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Maple Roasted Beet Soup with a Sour Cream Swirl
This beet soup, created by chef Wendy Seguin of Let Them Eat Cake in Stratford, is to-die-for delicious.
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, peeled, rough chopped
4 cloves garlic, peeled
1 tsp ground cumin
1 pound, about 6 medium red beets, peeled, rough chopped
½ cup maple syrup, medium grade
1 litre vegetable stock
1 cup 10% cream
Salt and pepper to taste
¼ cup sour cream
More with Maple in Stratford
Did you know…that it takes forty buckets of sap to make one bucket of maple syrup? Or that in order for sap to flow from the tree, it has to be below zero the night before and above zero during the day? Or, that once the buds pop on trees, the maple syrup cycle is done? I did not know any of this until very recently.
Savouring Stratford
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of indulging in an exclusive gourmet trek to Stratford and Perth County with an inspiring group of food bloggers and enthusiasts from Toronto. Having grown up in Guelph, which is not far from Perth County, I was familiar with Stratford but regrettably had not ventured there in many years. After this trip, I asked myself, “What took me so long?’
Stratford is best known for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and, more recently, the hometown of tween sensation Justin Bieber…but it also one of Ontario’s top culinary destinations. Home to one of the country’s top culinary schools, the Stratford Chefs School, and host of the Stratford Garlic Festival (September 18, 2010) and the Savour Stratford Culinary Festival (September 18-26, 2010), there’s plenty for the gourmand to savour about Stratford.
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