz cookies, they are a classic butter cookie that originated in Germany ((known as Spritzgebäck). This savoury version is a perfect additon to your charcuterie board or You use a cookie press to press out the festive shapes like you do spritz cookies. Our recipe makes it easy to do! DOWNLOAD RECIPE CARD Equipment: 1 Cookie Press Yield: About 4 dozen Ingredients... 1 cup room temperature softened unsalted butter 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest 1 large egg yolk 6 tbsp whipping (35%)...
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Halloween Charcuterie Board with Creepy Cracker Straws
Posted by Donna-Marie Pye on
Who says Halloween has to be just for kids? This charcuterie and cheese board has a variety of seasonal cheeses and with these fun homemade crackers to serve alongside. Choose a blue-veined cheese and a charcoal coated one. There is even a black gouda cheese if you can find it at your local cheese shop.
Classic Caesar with Pickle Twist
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This caesar drink is a classic caesar recipe with a simple but delicious twist. Once you try it, you will never have a caesar cocktail any other way. It’s made with vodka, savory clamato juice, a few dashes of worcestershire, a few more dashes of tabasco sauce, a good squeeze of lemon, and our secret pickled ingredient.