Eat Local Recipe Contest Result
Grouse Mountain Eat Local Recipe Contest selects regional favourite.
B.C. goat cheese and pear tart with pepper jelly wins culinary prize.
December 19, 2008
December 19, 2008, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver – The first-annual Grouse Mountain Eat Local Recipe Contest results are in with Marg Liebel’s “B.C. goat cheese and pear tart with pepper jelly” triumphant. The Yaletown resident’s favourite family recipe was selected from numerous mouth-watering entries by a panel of judges for its delicious taste and use of sustainable foods originating in the Lower Mainland. Grouse Mountain Executive Chef Dino Gazzola added the winning entry to the Altitudes Bistro menu today, and learned firsthand how to make it from Marg in person in a Cooking with Dino video.
For her culinary efforts, Marg will receive complimentary dinner for six guests at Altitudes Bistro, in addition to having her prized dish added to the restaurant menu for the winter 2008/2009 season.
“I learned the rudiments from a friend and made my own adjustments,” says Marg. “I like to make it because we have an organic pear orchard in Kelowna, and my son makes the pepper jelly every Christmas as gifts to us all.”
The Altitudes Bistro already includes great dishes incorporating local flavours and worldly techniques such as the fennel, cashew and watercress salad, and the braised beef short rib melt.
“We have such an impressive variety of fresh and delicious sources of food right here in our own backyard, the possibilities are endless,” says Executive Chef Gazzola.
Now a new sustainable dish has been selected and will be shared by many this winter. Food enthusiasts can enjoy the appetizer listed as “Warm B.C. goat cheese and pear tart with pepper jelly, arugula and hazelnut salad”.
About Altitudes Bistro
Altitudes, Grouse Mountain's acclaimed West Coast bistro, provides an opportunity to sample distinctly British Columbian cuisine while overlooking the grandeur of the Lower Mainland, some 3,700 feet below.
