Local Flavours
Collection by Elgin Harvest
Food, drink, and flavours from Elgin County, Canada
Quick and easy method to hull AND hollow out strawberries using just a simple straw. Fill with whipped cream, cream cheese or chocolate mousse! www.elginharvest.ca
Relishing Rhubarb & New Workshop
If you haven't already picked up your copy of the late spring edition of Relish Elgin magazine, you probably should grab it while you can. For the past three weeks the free guide to Elgin has been...
Relishing Rhubarb & New Workshop
If you haven't already picked up your copy of the late spring edition of Relish Elgin magazine, you probably should grab it while you can. For the past three weeks the free guide to Elgin has been...
Relishing Rhubarb & New Workshop
If you haven't already picked up your copy of the late spring edition of Relish Elgin magazine, you probably should grab it while you can. For the past three weeks the free guide to Elgin has been...
Kamut - Lemon Pound Cake with Strawberries & Crème Fraîche
My last post was a month ago! Oops. Winter got a hold of me and I'm just now beginning to thaw out. It hasn't all been icicles and bitterness. Much of the past month has been spent the same way the...
The idea of using more whole grains & flours in bread, along with prefermenting them using sourdough starters and poolishes, is to make more nutritious, easier to digest - and most importantly - deeper flavoured breads & pastries. Much of these grains and flours, mostly organic, can be found on an Amish farm just outside of Aylmer. How lucky are we?!?
Chestnut & Chocolate Semifreddo - Relish Elgin
November is a transitioning month: the clock's have fallen back into standard time, the pumpkins have been tossed to the curb (unless you have a compost pile in your backyard where you like to play...
Time to Share the Love - Contest Time
Contest time! (*Note: this contest was posted on my Facebook page but you can participate without it - see below for details.) I started Elgin Harvest as a creative outlet for my food fantasies and...
Ratatouille
I couldn't even imagine living in an area with fresh produce all year-round. Those temperate zones like the Mediterranean & California have growing seasons 12 months of the year. The sun sticks...
Aubergine, Aubergine.
Back when I used to work in grocery stores, people were incredibly predictable with what fresh produce they would buy. I'd like to think that having a culinary background and a good memory was what...
Herb Overload
The gardens and flower pots are bursting with greenery. What's a girl to do with all this mint, basil, sage, and cilantro? Make simple purees then later use the purees in everything from mayonnaise...