"Buttonhole" quail eggs

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This little appetizer consists of a small finger of toast, a slice of cured ham and three quail egg yolks arranged on a rectangle of egg white. It is a bit tricky to make, but very attractive to serve, and delicious, of course.
167K5 59 min. June 26^th 2011

Potatoes with prawns

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This recipe, originally from Belgium, consists of baked potatoes which are hollowed out and filled with fried prawns. A cream and white wine sauce is then poured over the potatoes before returning them to the oven.
110K3.8 1 hour 49 min. January 14^th 2016

Peach Melba

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Peach Melba is a famous dessert created in 1893 by an equally famous chef, Auguste Escoffier, and inspired by the singer Nellie Melba. There have been many versions of this well-known dish but, in principal, it consists of vanilla ice cream, poached peaches, raspberry coulis and sweetened whipped...
115K3.9 2 hours 20 min. September 9^th 2012

Vol-au-vent cases

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Vol-au-vents, whether large or bite-sized, need a special pastry case that is hollow to take the filling. Here is how to prepare these delicate cases using puff pastry.
292K4.1 44 min. October 16^th 2013

Quick stuffed courgettes

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This is a relatively rapid way to prepare stuffed courgettes, using ready-made items that you can take out of the fridge or freezer at the last minute (or nearly).
39K4.4 1 hour 6 min. September 17^th 2017

Stuffed baguette

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This baguette is "stuffed", rather than merely filled: hollowed out and refilled with a tasty mix of sautéed onions, fried bacon bits and eggs, before browning in the oven. A useful way to use up a leftover baguette, even if it is already going dry. It makes a great dish that children love, and...
97K3 52 min. September 11^th 2019

Comtois surprise bread

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In this recipe, a simple burger bun is hollowed out to hide a filling of fried potatoes and bacon in a pool of hot cancoillotte cheese. It is usual to eat the filling first, then the bread, still piping hot, with the remaining cheese. Children really love this!
28K 38 min. May 10^th 2020

Croque-monsieur potatoes

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A way to revive potatoes, "croque-monsieur" style: topped with bechamel sauce, ham and cheese, then browned in the oven.
19K 40 min. August 4^th 2021

bread-crust quiche

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Use quiche filling mixture to transform a dry loaf into a spectacular bread-crust quiche. It can be enjoyed on its own or is ideal as an aperitif snack. The bread crust will crisp up when it is baked a second time, the perfect foil for the soft quiche filling.
17K4 58 min. April 20^th 2022

Eggs Comtoise

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In this recipe from eastern France, an egg yolk sits inside a potato nest with a topping of hot cancoillote cheese. The nest is served with fried sliced potatoes.
41K3.8 40 min. January 17^th 2016

Turban of sole with langoustines

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The turban is made from a rolled fillet of sole poached in fish stock. Each turban is then filled with sautéed langoustines and a tasty cream sauce, flavoured with langoustine stock. This dish takes quite a long time to make because of the langoustine stock, but you will really impress your guests.
85K4.1 1 hour 44 min. November 23^th 2014

Sautéed pears with custard and orange syrup

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Pear halves sautéed in butter and sugar served with real custard (crème anglaise) and a reduced blood-orange syrup.
143K3.7 1 hour 4 min. February 20^th 2011

How to make ravioli

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In theory, making ravioli is fairly simple: just roll out wide bands of thin fresh pasta dough and encase small pieces of pre-prepared filling between two sheets of pasta. In practice, it's a bit trickier than that and having the right equipment is important. This recipe shows you how to make...
72K5 1 hour 17 min. May 30^th 2016

Eggs in tomato shells

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This is a novel way of cooking eggs: in tomato "shells" or egg-cups! For extra flavour, we'll put a spoonful of caramelized onions in the tomato first.
48K3.9 1 hour 3 min. October 11^th 2015

Kugelhof for Nanou

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This recipe is emblematic of Alsatian baking, but a more personal version (and a bit richer).
272K4.4 3 hours 15 min. August 2^nd 2019

Household cake (Gâteau de ménage)

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A traditional recipe from Franche-comté, it's a flat round kind of brioche, covered with an egg cream called "Goumeau".
486K 25 3 hours 59 min. June 15^th 2020

Shakshuka

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This spicy, ratatouille-style tomato and onion purée can be eaten on its own or to accompany other dishes. Here, I've baked it in individual ramekins, topped with an egg. This recipe originated in North Africa and has spread all around the Mediterranean.
31K5 1 hour 38 min. January 19^th 2020

Greek-style stuffed courgettes

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Courgettes filled with a mixture of feta, pine nuts and lemon, then cooked gratin-style in the the oven.
15K 50 min. July 17^th 2022

Pork medallions with "full" turnips

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This recipe brings together sautéed medallions of pork filet mignon and turnips, pan-fried then filled with a creamy mixture made from their own green tops. As in all the best cookery, nothing is wasted.
42K4.7 1 hour 4 min. December 30^th 2019

Leopard cake

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Under this little name, which will please children a lot, is a marbled vanilla-chocolate cake where the chocolate is inserted in the form of lines, which gives to the cut this famous pattern, which imitates the coat of the leopard.
11K1 4 hours 10 min. March 12^th 2023

When should I change my knife?

I already spoke to you in a previous post about knives, those without which nothing is possible (or almost) in the kitchen, so I'm going to come back to them a bit and try to answer the question "When should I change my knife?
11K4.7 November 2^nd 2017

The taste of raw tomatoes

Let's take a look at tomatoes, which are still in full bloom at the end of summer (as I write these lines), and which make for delicious salads. I had already talked to you about the interest of peeling tomatoes, which gives them an extraordinary sweetness in the mouth, but let's talk about the...
11K4.9 September 8^th 2018

The "caves" in the bakery and pastry shop

Maybe you've already done this? You want to make a brioche or a cake with fruit inside, you decide to proceed with your usual recipe, but also to add in the dough pieces of fresh and raw fruit, or whole fruit, for example pieces of apples or pears, good idea. When you bake it, everything seems to...
6,6754.9 March 27^th 2021