Recipes — Dessert

Myrna Burlock

Blood Orange Sugar Cookies

  Ingredients: 1 Cup Butter, Softened 1 Cup White Sugar 1 Cup Icing Sugar 4 Cups White Flour 1 Cup Liquid Gold Blood Orange Olive Oil 1 Tsp Cream of Tartar 1 Tsp Vanilla 1 Tsp Baking Soda 1 Tsp Salt 2 Eggs Flavoured Cane Sugar for Topping   Directions:   Thoroughly cream oil, butter and sugars. Add vanilla and eggs. Sift all dry ingredients together and stir into mixture. Chill dough for at least one hour (or keep refrigerated, using as needed). When ready to prepare for baking, roll 1 tsp of dough into a ball for each cookie....

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Myrna Burlock

Chocolate & Espresso Balsamic "Pate-Esk" Fudge

This Pate-esk Fudge is sure to be a new family favorite! Ingredients: -1 ½ cup Heavy Cream -1 cup Espresso Dark Balsamic -1/2 cup 60% or Darker Chocolate -1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate -1/2 tsp Vanilla Dark Balsamic Garnish with lavender salt (optional)     Directions: Butter a 9×13″ baking pan and line with parchment that overhangs the sides.In a metal bowl or double boiler, add all of the ingredients except the salt.  Set over a pot of gently simmering water, stirring constantly until the chocolate has completely melted.  The mixture will...

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Myrna Burlock

EVOO Ice Cream with Vanilla Bean

This is my new addiction. A new Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker, and the sky is the limit.  Any Pure Cultivar, Fused or Infused Olive Oil will work with this recipe. Variations will follow. *Custard needs to be made a day ahead. 'Freeze bucket' has to be frozen solid. Ingredients: 1 1/4 c whole milk (I use Fox Hill Farms) 2/3 c sugar 1/2 - 1 vanilla bean (I use Epices de Cru, as they are far superior to grocery store) 3 large egg yolks 1 1/2 c whipping cream 6 T robust EVOO  (This is where the fun begins. Think...

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Amy Ingram

Strawberry Balsamic Cheesecake

    2nd Annual Liquid Gold Recipe Contest Charlottetown submitted by Alicia Strawberry Coulis 300g Frozen Strawberries 60ml Lemon Juice 30ml* Sugar *Sugar may need to be adjusted depending on sweetness of berries 1. Put all ingredients in a pot and simmer until thick. 2. Puree in a blender and put in a squeeze bottle. Balsamic Reduction 90ml Traditional Balsamic Vinegar 1. Gently reduce by half in a small pot and transfer into a squeeze bottle. Filling 125ml Heavy Cream 15ml Granulated Sugar 450g Cream Cheese 60ml Honey 250ml Confectioner’s Sugar 60ml Sour Cream 60ml Lemon Juice 1. Whip cream and...

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