Today is a very special day – 3/14 – the best excuse of the year to make pie! So in honour of pi day, I share below my five favourite pies from last year. May your days be filled with delicious pie! – Catherine Tourtiere - Easily my favourite savoury pie, this traditional Quebecois meat [...]
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Happy Pi Day!
Posted in Canadian Food, Chocolate, Classic, Comfort Food, Cranberries, Fruit, Holidays, Nuts, Pastry, Pie, Pumpkin, tagged Chocolate, cranberries, Dessert, hazelnut, holidays, Pi Day, pistachios, Pumpkin pie, Raspberries, spiced pumpkin pie, tourtière, whipping cream, White Chocolate on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Wishing you a very Happy New Year from Gourm(eh?)!
Posted in Appetizer, Aspargus, Baking, Blind baking, Canadian Food, Cheese, Chocolate, Classic, Comfort Food, Dessert, Eggplant, Herbs, Indian Food, Nuts, Pasta, Pastry, Pumpkin, Soup, Spinach, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, tagged Best of 2011 on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to imagine that 2012 has arrived! 2011 has flashed by quicker than either of us expected, and both of us have loved writing entries for gourm(eh?). Neither of us could guess how rewarding this blog would prove to be. We are so grateful for our reader’s supports and comments, and hope you will [...]
White Chocolate Cranberry Tart with Toasted Pistachios
Posted in Blind baking, Canadian Food, Chocolate, Christmas, Cranberries, Nuts, Pastry, tagged Christmas, citrus, cranberries, pistachios, shortbread, tart, White Chocolate on December 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
With Christmas lights sparkling on the street, I was recently inspired to make a fancy Christmas desert. It is a truth universally acknowledged that The Three Tarts Bakery makes some of the most divine tarts in Ottawa, and one of my particular favourites is their white chocolate cranberry pistachio tart. This tart recipe, which infuses orange [...]
Mini apple crumble pies, granola-style
Posted in Apples, Baking, Blind baking, Canadian Food, Cinnamon, Classic, Comfort Food, Dessert, Fruit, Nuts, Pastry, Pie, Recipe, Winter, tagged apple, crumble, granola, pecan, Pie on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Although this particular recipe is my own invention, it is based on an idea my mother came up with. And the best part is that it’s more delicious, easier, and more novel than the usual crumble (well, perhaps not after this post – but I’m ok with that). With this dessert, not only do you [...]
Porter pecan brownies
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Classic, Comfort Food, Dessert, Nuts, Recipe, tagged beer, brownie, Chocolate, delicious, pecan, porter, Recipe, rich on November 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My efforts to empty my cupboards and fridge became highly fruitful when I discovered I had dark chocolate squares, pure cacao pieces from my trip to Belize, sugar, pecans, and butter all needing to be used asap. With a bottle of Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique, apparently “WBA World Beer Awards World’s best porter Baltic” [...]
Pumpkin scones
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Breakfast Food, Canadian Food, Cinnamon, Comfort Food, Holidays, Nuts, Pumpkin, Recipe, tagged autumn, breakfast, brunch, delicious, Pumpkin, Recipe, scones, Thanksgiving on October 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Looking through the last dozen posts we’ve made, I see we’re really doing well in sharing seasonal recipes! This is yet another one in that category – I can’t help but keep eating pumpkin and squash, because it is delicious and versatile; and, especially, because starting in one month I will not be eating many [...]
Beet-goat cheese spirals with toasted hazelnuts
Posted in Apéritif, Appetizer, beets, Canadian Food, Herbs, Nuts, Recipe, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, tagged appetizer, beets, goat cheese, hazelnuts, herbs, Recipe, twist on October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Lately, I’ve been having a lot of fun playing a sort of cooking puzzle: the kind of game where I look at everything in my fridge and try to come up with interesting and delicious ideas which are not necessarily based on any pre-existing recipes (at least that I’ve seen). In this particular case, the [...]
Wholesome multi-grain granola
Posted in Berries, Breakfast, Breakfast Food, Canadian Food, Cinnamon, dehydrator food, Nuts, tagged breakfast, dehydrated fruit, granola, whole grain on September 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In peak harvest season I’m always inspired to make granola, although I’m not sure why. In a blur, the kitchen becomes transformed as I bring in bags and bags in of nuts, fruits and seeds and then begin mixing in my largest bowl, which is never large enough. Then, after the first batch, I make [...]
Grandma’s coffee cake with a cinnamon nut crunch
Posted in Breakfast, Cake, Canadian Food, Nuts, tagged cinnamon pecan crunch, coffee cake on May 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
For as long as I can remember, my family has always enjoyed coffee cake for Christmas and Easter brunch. We would eat it at our dining room table still warm from the oven, with bacon and a selection of my mother’s homemade jams. I spent my first ever Easter away from home this year, and [...]
