Otto Say’s
Pasta sanza vino e
come il cuore sanza amore
Pasta without wine is
like a heart without love
Country Pancakes
Antipasto Sausage Skewers
Barbecued Bananas
In 2014 the Victoria Day holiday is on Monday, May 19.
Victoria Day is a Canadian statutory holiday celebrated on the
Monday proceeding May 25 in every province and territory. It honours Queen
Victoria's birthday.
Victoria Day is also commonly referred to as the "May
two-four weekend" or the May long weekend and it marks the unofficial
start of the cottage season where cases of beer are consumed by hard working
Canadians. That's what I heard anyway. Or maybe it's called May two-four
because May 24, 1819 is Queen Victoria's birthday .
The following are
recipes just for the 24 week-end a true Canadian celebration and don’t forget
we celebrate with BEER
Country Pancakes ( 6 to
8 )
Ingredients
250 gr. whole-wheat flour
250 gr. rolled oats
49 ml. baking powder
5 ml. Freshly ground nutmeg
3 ml.teaspoon salt
500 ml. milk
60 ml. oil
2 eggs
5 ml. vanilla
Method
1. Whisk together the flours, oats, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. In a separate bowl whisk together the wet ingredients. Using a wooden spoon, stir the dry mix into the wet ingredients just to combine.
2. Preheat your griddle or a large skillet over medium high heat.
3. Spoon the batter onto the preheated surface. Small pancakes cook faster and are easier to flip but if you’re a deft hand, feel free to make them bigger. Watch for bubbles to break the surface, then flip and finish. Serve St Joe’s Island Maple Syrup
4 Maybe served with Canadian Back, or regular bacon, or ham
or any other meats sausages or whatever you chose
Antipasto Sausage Skewers
Ingredients
36 mL olive
oil
60 mL red
wine vinegar
2 mL) Dijon
mustard
1 clove
garlic, minced
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
½ eggplant or 250 ml.
1/2 sweet
red pepper
1/2 sweet
yellow pepper
1/2 small red
onion
16 cherry tomatoes
8 Italian sausages, (about 1 lb/500 g)
170 mL marinated artichoke hearts, drained
Method
In large bowl, whisk
together oil, vinegar, mustard, garlic, salt and pepper.
Cut eggplant in half
lengthwise; cut crosswise into 1 cm thick pieces and add to bowl. Cut red and
yellow peppers and onion into 2.5 cm pieces; add to bowl. Add tomatoes; toss to
coat. Let stand for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, prick sausages
with fork. Boil covered on medium until
no longer pink inside, 5 to 10 minutes.
Cut into quarters.
Onto
16 metal or soaked wooden skewers, alternately thread sausage, eggplant, red
and yellow peppers, onion, tomatoes and artichoke hearts. (Make-ahead: Cover and refrigerate for
up to 4 hours.)
Place skewers on greased
grill over medium-high heat; close lid and grill, turning once, until browned
and vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
Serve true Canadian Beer
Apple Butter Ribs (Serves 8)
Ingredients
3 kg pork back ribs or pork side ribs
Apple Butter
Marinade:
250 mL apple
butter
120 mL apple cider or apple juice
60 mL cider vinegar
30 mL Dijon
mustard
10 mL crumbled dried
sage
5 mL salt
Method
Pour enough
water into shallow roasting pan to come scant 2 cm up side. Cut ribs into 2-rib
portions; place, meaty side up, in single layer in water. Cover and steam-roast
160°C oven until meat is tender, 75 to 90 minutes. Transfer to large glass
baking dish, discarding cooking liquid.
Apple Butter
Marinade: In bowl, whisk together apple butter, apple cider, vinegar, and
mustard, sage and salt. Remove 100 mL and reserve for basting on grill. Brush
remaining marinade all over ribs. Cover and refrigerate ribs and reserved
marinade for 4 hours, turning and brushing ribs with marinade in dish at least
once. (Make-ahead: Refrigerate for up to 24
hours.)
Place ribs
on greased grill over medium-high heat; brush with any marinade left in dish.
Close lid and grill, turning at least once and basting with reserved marinade,
until browned and glossy, 10 to 15 minutes
Again should
be served with True Canadian Beer
Barbecued
Bananas (serves 8)
39 ml lemon juice
250 g brown soft
sugar
15 ml ground cinnamon
vanilla ice cream, to serve
Preheat barbecue for low heat.
Halve each of the bananas lengthwise, then widthwise. Sprinkle
bananas with lemon juice. In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar and
cinnamon. Roll banana pieces in sugar/cinnamon mixture until well coated.
Lightly oil the barbecue's cooking grate. Arrange bananas on
grate, and cook for 3 minutes per side. Serve in a bowl with a scoop of vanilla
ice cream topped with a sprinkling of remaining cinnamon/sugar mixture.
Smile and Be Sweet
“The best way to win a friend is to listen and
Smile
it only takes a minute” - Otto
