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cucumber & dill tzatziki
From Rock Salt Restaurant and Cafe. We serve it as a starter and as a topping or our very popular lamb gyro. Grate 1 english cucumbers onto cheesecloth with large holes on grater. Close cheesecloth and squeeze hard to remove all the juice from cucumbers. In large bowl combine well: 4 cups greek style... »
shredded pork in puff pastry
Thanks to Executive Chef Rick Choy from Hotel Grand Pacific for this recipe. If you want to sample this dish check out the hotel’s east meets west ‘Dim Sum and Then Some’ menu served up every weekend. 2lbs Slopping Hill pork butt 12 cups water 4oz sherry wine 1 cup soya sauce 2 Tablespoons dark soya sauce 2 Tablespoons salt... »
roasted eggplant dip
Roast 4 large eggplants in oven at 450 for 20 minute. Prick the eggplant with a fork prior to roasting. Roast 100 grams of pine nuts to golden brown. When eggplants are finished, let cool slightly, scoop out all flesh into a food processor. Add, 30ml of lemon juice, pine nuts, 2 cloves of... »
the underestimated vegetable
Fresh produce is finally in season and the eggplant is one that North Americans often overlook. Eggplants are common throughout Eastern Europe and parts of Africa. My wife and consumed many delicious eggplant dishes while traveling in Romania. The eggplant, also known as the aubergine, melongene or brinjal, is a nightshade plant. As a... »
yellow tomato gazpacho
1 lb yellow tomatoes (peeled, seeded and chopped) 4 medium size yellow peppers seeded and chopped 5 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar 1 Tablespoon lemon zest lemon juice to taste salt & pepper to taste pinch of sugar Put all ingredients in a blender or food processor, blend it... »
hummos
Hummos has been on my restaurant menus for 12 years now. It was one of the first things I ever learned to ‘cook’. I first discovered it when I was doing ‘craft service’ (supplying snacks) on for a television production I was working on in the early nineties call Missing Treasures: The Search for... »
spot prawns, flat bread & edamame
Ingredients 1 pound shelled edamame beans 2 Tablespoons chopped garlic 2 Tablespoons butter 8 oz goat cheese 1/4 cup whipping cream 2 Tablespoons sour cream 1 Tablespoon lemon juice salt and pepper to taste 3 Tablespoons of minced red onions several pieces of flat bread Method Blanch edamame beans for 30 seconds in boiling... »
