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Christmas Morning Wife Saver

CELEBRATING THE SEASON WITH GREAT FOOD AND WINE

Ingredients

  1. 16 slices white bread, crusts removed
  2. 16 slices Canadian back bacon or ham
  3. 16 slices sharp cheddar cheese
  4. 6 eggs
  5. 1/2 tsp. pepper 2 mL
  6. 1/2-1 tsp. dry mustard 2-5 mL
  7. 1/4 cup minced onion 60 mL
  8. 1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper 60mL
  9. 1-2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 5-10 mL
  10. 3 cups milk 750 mL
  11. dash Tabasco
  12. 1/2 cup butter 125 mL
  13. Special K or crushed Corn Flakes


  

Instructions

  1. Set 8 pieces of bread into a 9″ x 13″ (23 x 33 cm) buttered, glass baking dish.
  2. Cover bread with slices of back bacon. Lay slices of cheddar cheese on top of bacon and then cover with remaining slices of bread to make it like a sandwich.
  3. In a bowl, beat eggs and pepper. To the egg mixture add dry mustard, onion, green pepper, Worcestershire sauce, milk, and Tabasco.  Pour over the sandwiches, cover, and let stand in fridge overnight.
  4. In the morning, melt butter, pour over top. Cover with Special K or crushed Corn Flakes.
  5. Bake, uncovered, 1 hour at 350°F (180°C). Let sit 10 minutes before serving.

Christmas morning refreshments:

 Pommies Mimosa Cider

It’s similar in carbonation and depth of a mimosa but without the wine.  Less apple and lighter than usual for a cider, it is pretty orange forward, but a bit thinner than drinking straight orange juice.


LE MONDE PROSECCO BRUT

Prosecco is the fashionable dry sparkling wine produced from Glera (formerly known as Prosecco) grapes grown in the hills of the Veneto region. It is a pale and delicate wine with fine mousse and persistent fine bubbles.


LE MONDE PINOT NERO ROSE

This colorful Spumante Brut is vinified in proven Charmat method and expanded on the lees for 60 days. She shines with a delicate fruit, finesse and a sympathetic vitality. Are also very pleased to be pleasantly dry character. Not just for the summer an exceedingly hit-compatible choice.


Mimosa Recipe

3 ounce Le Monde Prosecco

1 tablespoon triple sec

Top with fresh orange juice

1 slice of orange for garnish

Christmas Day Treat

Winebar Kensington’s Spanish Cheese Cookies

These savoury Spanish cookies are the ideal snack with a glass of wine. You can use of bit ends of various cheese to make these cookies. Adding chopped olives makes a nice variation. Don’t worry if the logs are perfectly round. It’s your heart and soul that you put into them that makes them so wonderful. This dough and the baked cookies both freeze well.


Direction

1 cup (250 ml) flour

1 cup (250 ml) grated cheese (Appenzeller, Manchego, old cheddar, aged gouda, Jarlsberg, Gruyere,  Beaufort, Emmenthal)

¼ lb (125 g) unsalted butter

1 tsp (5 ml) minced fresh rosemary

¼ tsp (1 ml) smoked paprika

½ tsp (2 ml) sweet paprika

Dash of cayenne

Kosher salt to taste

3 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, minced

Directions:

Use your hands, a mixer, or a food processor to combine all the ingredients except the sun-dried tomatoes. Mix to blend and form into supple dough. Remove the dough to the counter and knead in tomatoes.

Shape the dough into a log about 1” (2.5 cm) in diameter. Wrap tightly in foil or plastic and chill at least 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350°F (200°C).

Use a sharp, thin knife to slice through the dough into ¼” (5 mm) rounds. Arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake 10-15 minutes or until golden.

Cool and store in an airtight container.

Makes about 20-30 cookies, depending on thickness.

Recipe Courtesy of Cam Dobranski, owner of Eat Crow, Calgary

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Christmas Carrot Cake

Filling

Frosting

Filling

 1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons flour 

¼ tsp salt

1 cup whipping cream

½ cup butter

1 cup chopped pecans

1 tsp vanilla

Cake

Frosting

Filling

1 ¼ cups oil

2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

4 eggs

4 cups finely shredded carrots

1 cup raisins

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Frosting

Frosting

Frosting

  

¾ cup butter

2 packages (3 oz each) softened cream cheese

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups icing sugar

Steps

  

Make Filling first (takes a while to cool). Start this before making cake

  

Filling:

1. In a heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, and salt

2. Stir in the cream; add the butter

3. Cook and stir over medium heat until butter is melted

4. Bring to a boil (careful it does not burn)

5. Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally

6. Remove from heat and add the chopped nuts and vanilla

7. Set aside to cool

  

Cake: 

Prepare 3, 9” round cake pans – grease and flour

Preheat oven to 350°F

1. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside

2. In a large mixing bowl beat oil and sugar for 1 minute

3. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture, alternately with the eggs. Mix well

4. Stir in the carrots, raisins, and chopped nuts

5. Pour the batter evenly into the 3 prepared cake pans

6. Bake at 350°F for 30-40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the centre comes out clean

7. Cool in pans for 10 minutes and then invert on wire racks to cool completely


Frosting:

Beat the butter, cream cheese, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in icing sugar and beat until smooth

Assembling the Cake: Place half of the filling between each layer. Frost the sides and the top of the cake with the cream cheese frosting.

