Guacamole

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For this typically Mexican recipe there are two main methods: smooth mashed avocado (made with a blender), or simple mashed avocado (made with a fork) with small pieces. And you can add, or not, finely diced tomato. You will find the first version (smooth) below.
286K4.1 1 hour 21 min. November 26^th 2011

Sorrel soup

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Smooth with a slight sharpness, this soup has a very particular taste.
386K3.8 1 hour 4 min. May 8^th 2011

How to prepare egg glaze

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Bakers and pastry chefs use a glaze ("dorure" in French - the same word as for gilding) made with whole full eggs, beaten in a blender. This is used with a brush on pastry that would not naturally brown during cooking (brioche, puff pastry, ...).
293K4.3 2 min. October 17^th 2018

Blackcurrant coulis

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Blackcurrants make a very good coulis, but it's a bit more difficult than with other fruits. Here is a simple method to help you succeed.
436K 23.5 25 min. February 21^th 2011

Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée

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Potimarron can be easily made into purée, you don't need to peel it, which makes for a quick and delicious recipe.
318K4.6 1 hour 12 min. October 13^th 2010

Courgette tart with mint

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Fried rounds of courgette in a puff pastry case with a feta and mint filling. You will find that this combination of feta with mint gives an agreeable fresh lift to this tart.
157K4.1 1 hour 23 min. June 11^th 2011

Beurre blanc sauce

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Beurre blanc sauce is a great classic of French cuisine, made with vinegar, white wine and shallots. It is a wonderful accompaniment for fish and shellfish.
169K3.8 35 min. February 2^nd 2012

Pancake batter

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Here is a pancake batter that is a little more sophisticated than the traditional version. The pancakes will be tastier with a softer texture.
314K3.8 13 min. February 2^nd 2020

Mulled apple juice

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This very simple recipe will give you a warming drink with an amazing flavour of apples and spices. Just the thing to serve to your guests as a "trou normand" (traditionally a small glass of calvados served between courses), or to round off a meal with the dessert.
29K 1 hour 18 min. February 16^th 2020

Super-green, super-thrifty soup

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It's all too easy to just throw away the leaves or other green parts of our usual fresh vegetables. This is a real shame, because most of them can be cooked, as in this very green soup that uses up radish tops, spring onion greens and pea pods. I'm sure you'll get how it's "green" in every sense:...
28K 53 min. June 24^th 2020

Lime meringue tart

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For this delicious tart, you will see how the crisp, sweet pastry is the perfect foil for the distinct taste and slight sharpness of the lime filling and, of course, the smoothness of the Italian meringue topping.
32K 1 hour 54 min. July 1^st 2018

Rémoulade dressing

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This dressing is a kind of mayonnaise with vinegar, used for some salads like celeriac rémoulade. Usually it is prepared from mayonnaise, but here is another version, simpler and just as tasty.
863K3.9 6 min. October 3^rd 2010

Praline

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Praline is a preparation of caramelized nuts (in this case almonds), with a very characteristic flavour. Either crushed or as a paste, it is used to fill or flavour all manner of things like creams, chocolates, biscuits, etc.
254K3.5 55 min. August 3^rd 2012

Pistachio powder or paste

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Pistachio paste has a similar texture to almond paste, but the similarity ends there, as its flavour and colour are quite characteristic.
358K 154 48 min. October 13^th 2010

Cocktail sauce

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Cocktail sauce is a spicy mayonnaise with cognac, Tabasco and concentrated tomato paste (or purée) added.
194K4 9 min. October 13^th 2010

Sea bass with coriander cream en papillote

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In this recipe, the fillets of sea bass are laid on a julienne of leeks (the white part), covered with a coriander cream sauce and cooked "en papillote".
56K5 52 min. February 19^th 2017

Strawberry sorbet

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The secret of a good strawberry sorbet is to use first class strawberries, very ripe and full of flavour, so do choose them with care. This recipe shows you how to lighten the texture of the sorbet by incorporating air.
78K4.6 31 min. July 9^th 2014

Salt cod brandade

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"Brandade de morue" is a classic of French bistro cuisine, especially in the south. It is a puréed mixture of salt cod and olive oil with (or sometimes without) potatoes. Here is a simplified version.
83K4 1 hour 32 min. March 2^nd 2014

Dauphinoise potatoes with Serano ham

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These tasty, bite-sized rosettes can be served as an aperitif snack or to accompany a meal.
98K4.6 40 min. January 23^th 2013

Caesar salad

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Ceasar salad is a classic of North American cuisine. It consists of lettuce served with croutons and the famous Caesar dressing. Here's my own version.
96K4.5 37 min. November 25^th 2012

Ice-cream and sorbets

All about ice-creams and sorbets, their differences and how to make the most of them .
420K4.0 August 29^th 2023

The right way to use a blender

You may well have a blender in your own kitchen. You know, that useful gadget that allows you to liquidize stuff at high speed into a smooth liquid. Of course, the most obvious use that comes to mind is for soups: if you have boiled some vegetables in water, with just a quick blast of the blender,...
19K5 May 31^th 2017

The super powers of cornstarch

I start this new year by evoking an old product, that you most probably have in your cupboards, a white powder, often in a small cardboard package with a slightly outdated look, only the "gluten free" is relatively recent, it is simply cornstarch, hence its name of maïzena. It's used for a lot...
8,297 January 14^th 2022

In Praise of the Vegetable Mill

When a recipe or preparation calls for something solid to be pureed, as in a soup for example, the natural reflex is to take out the blender and plunge it into the saucepan. This works very well in most cases, but there are times when you'd like to puree something and at the same time remove the...
5,3025 July 12^th 2023