LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2022
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ENTERTAINING Bite Vision
If surprise guests show up over the holidays, it’s nice to put out something more interesting than a bowl of chips. Stock up on a few pantry items and basic ingredients, and you’ll be ready to whip up dozens of hors d’oeuvre on the fly. Start with these handy examples, and we bet you’ll soon be inspired to create your own instant canapés.
Cherry tomato half
Pickled beet
Guacamole
Za’atar
Hummus
Feta
Pita chip
Tortilla chip
Dill frond
Artichoke heart
Cooked shrimp
Mortadella
Sour cream
Basil pesto
Cucumber round
Baguette round
SUSTAINABLE OLEO-SACCHARUM 101
Before you juice up a big bowl of citrus, remember there’s also a lot of flavour trapped in those peels. The cocktail syrup oleo-saccharum (Latin for “oil-sugar”) is the key to unlocking it. The process is simple: strips of citrus zest (removed with a Y peeler to minimize bitter white pith) are mixed with sugar and allowed to sit. The sugar extracts the oils, and it turns into a potent syrup. Favoured by 19th-century bartenders, oleosaccharum will amp up punch, a French 75 or any citrus-based drinks including lemonade. Using our Lemon Oleo-Saccharum recipe (at lcbo.com/fdholiday22) as a blueprint, try your hand at concocting your own with a variety of citrus peels, from mandarin to lime to grapefruit.
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