Vie Belles Canada Taste

For the Hibiscus Simple Syrup

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 ounce dried hibiscus flowers

For the Cocktail

• ice
• 3 ounces ginger beer
• 6 ounces semi-dry sparkling cider
• 1 tablespoon hibiscus simple syrup (recipe below)
• dried hibiscus flower for garnish

• 200g bulgur wheat
• 50g pumpkin seeds
• 3 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil
• 250g pack halloumi cheese, cut into 10-12 slices
• 1 cucumber, halved lengthways, seeds scooped out and cut into chunks
• large bunch either parsley, mint, coriander or basil, or a mixture, chopped, reserving a few leaves to serve
• zest and juice 2 lemons
• ¼ watermelon, cut into chunks, or a 400g pack ready-prepared

• 1 dried smoked chili pepper or 1 poblano pepper
• Olive oil
• 1 medium white onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced.
• 1 to 2 medium jalapeños (optional, use one for medium spicy soup and two for spicy soup)
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 14-ounce can crush tomatoes or chunky tomato sauce
• 32 ounces (4 cups) vegetable stock
• 14-ounce can hominy, rinsed and drained (optional)
• 14-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
• Sea salt
• 6 corn tortillas (6-inch, taco-sized)
• 1 avocado
• 2 to 4 radishes, sliced into super thin rounds
• 2 ounces queso fresco or feta cheese (optional), crumbled
• 1 handful cilantro leaves, chopped
• 1 lime, sliced into small wedges

• 100g dark chocolate, broken into chunks
• 200ml milk
• 300g/11oz caramel (we used Carnation)
• 85g crunchy peanut butter
• 4 crunchy biscuits, crumbled into chunks (we used Fox's butter crinkle crunch biscuits)
• 50g salted roasted peanuts, chopped
• 6 big scoops vanilla ice cream
• 6 big scoops chocolate ice cream

• 1 chicken carcass, broken into chunks to easily fit in your pot - can be raw but this is a great way to use the bones after you roast a chicken
• 2 medium onions, quartered (you can leave the skin on)
• 2 celery stalks, roughly chopped
• 2 carrots, roughly chopped
• 1 head of garlic, cut in half (no need to peel the cloves)
• ½ teaspoon peppercorns
• Optional: 1 rosemary branch, a few sage leaves, a few sprigs of thyme