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Hemp Oil Cake with Lemon Mint Sorbet and Macerated Berries
This cake is Manitoba through and through, flavoured with hemp oil and accented with local berries
steeped in provincial pride Northern Harvest Rye.
INGREDIENTS
Hemp Oil Cake
3 large eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups whole milk
1 cup Manitoba cold pressed hemp
oil, plus more for coating the pan
1/4 cup amaretto liqueur
1 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, plus
more for dusting the pan
1/2 cup coarse ground cornmeal
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp fine sea salt
Lemon Mint Sorbet
1 3/4 cups water
2 cups sugar
2 cups freshly squeezed lemon
juice
1 cup loosely packed fresh mint
1-2 Tbsp grated lemon zest
METHOD
Hemp Oil Cake
1. Heat oven to 350˚F with rack set
the middle of the oven. Coat a 9”
round spring-form or silicon cake
pan with hemp oil and flour; tap
out excess.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together
egg and sugar until well blended.
Add milk, hemp oil, amaretto, and
lemon zest. Mix well.
3. In another bowl, stir together
flour, cornmeal, baking powder,
baking soda, and salt. Add egg
mixture to dry ingredients, and stir
until just blended.
4. Pour batter into prepared
cake pan. Bake until a toothpick
inserted into the centre comes
out with only a few crumbs, about
40-50 min. Remove from oven and
cool on a wire rack.
Lemon Mint Sorbet
1. In a small saucepan over medium
heat, combine water and sugar. Boil
until sugar dissolves, about 1 min.
2. Remove from heat. Add mint and
steep for 5 min, then strain. Allow
to cool.
3. Stir in lemon juice and zest,
then pour into an ice cream maker.
Churn according to manufacturer’s
instructions. When the sorbet has
frozen into ice crystals, transfer to
storage container, cover tightly, and
freeze until ready to serve. Sorbet
will solidify in the freezer.
Macerated Berries
1. Combine berries, whiskey, and
sugar in a small mixing bowl. Let sit
at least 1 hour before serving.
Yield about 12 servings
Macerated Berries
2 cups fresh local berries
1/4 cup Crown Royal Northern
Harvest Rye whiskey
2 Tbsp white sugar
ciao! / june/july / two thousand sixteen
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