Canadian Christmas Recipes

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Christmas is the fun making time of the year for Christians. The French Canadians prepare traditional Christmas food on Christmas Eve. They decorate their Christmas tree and exchange gifts. Here are given Canadian Christmas recipes for you to prepare Canadian Christmas dishes for your guests. With the help of our given Canadian Christmas recipes, you will surely enjoy eating Canadian dishes this Christmas.

1. Chile Garlic BBQ Salmon Recipe: This is one of the popular Canadian Christmas recipes

• Ingredients:
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 3 pounds whole salmon, cleaned
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger root
  • 1 tablespoon chili sauce
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 1 lime, zested
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • 3 green onions, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar

• Preparation:
  • First, you need to prepare outdoor grill for high heat.
  • After this, trim the tail and fins off of the salmon.
  • Make many shallow cuts around the skin of salmon.
  • Place salmon on 3 big sheets of aluminum foil.
  • Stir together chili, sauce, garlic, ginger and soy sauce in a bowl. Mix with it lime zest, brown sugar and lime juice.
  • Spread sauce over salmon with a spoon.
  • Now, fold foil over salmon and crimp edges to seal.
  • Place the fish one side of a gas grill and turn off the flames underneath it.
  • Cook for half-hour
  • Remove to serving plates and pour juices, which have collected in the foil over the top of fish.
  • Sprinkle with green onions.

2. Chocolate Cookie Nanaimo Bars Recipe: This is one of the tasty Canadian Christmas recipes.

• Ingredients:
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 1/4 cups packed down chocolate
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream

• Preparation:
  • First, you need to line a pan with parchment paper.
  • Place 1 cup of butter into the top half of double boiler and then melt over simmering water.
  • Stir in sugar and cocoa powder until the mixture gets smooth and the sugar has softened.
  • Whisk in beaten egg and cook, whisking continuously until the mixture thickens up.
  • Now, you need to remove double boiler top from heat and then stir in cookie crumbs until mixed well.
  • Press crust into prepared dish and then refrigerate until chilled for 30 minutes.
  • Beat together 1 cup of butter in a bowl with vanilla pudding powder and cream with mixer until mixture gets fluffy.
  • Now, slowly beat in the sugar and continue beating until mixture gets creamy and yellow.
  • You need to spread filling over curst and place it in the refrigerator for half-hour.
  • Melt semisweet chocolate chips in the double boiler over hot water and then stir until get mixed well. .
  • Now, remove chocolate mixture from heat and let to cool.
  • Pour over vanilla layer. Use a spatula to spread chocolate totally over vanilla layer.
  • Now, you need to place the dish in refrigerator to cool for 30 minutes.
  • Cut into 5 rows with a knife and chill it to overnight.