Grandma Riel's apple pie heaps tart Granny Smiths over a flour-and-sugar bottom layer, then dots with butter under a sugar-crackled crust. A heritage double-crust pie that bakes thick and never weeps.
Classic double-crust apple pie with tart apples, cinnamon, and a whisper of nutmeg. Thinly sliced fruit and a flour-sugar coating give a clean-slicing filling that holds shape after cooling.
This recipe came about from a need to clean out my refrigerator, I had some fruit that need to be eaten and I used them this way, the result was tart, crispy and just plain good. There are a lot of combinations of fruit you could use but this one works well.
Italian gocci di cioccolata, chocolate drop cookies spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, baked soft and finished with a glaze. Old-world Italian drop cookie with warm holiday flavor.
A delicious corn bread that tastes great served with chili or soup.
Creamy pumpkin cheesecake with warm cinnamon and nutmeg nestled in a spiced graham cracker crust. An easier alternative to pumpkin pie for your holiday dessert table.
Upside-down apple gingerbread with caramelized apples over a dark, molasses-rich gingerbread cake spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. A warming autumn dessert.
From-scratch pumpkin pie with fresh or canned pumpkin, dark brown sugar, molasses, raisins, and toasted pecans. Richer and more complex than the back-of-the-can version.
Ham and vegetable linguine with asparagus, mushrooms, zucchini, and peas in a Parmesan cream sauce. A loaded one-skillet pasta dinner ready in 30 minutes.
Maple syrup and brown sugar pie with a buttery crumb topping. Old Quebec-style dessert with a gooey molten filling and a nutmeg-warmed streusel cap.
Favourite morning coffee cake: a buttermilk-rich, brown sugar batter topped with cinnamon-walnut crumble and baked in a single pan. The kind of breakfast cake that vanishes by lunch.
Washington apple cake packed with three cups of fresh chopped apples and crunchy walnuts, warm with cinnamon and nutmeg. An oil-rich, ultra-moist tube cake served with a cloud of sweetened whipped cream.
Lemony chicken and anchovy ravioli stuffed with minced chicken, salty anchovies, parmesan, and bright lemon zest. A delicate handmade pasta with a savory umami punch.
Chicken breasts Veronique-style with seedless green grapes: pan-simmered in white wine, orange marmalade, tarragon, and cream. A French bistro classic with a fruit sauce that comes together in 30 minutes.
Middle Eastern chicken simmered in white wine with saffron, lemon, green olives, and nutmeg. A fragrant one-pot dinner served over lemon rice with bold Mediterranean flavors.
An old-fashioned apple nut pudding with barely any flour, just enough to bind chopped apples, walnuts, and warm spice into a chewy, candy-like baked dessert. Quick to mix and lovely warm with cream.