Toasted Krabi Salad Sandwich

Toasted Krabi Salad. The many times that I have eaten a California roll from my favourite Japanese or Korean take out in the local mall has always been a good tasty lunch item with a stir-fry. I asked the cook why his California Rolls tasted so good and he explained he uses premium kamaboko.  Ah! Meanwhile after a short search on the internet found that TNT sells the good surimi kamaboko. So I made a nice krabi salad adding some mayonnaise, old bay seasonings, lemon, lime, worcestershire and a shot of tabasco celery salt, pepper. Chopped some green onions and celery...

Welsh Lamb Popsicles

Welsh Lamb Popsicles A good meat market is the go to place if you are looking for Welsh Lamb for Easter So much more tender flavor than Australian or Ontario . Welsh Low-land grazed extra special Welsh Lamb that comes from the lush, natural pastures of North Wales mainly from the Conwy Valley and the Vale of Clwyd. I’ve  followed chef Rick Stein’s recipe for Lamb and this rack will be perfect to refine it to perfection. If you’re a lamb connoisseur like me, this is the lamb other lambs wish they tasted like. I believe as a chef that one must continuously...

Seafood Chowder

Seafood Chowder. This is one great chowder to enjoy on a cold and damp night. Small portions of clams, salmon, cod, petit mussel. A few creamer potatoes, butter, cream white wine, shallots, fennel some lobster infused olive oil. Ingredients 1 cup fish stock 12 mussels, rinsed well in cold water, 6 oz good-quality bacon, diced 6 Tbsp butter 1 large yellow onion, finely diced ½ medium bulb fennel, finely diced 2 medium stalks celery, finely diced Sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste 6 cups (1.5 L) milk 2 cups (500 mL) cream ½ cup (65 g) flour 3 medium yellow-fleshed...

Maple Sugar Apple Butter Coffee Cake

Maple Sugar Apple Butter Coffee Cake. This recipe would have my mother bringing out her retro pyrex clear glass baking dishes, 5 sizes with a pyrex glass rolling pin and dough bowl. I still use it today and my moms recipe to make this most scrumptious coffee cake. Ingredients needed; Cake: 3 cups sifted flour 1 cup maple sugar. 1 cup Wellesley Apple Butter 3 teaspoons fresh baking powder 3 teaspoons fresh ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 1/2 cup whole milk (I use buttermilk or yogurt also) 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (very soft) 2 teaspoon pure maple or vanilla...

 Cinnamon Sticky Bun

Cinnamon Sticky Bun Recipe. The knotty Pine bakery was making load after load of Cinnamon Buns and I had to try do taste tests to see if they were consistent with the original recipe. I must say they are first class and now see why they sold out daily. If you are baking inspired this recipe if followed correctly will give you some blue ribbon winning sticky buns Ingredients needed. Dough 3 cups milk 6 tbsp. butter 6 tbsp.. plus 1 tsp (5ml) granulated sugar 1 tbsp. salt ½ cup luke warm water 2 envelopes active dry yeast 2 large eggs 9 cups fresh sifted all-purpose flour...