3 Recipes of some of my Favorite Restaurants in Vancouver BC

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Nightingale’s Restaurant Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Serves: 2-3

Ingredients:

6oz brussel sprouts, halved

20g concord grapes, pickled

20g canola oil

10g parsley leaves, whole

3g pine nuts, roasted and roughly blitzed

1g sherry vinegar

Method:

1 Preheat the oven to 450°F.

2 Heat a pan and place brussels face down, season with salt. Then add a thin layer of oil. This will prevent oil splatter from sprouts.

3 Once you see light golden brown, place in oven.

4 Cook until the stem is tender. You are trying to achieve a dark golden brown colour.

5 Wilt parsley, strain excess oil and transfer to a stainless steel bowl.

6 Add sherry vinegar and grapes to the bowl, toss to combine.

7 Place on an oval plate and garnish with pine nuts.

Pickled Concord Grapes

Ingredients:

300g white wine vinegar

200g water

100g sugar

1g bay leaves

10g black peppercorns, toasted

5g coriander seeds

10g salt

Method:

1 Place all ingredients into a pot and bring it up to a boil

2 Transfer pickling liquid into a heat proof container and chill on ice immediately

3 Once cool strain spices and aromatics.

4 Cover concord grapes with cooled pickling liquid for minimum 12 hours before using.

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Steak House Style Spinach Salad

Ingredients

• 8 ounces baby spinach

• 2 hard boiled eggs

• 8 pieces thick-sliced bacon chopped ( or substitute)

• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar

• 1 teaspoon sugar

• 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard

• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

• mushrooms sliced

• 1 small red onion very thinly sliced

Method: Fry the bacon and drain on a paper towel, reserving 3 tablespoons of the fat. Crumble the bacon and set aside.

Heat the fat in a saucepan low heat and whisk in the red wine vinegar, sugar and Dijon mustard. Season with kosher salt and black pepper.

Add the mushrooms and the onion to the spinach and toss.

Add the warm dressing and bacon and toss to combine. Divide the spinach between 4 plates or bowls and evenly divide the egg among them.

Season with pepper, as desired. Serve immediately.

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Browns Social House - Almost Famous Fried egg Sandwich

Ingridients:

1 Egg

Smoked bacon (optional)

Cheddar cheese

Lettuce

Tomato

Brioche bun

Special Sauce:

catchup, mustard, mayonnaise, relish

Method

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