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From: Toronto, ON

Joined: October 19th, 2011


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March 14th, 2014

Silk Chocolate Cream Pie with Pecan Crust from The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook: Sweetness in Seattle

This is a showstopper of a pie with rather sophisticated flavours - intense chocolate filling with salty, crunchy crust. Can't say I cared much for the crust on its own but it was a great foil, both texturally... read more >


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Shaved root vegetables lightly dressed with a simple rice wine vinegar based vinaigrette make for a very tangy, crisp salad. I used only rutabaga so my version didn’t have any of the bitterness of the turnip.

It was very easy to make but I didn’t care for the instructions that have you prepare a certain weight of vegetable - only to use just a portion of it in the salad - and then have you measure the volume of the shaved pieces! (I estimated this). I would have preferred that the required weight was provided at the start. I used a little less oil as I like a 2:1 ratio of oil to vinegar in dressings.

I found that both the texture and flavour of this salad improved upon standing for a few hours (not just the 20 minutes mentioned in the recipe) so would make a great make-ahead dish.

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