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Baking Therapy {Maple Pecan Butter Tarts}

February 10, 2014 By Korena in the Kitchen 10 Comments

maple pecan butter tartsWhile we don’t get the snow-covered winters that most people picture when they think “Canadian winter”, on Vancouver Island we do get an awful lot of rain. It’s cold, wet, grey, and DARK from November through to March or April (and then we usually get a repeat in June, or June-uary as we like to call it). I know that complaining about the weather is hardly what you came to read about on a food blog, but my point is that last weekend I got caught in one of those depressing downward spirals of adult worries pertaining to jobs and money, and the dark, depressing winter day outside wasn’t making it any better. So I did what I had to: I made butter tarts with maple syrup and pecans, because almost nothing makes me feel better than baking something does (except maybe for eating whatever I’ve just baked).

maple pecan butter tarts…

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Filed Under: Cakes & Pies, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes Tagged With: baking, butter tarts, Canadian cuisine, maple syrup, pecans, recipe

Montreal-Style Bagels

January 22, 2014 By Korena in the Kitchen 11 Comments

Montreal bagels in a basket

In the summer we started a little brunch tradition with friends, but in recent months have let it slide a bit. Now that another set of our friends have recently moved into the neighbourhood, January seemed the perfect opportunity to resurrect our brunch dates and put into action the homemade bagels I’ve have in my head ever since seeing this picture of a brunch starring the New York bagel. Only because I’m Canadian, my bagels would be of the Montreal variety, which, of course, meant looking up a million recipes in order to begin the agonizing process of picking the best one. I eventually came across a recipe on The Fresh Loaf posted by an alumnus of Vancouver Island University’s culinary arts program, who claimed that the formula was from the famed St Viateur Bagel bakery in Montreal, whose bagels are supposed to be the real deal.

brunch on the table…

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Filed Under: Bread, Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes Tagged With: bagel, baking, breakfast, brunch, Canadian cuisine, Montreal, recipe, St Viateur, yeast

Harvest Apple and Almond Tart

November 11, 2013 By Korena in the Kitchen 11 Comments

The Canadian Food Experience Project began June 7, 2013. As we share our collective stories through our regional food experiences, we hope to bring global clarity to our Canadian culinary identity. Visit Valerie’s blog, A Canadian Foodie, on the 15th for a round-up of this month’s posts.

As usual, I’m a few days late with this month’s Canadian Food Experience Project post… but it’s because I wanted to get this recipe right before sharing it. This month, Valerie has asked us to talk about the Canadian harvest and what it means in our lives. For me, the harvest means apples. For as long as I can remember, autumn has brought with it falling leaves and a large box of apples sitting in one corner of the kitchen, perfuming the house with their sweet-tart scent, until either my Mum finally got around to making apple sauce or apple crisps, or I baked them into pies. When I was young, the apples came from my grandparents’ trees, and in more recent years they came from friends of my parents. This year, I scored some truly gigantic Bramley apples from a co-worker’s trees.

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Filed Under: Cakes & Pies, Fruit, Recipes Tagged With: almond, apple, baking, Canadian cuisine, dessert, pie, tart, The Canadian Food Experience Project

The Canadian Food Experience Project: Making Pie

September 12, 2013 By Korena in the Kitchen 9 Comments

IMG_5741The Canadian Food Experience Project began June 7 2013. As we share our collective stories through our regional food experiences, we hope to bring global clarity to our Canadian culinary identity.

So, I’m a few days late for this month’s Canadian Food Experience Project, the theme of which is “My Most Cherished Canadian Food Recipe”, but better late than never, right? I’ve already written about my scone recipe, which is probably my most cherished one, but making pie – pastry in particular – is a close second. And when I’m thinking of Canadian recipes, there’s only one thing that comes to mind: Canadian Living.

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Filed Under: Cakes & Pies, Fruit, Recipes Tagged With: baking, Canadian cuisine, fruit, pastry, pie, recipe, summer, The Canadian Food Experience Project

Smoked Salmon and Corn Chowder

September 19, 2012 By Korena in the Kitchen 7 Comments

Sweet corn has got to be one of the best things about late summer. I could eat it every day straight off the cob, but sometimes it’s fun to do other things with it – like putting it in a creamy chowder with smoked salmon. Recipe on the SeaChange blog!

Filed Under: Recipes, Soups, Sides & Snacks, Vegetables Tagged With: Canadian cuisine, chowder, food, guest blogger, recipe, SeaChange Canadian Gifts, soup, summer, sweet corn

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