Store in the refrigerator.

Makes 16-20 servings

Recipe from Monica Herle

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Melting Shortbread Cookies

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Ingredients

1-pound unsalted butter

3 cups flour

½ cup cornstarch

1 cup icing sugar

Steps

1. Let butter sit at room temperature for 4-6 hours. Or overnight

2. Combine flour and cornstarch and set aside

3. Place butter in the bowl of a stand mixer

4. Beat until the butter is very creamy

5. Slowly add icing sugar and blend well

6. Slowly add the flour/cornstarch mixture, about ¼ cup at a time, blending well after each addition

7. Mix the dough until it holds together well

  

Set oven to 325°F or 165°C.

1. Take 1 tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball

2. Place on parchment lined cookie sheets

3. Flatten with a floured fork – crisscross pattern

4. Bake until cookies are light brown around the edges, about 10-12 minutes.

5. Based on humidity, they may need an extra 1-2 minutes 

Enjoy. You can decorate with sprinkles if you like – just add before baking!

Wine Pairing

Monte Del Fra Custoza

Fruity aromas of yellow peach and citrus lift out of the glass along with a hint of wild herb. Reflecting the nose, the vibrant savory palate offers apricot and grapefruit alongside crisp acidity.

Lunae Vermentino (Grey Label)

Straw-yellow colour with youthful greenish highlights. Intense, persistent, sophisticated aroma of great elegance, with hints of hawthorn, grapefruit, rennet apple, white peach and a pleasing undertone of acacia honey.
Fresh and properly balanced on the palate, it rewards us with interesting developments of taste. 

Pommies Mimosa Cider

Le Monde Prosecco Doc

Le Monde Prosecco Doc

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It’s similar in carbonation and depth of a mimosa but without the wine.  Less apple and lighter than usual for a cider, it is pretty orange forward, but a bit thinner than drinking straight orange juice.

FOOD PAIRING

A refreshing change for Christmas morning

Le Monde Prosecco Doc

Le Monde Prosecco Doc

Le Monde Prosecco Doc

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Prosecco is the fashionable dry sparkling wine produced from Glera (formerly known as Prosecco) grapes grown in the hills of the Veneto region. It is a pale and delicate wine with fine mousse and persistent fine bubbles.

FOOD PAIRING

This wine is ideal s an aperitif, with seafood starters, light risottos, excellent as a dessert wine.


Jeff Runquist Petit Sirah 2017

Le Monde Prosecco Doc

Jeff Runquist Petit Sirah 2017

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The aroma is like a parade of ripe dark fruits; blackberry, marionberry, and cassis. Aging one hundred percent of this wine in new French oak has generated a bouquet featuring luscious sweet caramel and mocha. The flavours of concentrated smoky boysenberry and black currant are savory and rich with plenty of creamy oak that seems to roll on forever never ceding the stage to the chewy mouth-drying astringency so frequently associated with this variety. 

FOOD PAIRING 

Most folks pair Petite Sirah with big hearty stews and braised meats. This is fine, but I have no qualms about enjoying this wine by itself, often as a liquid dessert. 

Monte del Frá Ca Del Magro Custoza Superiore

Lunae Auxo Rosso

Jeff Runquist Petit Sirah 2017

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 Cryomaceration and soft pressing.  The grapes are left to ferment slowly, in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks and in contact with their lees.  Fresh and floral scents of white pepper, pine nuts and broom and a dry and soft taste for a wine that stands out for its excellent quality 

FOOD PAIRING

Oysters, sushi, sashimi and all the raw fish. The combination with white and red meats is also interesting. Excellent combination with glazed duck.

Lunae Auxo Rosso

Lunae Auxo Rosso

Lunae Auxo Rosso

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Intense ruby red colour.

Persistent aromas of ripe fruit and berries, prunes and red mulberries on the nose.

The clear spicy note recalls black pepper and liquorice. The wine is warm and soft but well-balanced by the signifcant structure and pleasing tannin.

Seasonal Sangria

750ml Lunae Auxo Rosso 

 ½ cup white sugar  

 1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice  

 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks  

 1 orange, sliced into rounds  

 1 lime, sliced into rounds  

Marrenon Les Grains IGP Mediterranée Wines

Lunae Auxo Rosso

Lunae Auxo Rosso

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 Fruit for the Les Grains is harvested at night. The Les Grains wines come from select vineyards in the Luberon and Ventoux slopes. While Chardonnay and Merlot are not typical for this region, the high altitude and night harvesting maintains the freshness and fruitiness of these wines, making them ideal for everyday enjoyment.

FOOD PAIRING

The perfect welcoming glass of wine.

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