Recipes: 20 results
Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart
(Found inTexts)A sweetcrust pastry case filled with pistachio cream, topped with pear and grapefruit slices.
82K4.3 1 hour 37 min. February 17th 2013
Eggs with mayonnaise
(Found inTexts)Simply known as "œufs-mayo" in French bistros, these hard-boiled eggs are garnished with mayonnaise and are best served with sharply flavoured crudités to balance their creaminess. For this recipe, I have chosen a salad of grated carrot with shallot.
63K5 33 min. October 5th 2014
Leek and artichoke tart à la piémontaise
(Found inTexts)This is a quiche-style tart with a Piedmont-inspired twist: the filling is made with eggs, mascarpone (lighter than the usual cream) and Parmesan. The tart still has a moist texture to balance the puff-pastry crust, with the flavour of leeks and purple artichokes.
47K5 1 hour 25 min. December 7th 2016
Flaky brownie brioche
(Found inTexts)This beautiful brioche contains the typical ingredients you'd expect in a brownie: chocolate, butter, brown sugar and pecan nuts. But these are not just thrown into the mixture; the brioche is layered with them to create a delicious culinary bridge between Europe's viennoiseries and the all-American...
45K4.1 16 hours 43 min. September 12th 2018
Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad
(Found inTexts)This very simple salad contains a mix of crunchy raw ingredients, balanced by the softer texture of tuna, and dressed with mayonnaise.
38K 41 min. May 10th 2023
Lemon and grated apple tart
(Found inTexts)You'll be amazed by the flavour of this tart, it's so distinctive and well-balanced. The apples are grated, rather than sliced, to mix well with the lemon juice and zest. The result is an exceptional tart (yes, really!).
57K3.3 1 hour 42 min. September 29th 2019
Plum and almond panna cotta
(Found inTexts)The combination of plums and almonds is always a winner. Here's a version that uses almonds to make a delicious panna cotta with a difference.
39K 3 hours 25 min. October 20th 2019
Blackberry and almond fondant tart
(Found inTexts)Balckberries and almonds go so well together: the slight tartness of the berries is the perfect foil for the sweeter almonds. This combination makes for a delicious tart. The sweetcrust pastry case is filled with a blackberry jelly and an almond panna cotta, presented in a bold and unusual way as a...
36K 3 hours 46 min. December 30th 2019
Cauliflower, chicken and avocado salad
(Found inTexts)In this really simple recipe, crunchy cauliflower is balanced with the soft texture of avocado and tender morsels of diced chicken. A delicious summer salad.
35K 28 min. July 12th 2020
Strawberry brunoise in a dessert-wine sabayon
(Found inTexts)This is a very simple recipe, but the result is absolutely delicious (as long as it's strawberry season, of course): morsels of really ripe strawberries in a sabayon made with sweet white wine.
22K 24 min. August 19th 2020
Radish and mushroom salad
(Found inTexts)This quick salad balances the crunch of radishes with the yielding texture of mushrooms.
36K 19 min. May 10th 2023
Blackcurrant and chestnut verrines
(Found inTexts)Blackcurrants and chestnuts and go together really well, as the tang of the one balances the gentle sweetness of the other. Here they are combined in a verrrine, with a blackcurrant crémeux and chestnut mousse, served with a little sablé biscuit.
27K 1 hour 9 min. November 1st 2020
Chilli chicken and spinach gratin
(Found inTexts)A classic combination of chicken and spinach is pepped up with chilli spices and balanced with a velvety bechamel sauce, topped with cheese and browned in the oven.
31K 1 hour 35 min. May 23th 2021
Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce
(Found inTexts)I think you'll like this straightforward recipe which brings together cockles and cabbage with a smoky cream sauce.
19K 1 hour 6 min. December 15th 2021
Avocado mousse with sorrel
(Found inTexts)Avocado is rarely paired with sorrel, yet they go well together as the slight acidity of the sorrel balances the smooth richness of the avocado nicely. In this recipe they are combined in a cool, fresh avocado and sorrel mousse, served here with eggy bread fingers.
16K 43 min. July 6th 2022
Apple and almond cake
(Found inTexts)As the name suggests, this is a very moist cake, with almonds and apples, baked in a gratin dish.
8,473 1 hour 51 min. October 1st 2023
Small cheese and bacon rolls
(Found inStages)These small aperitif snacks can be prepared in advance and heated at the last minute, or served cold.
349K5 1 hour 23 min. September 7th 2018
Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup
(Found inStages)This is a very simple recipe: lots of winter vegetables cooked in chicken stock, then blended. The soup's special finishing touch comes from cream and a spoonful of mustard.
75K5 1 hour 23 min. January 14th 2015
Montbenoit's canapés
(Found inStages)A recipe from Franche-comté (lovely region of eastern France): large slices of bread coated with melted shallot, grilled bacon dice, a big slice of Morbier (cheese from the same region) and a brief spell in the oven. It really is a winter dish.
269K4.6 1 hour 45 min. October 13th 2010
Pistachio shortbread biscuits
(Found inComments)These melt-in-the-mouth biscuits are "double pistachio", as they contain both pistachio paste and toasted chopped pistachios.
142K 54.6 2 hours 58 min. April 19th 2012
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Start off well to cook well
How to get off to a good start in cooking; what equipment and basic ingredients you should always have to hand.305K 13.6 August 29th 2023
Blog articles: 5 results
Devising a recipe
A question I'm often asked is: how do you come up with your recipes? How do you perfect them? This is something I've already mentioned on this page, but I'll take this opportunity to go into a bit more detail.14K4.4 October 15th 2012
The art of the charlotte
In cooking, a charlotte is a delicious moulded dessert, with biscuits around the outside that have been soaked in a flavoured syrup, filled with a light cream or mousse. The charlotte is left to set in the fridge before being turned out and served in slices. It is very light and a lovely sweet...39K4.3 February 27th 2013
Balancing flavours
In the kitchen, we sometimes use ingredients that can be a little overwhelming in taste. Grilled lardons, for example, are very good, they give a great taste to a lot of recipes where they are added, but you have to be objective, they're still pretty fatty!5,0145 November 7th 2020
The dissociation of a preparation
It may have already happened to you: You prepare a sauce, a cream, a ganache etc. and then suddenly or almost, the whole thing dissociates, and from a smooth mixture that you were preparing with love, you end up with a horrible thing with a more or less solid part and another liquid part. It's...7,8184.9 January 22th 2022
Sorrel and its cooking
Do you like sorrel? This delicious plant with its beautiful bright green leaves, whose subtle acidity goes very well with many other things, including in particular cream, to form with salmon the emblematic dish of the 70's, "Salmon with sorrel" on which was built the beginning of the fame of the...7,1065 March 19th 2022