Monday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday - 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday - closed

Now that Sandy and Caroll have joined the dana shortt gourmet team, we've decided to expand our store hours to better suit the needs of our customers.

The store will now be open on Mondays, and we will be open at 10 a.m. (instead of opening at 11 am) and we are open on Saturdays until 5 pm (instead of closing at 4 pm). The shop will remained closed on Sundays.

Hope to see you in the shop soon!

pastry wrapped brie with strawberries and fresh basil

Try this delicious recipe, highlighting creamy brie and fresh Ontario strawberries (coming soon!)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup strawberry preserves
• 1/3 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1-2 teaspoons finely chopped basil (fresh, not dried)
• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17.3-ounce package), thawed
• 1 14-ounce Brie cheese (about 6 to 7 inches in diameter)
• 1 large egg, beaten to blend (for glaze)
• Crackers, flatbread and baguette slices

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.

2. Stir preserves, berries and basil in small bowl to blend. Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface to 12-inch square. Scrape top rind off cheese; discard rind. Place cheese, rindless side up, in center of pastry. Spoon berry mixture onto cheese. Fold pastry on 2 opposite sides over cheese. Brush remaining 2 sides of pastry with glaze. Fold over cheese; press seams to seal. Brush pastry with glaze; place on baking sheet.

3. Bake cheese until pastry is deep golden brown (top of pastry may split open), about 30 minutes. Let cool 20 minutes.

4. Place baked cheese on serving platter. Surround with crackers, baguette slices, and fresh fruit, if desired.

We're busy in the kitchen testing gluten free dessert recipes - stay tuned!

The next time you want to cook bacon, try baking it instead of frying. Less mess, less fat, more yield (and it won't curl!)

We line our baking sheets with foil (for easier clean up) and then top the foil with a piece of parchment paper so the bacon doesn't stick.

Bake in a 350 F to 375 F oven until bacon is brown and crispy.

For a very special treat, try our brown sugar rubbed bacon. Sprinkle 1 1/2 teaspoons of brown sugar onto a slice of bacon and lay another piece directly on top (to cover sugar) and twist. Bake on a parchment lined baking sheet until crispy.

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Treat Dad to the gift of gourmet!

If Dad loves to grill, come in and check out our array of gourmet bbq sauces, grilling marinades and spice rubs.

Or, treat Dad to a Dana Shortt Gourmet Gift Certificates - the gift of gourmet (as well as the gift of time!!). Gift certificates can be purchased in any denomination, and used towards any of our products or services (gourmet gifts, fresh and frozen meals, or put towards a catered event, etc.).

Check out our new gourmet meal packages -they make great gifts!

“New Parents” Package - small

• meat, mushroom and cheese lasagna
• feature soup OR quesadilla
• pulled pork pie
• $38.95, plus applicable taxes

“New Parents” Package - large

• feature soup
• feature quesadilla
• meat, mushroom and cheese lasagna
• pulled pork pie
• wheel of signature scones
• lemon curd for scones
• toasted almond salad dressing
• 2 lb. best-ever meatloaf
• $89.99, plus applicable taxes

“Bountiful Brunch” Package

• wheel of signature scones
• lemon curd for scones
• feature quiche
• your choice of jar of jam OR devon crème
• ½ lb jar of fresh granola
• $49.99, plus applicable taxes

“Baking Bundle”

• wheel of ready-to-bake signature scones
• 8 ready-to-bake cinnamon buns
• lemon curd for scones
• $42.99, plus applicable taxes

“Best-of Dana Shortt Gourmet”

• toasted almond salad dressing
• Caesar salad dressing
• wheel of signature scones
• feature quesadilla
• 4 portion cashew chicken curry OR southwestern chicken casserole
• 1/4 lb pinot noir and black pepper biscotti
• 1/4 lb secret spiced nuts
• slab of double chocolate mocha brownies
• 1/4 lb wedge of yummy foods sun dried tomato and pesto cheese torte
• $99.95, plus applicable taxes

We've added some fantastic new shortbreads to our line of retail gourmet food products. Toronto based "m & g kitchens" offers both sweet and savoury shortbreads - we sell the following varieties in our shop:

• chai shortbread (my fav!)
• buttercrunch shortbread (Caroll's fav!)
• moroccan spice
• herbes de provence
• chocolate hazelnut

I love the tiny size of the shortbread (about the size of dice - the savoury flavours make a light and easy appetizer and the sweet varieties are perfect when you need a little something to satisfy your sweet tooth!

The shortbread come in 150 gram packages and retail for $7.99.