LCBO Food & Drink Early Summer 2020

Recipe Index The following is a listing of the recipes contained in this issue. For recipes from previous issues, visit foodanddrink.ca

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FROZEN PALOMA Turning Mexico’s beloved Highball on its head, this frozen drink brings the winning combi- nation of tequila and grapefruit to a blender near you. For an affordable 100-percent agave tequila, try Jose Cuervo Tradicional Plata ( LCBO 10899, $34.95). 4 oz 100% agave blanco tequila

APPETIZERS & SALADS Pasta & Lentil Salad with Grapes, Roasted Cauliflower & Curried Yogurt Dressing Apricot, Radish & Endive Salad with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette Potato and Corn Salad with Roasted Peppers & Chorizo Vinaigrette Halloumi with Freekeh, Chickpea & Halloumi & Oregano Dinner Rolls with Smoked Honey Butter Spinach Pesto & Spring Onion Potato Salad Early Summer Salad Board with Two-Mustard Vinaigrette and French Herb & Cucumber Creamy Dressing Garlic-Smeared Bread Bites with Burrata & Grilled Lemon Champagne-Vinegar-Dressed Whole-Leaf Salad Soy- & Tea-Crazed Devilled Eggs Tahini Za’atar Dressing Spring Roll Salad

DESSERTS & BAKED GOODS Cinnamon Bun Pizza 58 Pineapple Tarte Tatin with Mint Cream 103 Cherry-Almond Crumble Slices 114 Strawberry, Thyme, Cointreau & 122 Almond Rustic Phyllo Tart Sweet & Salty Chocolate Cake 124 with Crunchy Topper Maple and Scotch Doughnuts 126 Middle Eastern Doughnuts 126 Sour Cream Cake Doughnuts 126 38 Blackberry, Cucumber & Mint Freeze 104 La Condesa 115 The Polanco 115 La Zona Rosa 116 Black Cherry Blues 118 Kentucky Iced Tea 118 Pink Gin Fizz 118 Rebujito 118 Rye and ’Bucha 118 Sauvignon Spritzer 118 Simple Syrup 118 Big-Batch French 75 124 Chocolate Milk Cold Brew Shots 124 Classic French 75 124 Frozen Paloma 127 Grenadine 127 COCKTAILS, MIXERS & DRINKS Pineapple Rum Punch 34 Sicilian Sunset Punch 36 Tequila Sangria

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6 oz fresh pink grapefruit juice, divided 4 oz grapefruit soda, preferably Ting 1 oz Grenadine (recipe follows) 3/4 oz lime juice Lime wheels to garnish

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1 Pour tequila, 4 oz grapefruit juice, grapefruit soda, Grenadine and lime juice into an airtight container. Freeze overnight and up to 3 days. 2 Place two 8-oz glasses in freezer for at least 30 minutes. 3 Scrape drink mixture into blender and add remaining 2 oz grapefruit juice. Blend until smooth, stopping and scraping down bowl if necessary. Divide among chilled glasses with a spoon. Garnish with lime wheels and serve immediately with straws (preferably reusable or biodegradable, but avoid metal). GRENADINE An essential ingredient in a Singapore Sling and Tequila Sunrise, Grenadine can also be used to sweeten herbal iced tea and lem- onade. Or mix it with sparkling water and a splash of lime juice for homemade pome- granate soda. 1/2 cup (125 mL) pomegranate juice 1/2 cup (125 mL) sugar 1 Combine pomegranate juice and sugar in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat. Whisk gently until sugar dissolves. (Do not let it come to a boil.) Remove from heat and cool completely. 2 Transfer to a glass jar with a lid. Refrigerate up to 1 month. Makes 2 drinks

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MAIN COURSES Everything Green Deep Dish Pizza

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California Sushi Roll Pizzas

Chicken & Peas with Mint Pesto

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Harissa Shrimp, Potato & Asparagus Sheet Pan Meal Weeknight Chicken & Wild Rice Paella Open-Face Sunflower Harissa Grilled-Chicken Sandwiches Pumpkin Seed Butter Fettuccine with Spinach Wild Rice Cakes with Harissa Carrot Slaw Grilled Lamb Chops & Tomatoes with Cashew Chimichurri Citrus-Butter Bacon, Crab & Clam Pasta 125 116 116 117 117 117 120

Makes 3/4 cup (175 mL)

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