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 [...]
Phyllo Bumbleberry Tarts
Posted in Berries, Dessert, Pastry, Phyllo, tagged berries, bumbleberry, Halifax, phyllo, spanakopita, tarts on November 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend, my friend Craig came to visit my roomate Katie and me in Halifax. After spending a lovely day wandering the Seaport Market and Spring Garden Road, we were craving flaky and cheesy spanakopita. Unsurprisingly, we ran out of spinach filling before phyllo, so inspired by frozen berries in the freezer, we decided to make bumbleberry [...]
Coconut turnovers
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Pastry, Recipe, tagged Belize, Coconut, Dessert, tart on August 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I have gone coconut crazy. I guess that means nostalgia has kicked in. These days I can’t wait to get home and play in the kitchen, recreating what I learned and experienced not long ago throughout Central America. Today, I took a holiday back in Hopkins, Belize, which spontaneously came up after I began what [...]
One of the better kept secrets in our world is pear pie. Overshadowed by its colleagues the apple, peach, or berry, pears are often neglected when it comes to pie. But the humble pear transforms this fruit pie into something special. The pear has the same texture as an apple , but it has a [...]
Flaky Phyllo Cups stuffed with Salmon Mousse
Posted in Appetizer, Pastry, Salmon, tagged appetizer, phyllo cups, salmon mousse, Silver Palate on April 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I was invited to a potluck Easter supper and offered to bring an appetizer. I had some phyllo pastry leftover from the spanakopita I made last week, so I turned to the Internet for filling inspiration. Creamy salmon filling repeatedly caught my eye, but I was not entirely satisfied with their recipes. I suddenly remembered my [...]
Spanakopita
Posted in Cheese, Greek Food, Pastry, tagged Dill, feta, greek, spanakopita, Spinach on April 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
To celebrate the year’s end, my health policy seminar held a movie night Friday. We watched a classic Quebecois film, La grade seduction (or, Seducing Dr. Lewis). Filled with quirky Canadian humour, it is a film that melts your heart. You cannot help but to be charmed by the villagers in Marie-la-Mauderne, and yet it [...]
The ultimate Canadian butter tarts!
Posted in Baking, Canadian Food, Classic, Comfort Food, Dessert, Nuts, Pastry, Recipe, tagged butter tart, Canadian food, classic, maple, Pastry, Pecans, Recipe on March 28, 2011 | 4 Comments »
What in the world is Canadian food? Well, it’s something I’ve been giving a lot of thought to lately, because a friend of ours from Denmark asked us to make him some Canadian food. That was more of a challenge than I thought it would be! My family’s roots in Canada are not long; I [...]
