Food Photo of the Day ~ Dill Pickle Poutine

 

Poutine is another favourite of ours that has more to do with the prep than cooking. I know I am not the first person to put chopped dill pickles on poutine in fact there is a poutinerie that has done so however at times when offered and visited, they have been sold out. So I decided to try a more modest approach, my version at home. I didn't fry the dill pickles, perhaps next time. They were quartered and roughly chopped and were an instant hit. Adding a fresh tangy sharp flavour to the savoury sautéed bacon and mushrooms, salty stretchy curds, pool of traditional seasoned gravy and slices of green onion, which I forgot and put on after the photo was taken. Very scrumptious for a unique blend of flavours with an added zing.     

Leftovers #60 ~ Chilli Poutine

Forlorn potatoes and yams, leftover chilli and shredded mozzarella cheese hanging about the kitchen, you can create a scrumptious meal such as this chilli poutine. It's a bit of a mix due to the fact that I used potatoes and yams, rather than strictly potatoes, which are used in classic poutine. The potatoes and yams were cut into chunky wedges, tossed in olive oil and mixed herbs and then oven roasted until golden brown. The leftover chili was warmed up and spooned over the heap of mixed roasted potato and yam wedges and topped with a hand full of mozzarella cheese. This may not replace traditional poutine however it created a scrumptious dinner... a culinary bliss of creating a wonderful meal from leftovers that otherwise might get overlooked. 

Food Photo of the Day ~ Poutine with Singapore Curry Gravy

 

Poutine can be an economical meal that literally can be thrown together with a heap of ingredients. It's easy, fast, satisfying and adaptable to your favourite toppings and your hearts culinary desires. So finding a wonderful Singapore curry gravy at our local shop, that was on sale, we dove in and created one exquisite poutine. Singapore curry gravy although medium spicy, it gave a fair bit of heat that was delicious with the chosen ingredients. 

Food Photo of the Day ~ Poutine

Poutine, a French Canadian dish dating back to the 1950's. You can make your own chips (French fries) or use store bought; this is a great build your own dinner to warm up to. French fries sprinkled with local cheese curds, green onions, sautéd mushrooms, Canadian bacon all smothered with gravy is absolutely irresistible. This does not replace traditional poutine, of course, or even poutine served at a Poutinerie however this came pretty close and satisfied our poutine craving! 

Stay warm! - JD