A simple and classic holiday treat from Québec that never fails to bring joy and laughter! Pets de soeurs • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2021 Okay... let's just start with the words "pets de soeurs". It means nuns' farts. Don't worry; they smell and taste pretty good! This is another funny French Canadian dish named with a vague origin. Most sources say that Québec and Acadian nuns used to prepare them with leftover pie dough. When the classic " tourtières " (meat p

Enjoy the rich pork belly taste with a perfect blend of festive and seasonal flavours. Pork belly is a very popular cut of fatty pork in...

A winter rejoicing citrus recipe with sweet syrup, spices and whisky! Cooking and preserving citrus in winter is fun! Being able to...

When the cool season kicks in, there is nothing better than roasted chestnuts! Roasting chestnuts when the weather gets cool is a great...

Poached in honey-sweetened water, here's the story behind a Montréal-style bagel recipe adapted for my little home kitchen in Australia. Homemade Montreal-style bagels • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2021 For years, I kept telling myself that I would try making bagels at home, but it wasn't until the pandemic lockdowns that I finally gave it a go. I don't know why I waited so long—they are so good! One of the things I love most about making Montréal-style bagels at ho

Dip seasonal fruits in this creamy melt of chocolate flavoured with hazelnuts. Chocolate fondue Is such a delicious dessert or afternoon...

A healthy and incredibly delicious soup, with an abundance of fresh coriander permitted! When my garden coriander (cilantro) is at its...

Preserved lemons in salt are incredibly simple to prepare and absolutely delightful! I have always loved food and drinks with lemon, but...

Québec’s unique traditional meat spread, an essential element for a Sugar Shack-style brunch! Pork cretons homemade in Australia with garden seasoning • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2021 "Cretons" is a pork-based pâté generally served on toasted bread with breakfast. This forcemeat-style spread is typically French Canadian, and there is no English word for it. “Toasts with creton, please », my friend Valérie asked as a breakfast order in a Tim Horton café in the wes

A Québec traditional pudding cake made with love and maple syrup. Pouding Chômeur dessert • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2020 Pouding Chômeur (unemployed pudding cake) was created during the Great Depression in Québec. This recipe has different variations, and the original and most affordable ones are made with flour, butter, egg, milk and brown sugar. It is sooo delicious, and the best ones are definitely made with pure maple syrup , and always served in sugar shack

Discover the Québec tourtières , an ancestral meat pie dish always found on our holiday tables . A classic festive "tourtières" with tomato ketchup • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2024 To smell and taste the distinct flavour of traditional Québec tourtières is something that brings Québécois expatriates all over the world straight back home, filled with memories. What always comes to my mind is a white Christmas, my family, and our holiday buffets where meat pies wer

A wholesome, quick, and meat-free version of the old Canadian lumberjack favourite . Homemade pea soup • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2021 Here is a soup recipe inspired by a traditional, nourishing dish that sustained the first French Canadian settlers during the early years of colonisation. Today, this soup is most often served at sugar (maple) shack brunches, though many still enjoy preparing these old, comforting recipes at home. Made with yellow split peas, its

Warm up your meals with the colours of autumn and seasonal flavours. Risotto served in a pumpkin bowl • Photography © Bottle and Brush...

Inspired by the French Canadian traditional “Pouding Chômeur”, made with frozen berries. Berry sweet version of the Canadian "Pouding chômeur" • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2020 “Pouding” means pudding, and “chômeur” means unemployed worker. “ Pouding chômeur ” is a Québec traditional dessert created during the Great Depression and was initially made with affordable ingredients like flour, butter, milk and brown sugar. This pudding cake is a sweet, syrupy sauce topp

Elevate your party snack platter with these crunchy treats. Roasted pecans and macadamias with maple syrup and spices © Bottle and Brush Studio 2021 Here is a superb snack recipe that most people go “nuts” with when served as a nibble or as part of a party platter. But beware, these babies are so good they will call you for more…! The combination of pecan and macadamia has a lovely contrast in shape, colour and texture. Still, this recipe can also be made with other varietie

A sweet and savoury Québec-style baked beans recipe, re-adapted in Australia. Maple & bacon baked beans dish • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2023 We all know this iconic comfort dish, but in Québec, you'll find old-fashioned maple baked beans served with a classic lumberjack-style breakfast or at sugar shacks throughout the province. Québec-style baked beans are called fèves au lard("lard beans"), although in everyday Québec French we often use the slang term bines (p

Discover the pâté au saumon, a French Canadian-style pie made with simple pantry staples. Homemade salmon pie served with early spring garden salad • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2018 In Québec, salmon pies are sold in many grocery stores, but like traditional tourtières (meat pies), every family has its own recipe and way of making them. Since moving to Australia, I've learned to prepare this comforting dish from scratch whenever I'm craving a taste of home. Québec-

Green up your winter with this nourishing soup blending winter greens and split peas! Some like to blend greens in their smoothie, and...

How I adapted a traditional Alpine cheese fondue using Australian cheeses, cool-climate wines and Snowy Mountains flavours. Alpine cheese fondue, homemade in the Snowys • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2021 Even though the word fondue simply means "melted", cheese fondue is much more than melted cheese. Originating in the Swiss and French Alps, this mountain dish traditionally combines Alpine cheeses with white wine to create a rich, communal meal shared around the tab

When fresh cheese curds and black truffle once met in my little Aussie kitchen, this rare poutine, also called my “Mission Impossible”, was finally accomplished ! Homemade classic poutine topped with fresh grated truffle • Photography © Bottle and Brush Studio 2018 Homemade truffle poutine … ho.my .god. I was lucky enough to improvise, photograph and taste this one. It happened on a sunny winter day during my first poutine photo session. Québec cheese curds are nearly imposs