Category Archives: Pastry & Desserts

Gingerbread with Fennel and Wildflower Honey Parfait

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Gingerbread with a fennel, wildflower honey frozen parfait, blackberry foam, apple California bay leaf sorbet and cranberry rhubarb puree. Served at Sooke Harbour house Tuesday April 13 2004.

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Canoli with Stewed Strawberries

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White chocolate mousse filled canolis with stewed strawberries, bittersweet chocolate anise sorbet, blackcurrant and flourless chocolate cake pave and sweet cicely glaze. Served at Sooke Harbour house March 9 2004.

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Hazelnut Cake with Wildflower Honey Frozen Mousse

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Brown butter hazelnut cake with wild flower honey frozen mousse, blackcurrant grand fir sorbet, marionberry compote and whipped crème freche. Served at Sooke Harbour house March 24 2004.

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Caramel and Chocolate Mousse tart

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Caramel & Chocolate Mousse tart with crispy chocolate pearls Served at the Vancouver Club, February 2009

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Cherry Hazelnut Cake

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Cherry, brown butter, hazelnut cake, with a warm cherry, loganberry, lemon thyme compote, Fromage frais mousse, caramel sauce and sorrel cream. Served at Sooke Harbour house June 2004.

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Stollen, Lebkuchen, Gingerbread? Thea’s thinking about Christmas!

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An old German legend says that, for the pure of heart, all sorts of amazing things happen on Christmas eve – rivers turn to wine, animals speak to each other, mountains open to reveal their gems, trees bear fruit, bells … Read More »

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Roasted Nectarine with Burnt Peach Ice Cream and Ginger Cake

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A Sooke Harbour house honey and lemon roasted nectarine, with burnt peach ice cream, blueberry and candied ginger butter cake, spiced blueberry compote, and ice wine sabayon. Served at Sooke Harbour house Tuesday September 30 2003.

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Gingerbread Cake with Carrot

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Warm gingerbread with cream cheese ice cream, carrot, fruit sage foam, raisin sauce, rum anglaise, and carrot crisps. Served at Sooke Harbour house, March 19 2004.

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Red Wine Poached Anjou Pear with fromage frais mousse

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Red wine poached Anjou pear with Fromage frais mousse served with bittersweet chocolate, walnut and sweet cicely pod sorbet, sorrel gelee and red wine reduction. Served at Sooke Harbour house Tuesday May 25 2004.bit

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Strawberries & Dianthus

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Shady Lane farm fresh strawberries and Dianthus flowers, with strawberry, mable grey scented geranium sorbet, rose honey and lemon verbena ice cream, and chocolate anise custard. Served at Sooke Harbour house Wednesday June 23 2004.

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