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Don't be intimated by what you've heardthese three recipes look complicated, but are actually easy to master.
We asked the crack team at Vancouver’s Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts to tell us what dishes sound really impressive…but are secretly no sweat. Here’s what they had to say—and the proof is in the recipes.
Baking and pastry chef instructor, Mary-Frances Bahun, insists it’s easy to make this light and fluffy dessert. The addition of dark chocolate (at least 60 percent cacao) and Grand Marnier means the flavour rises to the occasion, too.
Julian Bond, vice-president and CEO, shares his simple recipe (you need only four ingredients!) for Yorkshire puddings, a classic accompaniment for Sunday roast.
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Thanks to prepared pasty dough, executive baking and pastry chef Christine Beard‘s apple tarte tatin is a cinche to make.
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