Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart

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A sweetcrust pastry case filled with pistachio cream, topped with pear and grapefruit slices.
February 17^th 201386 K4.3 1 hour 40 min.

Eggs with mayonnaise

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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.
October 5^th 201467 K5 35 min.

Leek and artichoke tart à la piémontaise

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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.
December 7^th 201650 K5 1 hour 25 min.

Flaky brownie brioche

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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...
September 12^th 201849 K4.1 16 hours 45 min.

Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad

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This very simple salad contains a mix of crunchy raw ingredients, balanced by the softer texture of tuna, and dressed with mayonnaise.
May 10^th 202342 K 45 min.

Lemon and grated apple tart

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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!).
September 29^th 201962 K3.3 1 hour 45 min.

Plum and almond panna cotta

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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.
October 20^th 201943 K 3 hours 25 min.

Blackberry and almond fondant tart

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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...
December 30^th 201939 K 3 hours 50 min.

Cauliflower, chicken and avocado salad

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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.
July 12^th 202038 K 30 min.

Strawberry brunoise in a dessert-wine sabayon

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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.
August 19^th 202025 K 25 min.

Radish and mushroom salad

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This quick salad balances the crunch of radishes with the yielding texture of mushrooms.
May 10^th 202340 K 20 min.

Blackcurrant and chestnut verrines

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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.
November 1^st 202031 K 1 hour 9 min.

Chilli chicken and spinach gratin

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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.
May 23^th 202135 K 1 hour 35 min.

Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce

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I think you'll like this straightforward recipe which brings together cockles and cabbage with a smoky cream sauce.
December 15^th 202123 K 1 hour 6 min.

Avocado mousse with sorrel

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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.
July 6^th 202220 K 45 min.

Apple and almond cake

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As the name suggests, this is a very moist cake, with almonds and apples, baked in a gratin dish.
October 1^st 202312 K 1 hour 55 min.

Small cheese and bacon rolls

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These small aperitif snacks can be prepared in advance and heated at the last minute, or served cold.
September 7^th 2018354 K5 1 hour 25 min.

Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup

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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.
January 14^th 201579 K5 1 hour 25 min.

Montbenoit's canapés

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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.
October 13^th 2010273 K4.6 1 hour 45 min.

Pistachio shortbread biscuits

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These melt-in-the-mouth biscuits are "double pistachio", as they contain both pistachio paste and toasted chopped pistachios.
April 19^th 2012150 K 54.6 2 hours 60 min.

Start off well to cook well

What do I need to get started in the kitchen? First of all, a good website! That's it, you're there ;-), then a minimum of equipment, and the few products you should always have in your cupboards or fridge. Here are a few things to help you make your choices.
August 29^th 2023308 K 13.6

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.
October 15^th 201214 K4.4

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...
February 27^th 201340 K4.3

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!
November 7^th 20205,5505

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...
January 22^th 20228,7134.9

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...
March 19^th 20227,9775

Sauce and salad: When and how to mix them?

When dressing a salad, there's a kind of golden rule: add the dressing very shortly before serving, especially if your salad contains crunchy elements such as croutons or fresh vegetables, which will retain their crunchiness or crispiness. But, as is often the case in the kitchen, there are...
November 29^th 20241,1185