As you are stay-cationing around the province this summer, you'll want to know, as I always do, where's the best place to eat? South Shore Tastes is a restaurant guide (it features only the best), a cookbook (each restaurant has contributed a recipe), and a souvenir (with stunning photographs of the dishes and the region by Scott Munn). You really can't go wrong. So here's a little taste of Taste: a recipe from White Point Beach Resort's restaurant. And if you can't cook, don't worry, you can still taste it for yourself at White Point Beach Resort, maybe even on us (scroll down to see the contest).
South Shore Tastes is the fourth book in the Tastes cookbook series which also includes, Cape Breton Tastes, Annapolis Valley Tastes, Tastes of Prince Edward Island.
photo by Scott Munn
Maple Curry Chicken Ravioli
From White Point Beach Resort
The Nova Scotia maple syrup lends a gentle undertone of sweetness to the mild curry flavour in this dish.
Makes 2 servings.
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
(about two medium-sized breasts)*, cut into 1-inch cubes
2/3 cup finely chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
1/4 cup cream cheese
2 tablespoons mild curry paste
1 cup chicken stock
2 cups 35% whipping cream (heavy cream)
1 teaspoon Montreal steak spice
1/4 cup Nova Scotia maple syrup
16 pieces cooked ravioli (any vegetable-stuffed ravioli will do)
Warm 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is no longer pink, about 20 minutes. Set aside.
Heat the remaining vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, and ginger and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the cream cheese and curry paste, stirring until smooth. Stir in the chicken stock, whipping cream, steak spice, and maple syrup. Simmer, uncovered, 3 to 5 minutes to reduce the liquid slightly.
Add the ravioli and cooked chicken pieces to the sauce, and simmer until heated through, about 6 to 8 minutes.
To serve, place 8 ravioli pieces in each of two large pasta bowls and spoon the desired amount of sauce overtop. Accompany with garlic toast or naan.
*The chicken in this dish can be any combination of cooked white or dark meat—this is an excellent way to use up leftover chicken!
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Update on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 8:58AM by
Nimbus
This contest is now closed. Congratulations to our winner Wendy Pike for her comment:
Maple, curry, chicken ravioli....I can just taste this....ummmm....soo-o-o-o- good, and especially eating it at White Point while smelling the aroma of that huge wood fire that they keep burning there...spectacular.