Want to save interesting info? Just take a Screenshot ethnic food or Print the page Issue 55, May 25, 2020 - Print & Online [email protected] www.ethnicfood.ca A smooth new twist on your favourite summer drink (NC) Avocado margaritas 1½ cups (375 mL) ice are just another testament Lime wedges and slices to everything this fruit of watermelon radish (for can do. The creamy optional garnish) avocados will give your go-to summer drink a Directions: rich, smoothie texture, while the lime, tequila On a work surface, run a and orange liquor will lime wedge around the rims keep it tasting like the of four glasses and dip them margaritas you love. in salt. In a blender, combine avocado with lime juice, Avocado orange juice, tequila, Margaritas Cointreau, syrup and ice. Blend until smooth. Prep time: 5 minutes Ingredients: ¼ cup (60 mL) orange juice Pour mixture into glasses Serves: 4 to 6 people ¼ cup (60 mL) salt 1 cup (250 mL) white tequila and serve. Garnish with 1 lime, quartered ½ cup (125 mL) Cointreau lime wedges and slices of 1 avocado from Mexico, cubed 2 tbsp (30 mL) agave syrup (or watermelon radish, if desired. 2/3 cup (180 mL) lime juice honey) The incredible story of the green egg (NC) We all want to feed 30 minutes. For a thin crust, our families nutritious meals use the lower amount of pizza Directions: that are simple to make and dough. affordable. Bonus points if Lightly coat a 12-inch (30 cm) the dish is fun to prepare and Hand-Tossed Pizza pizza pan with cooking spray. environmentally friendly. Place pan in an preheated with Eggs to 500°F (260°C). When preparing meals the On a well-floured surface, roll whole family will love, a great Prep time: 15 minutes dough into a 12-inch (30 cm) option is using Canadian eggs. Cook time: 10 minutes circle. They are a fresh, local, high- Serves: 2 Remove hot pan from oven. quality ingredient available Carefully arrange dough to the in all grocery stores and Ingredients: edges of the pan. Pierce dough produced by more than 1,100 all over with a fork, then family farms from coast to 1 lb (0.5 kg) store-bought lightly brush with some olive coast. pizza dough oil. Evenly spread pizza sauce 2 tbsp (30 mL) , over top. Sprinkle cheese over Working under the system divided dough and top with olives. of supply management, egg source of high-quality protein. ½ cup (125 mL) pizza or Crack eggs over top of pizza. farmers have invested in new marinara sauce Place pizza in oven and bake technologies and innovative Looking for new recipe 1 ½ cups (375 mL) shredded until crust is browned and farming practices over the inspiration? Try eggs in this Italian blend cheese crisp; 8 to 10 minutes. last decades to reduce their delicious pizza recipe that’s 1/2 cup (125 mL) pitted Serve topped with arugula and environmental footprint by 50 simple enough to get the kids Kalamata olives, chopped a drizzle of remaining olive per cent, while increasing their involved. To make the dough 4 eggs oil. production to meet Canadian easy to roll, remove from the ½ cup (125 mL) arugula Learn more at eggfarmers.ca. demand. Talk about a green fridge and allow it to rest for All-purpose flour for rolling

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Interesting Facts About Ethnic Food and Ethnic Cuisines Not all “ethnic foods” when a dozen wives of U.S. 3. Cashew Chicken 2. Peameal Bacon are actually ethnic. Many soldiers stationed at Fort Mexican, Italian, Chinese Duncan across the border in dishes were actually invented Eagle Pass, Texas, wandered or popularized in the USA. in after a day of across-the- Here are some of them: border shopping. Having little to offer, Anaya ran back to 1. Nachos the kitchen and threw together This popular ‘Chinese’ dish can chips, cheese and sliced be traced back to ….. Springfield, jalapeno. When the delighted Missouri. Chef David Leong, who This Canadian special is made emigrated from China to Missouri from lean boneless pork loin, which ladies asked the name of in 1940, struggled to turn his is trimmed, wet-cured and then the dish, Anaya proclaimed, fellow Missourians onto traditional rolled in cornmeal, giving it its “Nacho’s especiales.” Chinese cuisine. Then he noticed distinctive yellow crust. It’s juicier how much the people of Missouri than American-style bacon, but also 2. with Meatballs loved their fried chicken. Leong leaner. and deep-fried chunks of chicken, tossed some oyster sauce and cashews 3. Ketchup Chips Tortilla chips and the practice on top and … had a winner. Most There are plenty of chip flavours of putting random toppings on places now offer the non deep-fried that can only be found in Canada! them is not really Mexican. variation. Ask for “Springfield-style Ketchup chips and dill pickle chips Tortilla chips came out of Cashew Chicken” and you’ll get the are super popular flavours native the need to sell leftover battered and deep-fried original. to the Canadian convenience food scraps. The El Zarape Tortilla But some North American ethnic scene. Factory took their misshapen foods are definitely authentic. Like some popular Canadian staple 4. Butter Tarts and unsellable tortillas, cut dishes that make a ‘Canadian food’. This is traditional Canadian food them up, fried them and sold Here are some of the most well- at its best, made by taking flaky them for a dime a bag. The known: pastry shells and filling them with a Not the Spaghetti or the meatballs, butter, sugar and egg filling. combination of tortilla chips but the combination was invented in 1. Poutine and melted cheese, however, America. After WWII, returning Of course, poutine! Few Canadian 5. Montreal-style Bagels took place in a Mexican soldiers came back with a hankering dishes are as world-renowned as the Sweeter, denser and thinner than for the wondrous bread they enjoyed border town. As the story glorious creation known as poutine. their NYC counterparts, Montreal abroad. To meet the new demand, goes, Ignacio “Nacho” Anaya, This French Canadian food is so bagels are baked in wood fire American restaurants whipped up maître d’ of the Victory Club, popular that it can now be found all and are often covered in poppy or their own version: toasted white around the world. sesame seeds. was closing up the restaurant bread with garlic and margarine.

