Relish Recipes — Cooking with Fresh Herbs

Rosemary-Cheese Spritz Crackers

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Rosemary-Cheese Spritz Crackers

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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Best of Bridge Bowtie Shrimp & Pesto Pasta

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Best of Bridge Bowtie Shrimp & Pesto Pasta
Bowtie pasta, also known as farfalle, means butterfly in Italian. We love how the pesto nestles into the pinched centre of the pasta for more flavour in each bite. Using bottled pesto is a great supermarket hack, or use our recipe for Small Batch Pesto when harvesting the basil.

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Small Batch Basil Pesto

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Small Batch Basil Pesto
Basil pesto, the iconic green sauce we slather on everything from pasta to paninis is both ancient and modern. A Latin poem from the year 25CE describes pounding together herbs, cheese, oil and vinegar - making pesto the oldest sauce in Europe. Long adored in Italy, pesto made it's way into North America in the 70's and evolved from a motor-and-pestle affair to a shelf-stable condiment. Pesto literally translates into the word "pounded" and is made from fresh basil, nuts, olive oil, garlic and cheese.

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BLT Salad

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BLT Salad

When tomatoes start to flood the market in their vivid technicolor hues, it’s time to deconstruct the bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. Such tomatoes are too eye appealing to hide between slices of bread. Make them the stars of the BLT, drizzling them with a creamy dressing, then topping them with some wispy greens and crisp-fried bacon. Use the tastiest tomatoes you can find, preferably in a variety of colors, sizes, and shapes. Offer bread on the side for mopping up the flavorful juices.

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Barbecued Corn Salad with Oregano Vinaigrette

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Barbecued Corn Salad with Oregano Vinaigrette
This is the perfect salad to make with things from the garden and/or farm market. Grilling the corn enhances the sweetness and the fresh oregano complements the sweetness and lends and earthy flavour to this delightful summer salad.

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