Quinoa Risotto
/This squash-flecked quinoa risotto is a light yet substantial accompaniment for the rich, flavourful chicken.
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I used the Japanese Kuri squash which is a fiery red colour. It roasts well. You can use any drier variety of squash for this curry.
The best Scottish shortbread handed down through my family. Crumbly, sweet and buttery.
This dish has a salty, savoury sauce with a little bit of a kick. If you don't want the spice of the jalapenos, leave it out, and finely diced onion can be used instead of the shallots.
This is the one hors d’oeuvre that I keep being asked for time and time again. It’s crunchy, creamy, spicy and hits all the high spots.
Mushrooms and squash have a real affinity and this soup proves it. I like to use oyster mushrooms, but chanterelles, which I found at the supermarket this week, provide the best flavour.
The fifth taste, umami, has much to do with glutamate, an amino acid found in such foods as prosciutto, soy sauce and a number of cheeses. Umami can show up in your glass, too (fermentation is glutamate’s old friend).
When this recipe originally ran in The Globe and Mail, I received a lovely note from reader Barbara Zuchowicz. This dish reminded her of a wonderful meal she had in Italy: "It brought back joyful memories of a trip to Italy my late husband, an exceptional cook, and I took a number of years ago.
This squash-flecked quinoa risotto is a light yet substantial accompaniment for the rich, flavourful chicken.
Read Morehere is no rice in this risotto. The conceit is that the squid is cut to look like risotto rice. To do this, cut squid in strips then cut across the strips. I had a version of this dish at Pollen Street Social, the hottest new restaurant in London.
Read MoreCreamy but with a bite from the farro, this pairs beautifully with the lamb. Substitute spelt or barley if farro is unavailable.
The addition of celery root with the mushrooms gives this risotto extra layers of flavour. If celery root is unavailable substitute fennel.
Read MoreAn Asian rack of lamb might seem unusual to some, but China’s Hunan province is famous for its lamb dishes. The most well-known is probably a slightly spicy stir fry with loads of green onions.
Read MoreI recently had the fortunate experience of teaching Stratford Chefs School students as the Joseph Hoare Gastronomic Writer in Residence. Their project was to develop and write a recipe and then make a video.
Read MoreMassimo Bottura is a three-star Michelin chef with a mission. When a powerful earthquake hit his native Modena, Italy in 2012 and toppled countless wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano which broke and split, he developed this risotto recipe to make use of the shattered blocks of cheese. A lively intellectual and storyteller who creates a vision for each plate, Bottura, 52, was recently in Toronto as a guest of the George Brown College cooking school, which is pioneering an Italian program in Italy.
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