Chicken Afritada Recipe Author: Caroline Phelps, half INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS Japanese/French Canadian 1. In a deep pan over food blogger, recipe creator 1 tablespoon vegetable oil medium high heat, add oil, and photographer. 3 cloves garlic (minced) garlic, and cook for Pickled Plum (Detailed step- 1 medium (sliced into 3 minutes, until onions have by-step photos at https:// thin half moons) started to soften. pickledplum.com/chicken- 1 pound chicken breasts of 2. Add chicken and cook afritada-recipe/#tasty- fillets for 3-5 minutes, until the recipes-41054) 1 cup chicken stock outer part of the chicken is 8 ounces can diced tomatoes cooked. Chicken afritada is a popular 1/4 cup water 3. Add chicken stock, Filipino-Spanish inspired 1 teaspoon sugar canned tomatoes, water, dish made with chicken and 2 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce sugar and 1 tablespoon fish vegetables, and stewed in a 1 large carrot (roughly sauce. Stir well, bring to a tomato and garlic based broth. chopped) boil, lower to a simmer and Fish sauce gives this simple 1 potato (peeled and chopped cook for 10 minutes. dish a Southeast Asian flair into bite size pieces) 4. Add carrots, potatoes, you will find yourself craving 1 small red bell pepper (cored, bell peppers and green peas again and again! seeded and sliced into strips) and stir well. Bring to a 1 small green bell pepper boil, lower to a simmer and NOTES: (cored, seeded and sliced into cook for 7 minutes, or until This chicken afritada will Prep time: 10 min. strips) vegetables are tender. keep refrigerated for up to 3-4 Cook time: 23 min. 1/2 cup green peas 5. Turn the heat off, add days. Total time: 33 min. remaining fish sauce, stir and Yield: 4 people serve. For advertising call: (416) 821-9915 Subscribe online: www.ethnicfood.ca 3 15 Amazing Onion Facts Onions are a staple food average annual can cause anemia which can ingredient in many ethnic production become fatal if your beloved cuisines, and it is one of the of onions by pet ends up consuming a lot of most widely used vegetables China stands at them behind your back. that is eaten either raw or used 20,507,759 metric 12. The modern version of as a flavour enhancer. We are tons. India takes French onion soup comes going to take a look into some the second spot from 17th century France. of the most fascinating onion and America Caramelized onions, veal facts. So, let’s get started… takes the third. broth, and cheese, in to reinforce their muscles. a ceramic ramequin ready for 1. In ancient Egypt, onions Athletes used to eat it in 9. New York city, which is the oven. were worshiped. It was Ancient Greece. today known by ‘The Big believed by ancient Egyptians Apple’ was once labeled as 13. The smell of onions is that concentric rings and 5. In ancient India, onions ‘The Big Onion’. It seemingly very hard to get rid of. You spherical shape of the onions were used as diuretic. It had something to do with its must wash your hands in cold were symbols of eternity. means that they used the many layers and peeling them water with soap and coffee, It was also believed that its veggie to have good eye, heart off to get to the core. or lemon; for the dishes use strong scent could bring and joint health. carrots. people back from the dead. 10. Cutting Onions make you 6. Libyans are famous for cry because they produce the 14. The biggest onion was 2. People of ancient Egypt eating onions. The per capita chemical irritant known as harvested in 2011 by an used to cover the tombs onion consumption of Libya syn-propanethial-S-oxide. This English farmer named Peter of their rulers with onion per year is a whopping 66.8 chemical irritant stimulates the Glazebrook. The onion made pictures and onions played a pounds. eyes’ lachrymal glands so they it to Guinness Book of World vital role in burial rituals. release tears. How to prevent Records and weighed 18 lbs. 7. According to Old English it? It's a volatile water-soluble 3. In the Middle Ages, onions folklore, if the skin of the molecule and you can wash 15. The Tropea onion is a were such an important food onion is thick, it means that it out in water. Or: use a very protected variety of red that people would pay their a harsh or severe winter is sharp knife; put the onions in onions that grow in Calabria, rent with onions, used as gifts coming. A thin skin on the the freezer for 10-15 minutes Italy, and takes its name and even currency. other hand denotes a mild before cutting slices. after the city of Tropea. Very winter. aromatic and juicy, it's so 4. Back in Ancient Rome, 11. Onions are poisonous to sweet it can be used in jams. Gladiators used onions as 8. China is world’s largest cats and dogs. They weaken an ointment on their skin producer of onions. The the blood stream in dogs and Spaghetti Squash Croquettes With Lemon Sauce Author: Caroline Phelps, half 3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs 6. Transfer mixture to a large Japanese/French Canadian 1 teaspoon kosher salt bowl and add mushrooms and food blogger, recipe creator 1 teaspoon Worcestershire flat leaf parsley. Mix well and and photographer. sauce using your hands, scoop out Pickled Plum (Detailed step- 1 large egg the mixture and shape it into by-step photos at https:// 1/4 cup flat leaf parsley (finely 12 croquettes. pickledplum.com/spaghetti- chopped) 7. In a large pan over medium squash-mushroom-croquettes- heat, add remaining olive oil microwave safe plate or other lemon-sauce/#tasty- and croquettes. Cook on one microwave safe container. recipes-41152) LEMON SAUCE side for 5-6 minutes or until Place the cut side down (skin juice of 1 lemon the exterior is golden brown. facing up). Microwave on high Moist and tender spaghetti 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour Do no overcrowd the pan as for 9 minutes. squash and mushroom 1/2 cup vegetable broth it will make it hard to flip the 3. Take the spaghetti squash croquettes served with a lemon 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt croquettes. Flip and cook the out of the microwave and sauce for the perfect balance freshly ground black pepper other side until golden brown. shred with a fork. If the squash of sweet, salty and acidic! 1 tablespoon chopped flat leaf 8. Making the lemon sauce: is still hard, microwave for parsley Whisk all the ingredients in a another 2-3 minutes, or until Prep time: 15 min. small pot and bring to a boil. tender. Cook time: 25 min. Continue whisking until the 4. Transfer spaghetti squash Total time: 40 min. INSTRUCTIONS sauce thickens. Turn the heat strings in a large bowl and Yield: 12 CROQUETTES 1. In a pan over medium high off and transfer sauce to a squeeze out excess water using heat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil bowl. a kitchen towel or paper towel. INGREDIENTS and mushrooms. Saute until 9. Serve together with Repeat a few times. 12 button mushrooms (finely mushrooms are golden brown. spaghetti squash croquettes. 5. Put spaghetti squash strings chopped) Season with salt and pepper in a blender together with 3 tablespoons extra virgin and transfer to a plate. Let NOTES parmesan, breadcrumbs, salt, olive oil cool to room temperature. Condiments such as mustard, worcestershire sauce and egg. 1 pound cooked spaghetti 2. 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Honey Mustard Homemade Snack Mix

