Top confectionary arts students from across Canada will try to outdo each other this weekend at Decadence, a pastry competition featuring chocolate and icewine.
Held in the Canadian Wine and Food Institute at Niagara College, the three-day affair features a gala dinner with an ambitious menu, seven dishes and dessert, that rivals any "Iron Chef" show in complexity.
It's $75 a person (no one under 19), and starts at 6 p.m. at 135 Taylor Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario L0S 1J0. Tickets available by calling 905-641-2252 ext. 4619, or emailing decadence@niagaracollege.ca .
Here's what the kids are up to these days:
MINI PORK BURGERS ON CHOCOLATE BRIOCHE
with House Made Mustard and Cabbage Sprouts
ONTARIO VENISON MOLE WITH CHOCOLATE NIBS
and Reif Estate Winery Raisins Marinated in Cabernet Franc Icewine
VIDAL ICEWINE CURED SMOKED PICKEREL
on Chocolate Pumpernickel with Beet Sprouts
HOUSE MADE ORGANIC MEADOWS RICOTTA
Whole Grain and Flax Seed Flatbread Drizzled with Pristine Cold Pressed Canola Oil
CANADIAN FOOD AND WINE INSTITUTE STUDENT CHARCUTERIE PLATTER
Home Smoked Pork Sausage, Smoked Niagara Pork Loin, Inniskillin Cabernet Franc Icewine Cured Bacon, Chicken Terrine With Inniskillin Vidal Icewine
HAND PINCHED 64 % DARK BELCOLADE CHOCOLATE RAVIOLI OF TREE & TWIG ROASTED BEET
Monforte Goat Cheese Cabernet Franc and White Chocolate Cream
SLOW COOKED PORK BELLY BRAISED IN NIAGARA COLLEGE TEACHING BREWERY ‘CHOCOLATE BOCK’ BEER
Organic Meadows Chocolate Pearls, Basil Tips
GRIMO HAZELNUT, DRIED CRANBERRY AND COSTA RICA CHOCOLATE RISOTTO
Chocolate Chili Pizzelle Cone with Spun Sugars
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