CANADIAN CUISINE

Sauteed Fiddleheads Fiddleheads lend themselves to many of the same preparations as asparagus. Here they are served warm, but they also make good hors d'oeuvres served in a vinaigrette.

Canadian Bacon with Maple Glaze Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C). Combine vinegar, maple syrup, and brown sugar in a bowl. Set aside. Slice Canadian bacon about ½-inch thick. Arrange the slices in a casserole or baking dish, and spoon the syrup mixture over the slices. Bake for 30 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature. (To serve as a snack, cut slices into bite-sized pieces and serve with toothpicks.).

Sweet Corn Pancakes First char the corn by removing the husks from the ear of corn and toasting the ear directly over a low gas flame. Rotate the corn until each side is charred and toasted. Remove from the flame and allow to cool until cool enough to touch. Once cool enough, cut the corn from the ear and place in a small bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, whisk together milk, egg, and vanilla extract. Add the wet ingredients all at once to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. The batter will have small lumps. That’s great! Fold in the corn kernels. Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 175 degrees F. Place a clean kitchen towel on an oven-safe plate. Set aside. Place a skillet over medium-low heat and melt about 1 teaspoon butter or vegetable oil. Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup and spoon a scant 1/4-cup into the hot skillet. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until small bubbles form on the surface of the pancakes. Flip and cook until golden on both sides. Transfer cooked pancakes to prepared plate and cover with towel. Place in the oven to keep warm until all of the pancakes are cooked and ready to serve. Serve warm with pure maple syrup.

Canada Day Cake Fireworks, friends and food. Throw a party for Canada Day and serve this special strawberry maple-leaf flag cake. Start with a 13- x 9-inch (3.5 L) sponge cake (RECIPE follows), or use your favourite RECIPE for white cake of that size, and COMPLETELY cover it with whipped cream. Then form the outside red borders and distinctive maple leaf with sliced strawberries. Be sure to refrigerate the cake until sparkler time, then cut it and toast our birthday.

Nanaimo Bars The Nanaimo bar is a dessert item of Canadian origin popular across North America.It is a bar dessert which requires no baking and is named after the west coast city of Nanaimo, British Columbia. It consists of a wafer crumb-based layer topped by a layer of custard flavoured butter icing which is covered with melted chocolate made from chocolate squares. Many varieties exist, consisting of different types of crumb, different flavours of icing (e.g., mint, peanut butter, coconut, mocha), and different types of chocolate.

Maple Sundae Bacon and maple are a classic combination. Here, the dynamic flavor duo teams up in a sweet-and-salty maple sauce studded with caramelized bacon. The sauce is spooned over ice cream and sprinkled with toasted pecans to create the ultimate sundae. Serve any leftover sauce with pancakes or waffles.

Fish and Brewis The recipe may vary from community to community or even household to household, but the primary ingredients are always the same. The typical recipe calls for salt fish that is soaked in water overnight to reduce the salt content of the fish, and the hard bread is also soaked in water overnight. The next day, the fish and hard bread are boiled separately until tender, and then both are served together

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