Author: Julie Evink Instructions The recipe is published Ingredients 1. Preheat oven to 25o degrees. by Julie’s Eats and Treats 3 c. Corn Toasted Corn Cereal 2. In a large bowl mix together (julieseatsandtreats.com) 3 c. Rice Toasted Corn Cereal cereals, pretzels and peanuts. 3 c. Wheat Toasted Corn 3. Put butter, mustard, honey, Slightly, Sweet and Salty Cereal seasoned salt and onion Homemade Snack Mix 2 c. honey mustard small powder in a microwavable Flavored with the Perfect pretzel twists bowl. Microwave on high Amount of Honey Mustard! 12 oz honey roasted peanuts 1-2 minutes or until butter is One of the Best Snack Mix 1/4 c. butter melted and mixture is hot. Recipes! 2 Tbsp French's Classic Yellow Stir. Pour over cereal mixture; Mustard stirring evenly to coat. Prep Time: 15 minutes 2 Tbsp honey 4. Pour the snack mix on to after 20 minutes. Cook Time: 30 minutes 1 tsp seasoned salt two large rimmed baking 5. Remove from oven and Total Time: 45 minutes 1/2 tsp onion powder sheets. Bake mix in preheated let cool. Store in airtight Servings: 16 oven for 40 minutes. Stirring container.

Aperol Spritz

Author: Julie Evink The recipe is published by Julie’s Eats and Treats (julieseatsandtreats.com)

Delicious spritz cocktail recipe is an Italian favorite with only three ingredients.

Prep time: 10 min. Total Time: 10 min. Servings: 2

Ingredients 6 oz Brut prosecco or sparkling wine chilled 4 oz Aperol 2 oz club soda 2 medium orange sliced for garnish

Instructions 1. Pour the prosecco into a Collins glass filled with ice. 2. Add the Aperol and orange slices wheel, and top with club soda.

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