How to succeed in making sabayon (syllabub)

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A sabayon is a delicious and delicate preparation based on egg yolks and sugar, with a liquid added (wine, alcohol, fruit juice, etc), which is then whipped in a bain-marie until it is both light and smooth. Usually sabayon is sweet (syllabub), but you can make it savoury, in which case there is...
November 12^th 2017929 K 54 20 min.

Lille style chicken

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Chicken breasts and mushrooms, cooked separately, then mixed with a tasty cream sauce before serving. It's a dish with a "cuisiné" taste, but which unfortunately is becoming increasingly rare in restaurants.
May 10^th 2023355 K3.8 50 min.

Five hours poultry

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Perhaps simplest recipe on this site, but what a result! The idea is to cook the bird, without fat, at low temperature, covered, and for a long time. In this way, the poultry cooks so as to be almost like a "confit": soft and very tasty. The effect is more spectacular with duck because it is a...
January 27^th 2012535 K3.8 5 hours 15 min.

How to keep meat tender after cooking

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When you cook meat, the cooking heat causes the juices to run back inside, so the outside dries up somewhat. Here is a tip to avoid this.
February 21^th 2011115 K4.3 5 min.

Fruit salad

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To make a good fruit salad, there are three important points: Choose fruits that go well together (avoid putting soft pears with crunchy apples for example).Remove absolutely all skins and seeds.Bring it all together with a good home made sugar syrup added to the fruit juices.Here is a recipe which...
April 20^th 2020380 K4.1 1 hour 15 min.

How to cook red meat properly

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Cooking red meat well is not as simple as it might seem. Even if you start with high quality meat, with poor cooking it can become dry and tough. Here's a way that will guarantee you a perfect result.
October 13^th 2010467 K2.7 1 hour 25 min.

Roquefort sauce

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This is an ideal sauce to make when you have been cooking meat, as it uses the juices left in the pan, but there's a tip for making it without meat juices.
December 19^th 2010200 K4.9 25 min.

Quick chicken curry

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This curry is quick to make if you have left over cooked chicken, and is always delicious.
August 25^th 2011266 K5 35 min.

Escalope of veal in a cream sauce

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Escalopes of veal, mushrooms and a cream sauce.
May 10^th 2023252 K4.6 1 hour 3 min.

Mussels marinière

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This is the most classic way of preparing mussels, simple and delicious.
September 4^th 2011209 K5 1 hour 4 min.

Spaghetti with mussels and basil

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Mussels and pasta cooked separately, then combined in a cream sauce made with the reduced mussel juices.
September 14^th 2011154 K4.1 1 hour 40 min.

Scallops with cabbage julienne

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Pan-fried scallops in a sauce of their juices deglazed with a little Noilly Prat, served with a julienne of blanched cabbage in cream.
December 31^th 2013128 K4.6 1 hour 25 min.

Seven-hour lamb

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Seven-hour lamb is a good old country recipe and very simple. There's really not much to do, just long, slow cooking and the result is always amazing: the lamb is so tender it can be cut with a fork.
April 20^th 2014226 K3.9 7 hours 35 min.

Pork chops in the oven

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To cook a pork chop well, without it drying out, one of the best methods is to cook it in two stages: start by pan-frying, then finish in the oven. This recipe adds flavour with mustard and thyme, with the cooking juices deglazed and reduced before serving.
August 16^th 2015289 K3.5 25 min.

Tagliatelle with cockles

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In this recipe, the cockles and pasta are prepared separately, then mixed with the sauce at the last minute. The cockles are first cooked quickly, then shelled carefully (I find it unpleasant to have to do this on the plate) and the cooking juices are used to prepare a cream sauce. The tagliatelle...
June 24^th 2018139 K 14.7 2 hours 20 min.

Veal Chop With Assortment of Vegetables

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The veal chop in this recipe is cooked in two stages: flash fried first to brown it all over, then gently roasted in the oven. The chop is served with an assortment of vegetables, first lightly boiled, then reheated in the "jus" (cooking juices).
November 18^th 201564 K5 2 hours 30 min.

How to remove fat from meat juices

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After cooking meat, we are left with the delicious cooking juices, but these can often be rather fatty. Here is one simple and effective way to remove much of the fat.
May 11^th 2016132 K3 3 hours 4 min.

Pork chops with a duo of brassicas

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In this recipe, the pork chops are pan-fried and served with a sauce of the reduced pan juices and white-wine, and two different brassicas: Brussels sprouts and romanesco.
November 20^th 201652 K4.3 50 min.

Fish in white wine

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This recipe for cooking fish in the oven is both simple and delicious. The fish is cooked with herbs and onions in white wine. It is served in a light sauce, made with the cooking juices and a little lemon juice.
December 14^th 2016117 K4.3 60 min.

Chicken with rice and leeks

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For this "chicken with rice", the rice is cooked using the pilau method (started on the hob, finished in the oven), but with chicken cooking juices as the liquid to add plenty of delicious flavour. Pieces of cooked chicken are then added. This version also has chopped and lightly fried leeks.
January 29^th 201748 K4.1 60 min.

The secret of cooking until "done"

This is a real chef's skill: being able to look at a fish fillet cooking and say, "Stop – that's enough, it's cooked". I always admire this ability to see at a glance if something is done. It is what sets the professionals apart from us mere amateurs. And it's true that how fish is cooked is...
November 26^th 201216 K4.4

The two frying pans

Where we see that a non-stick frying pan, if it is very practical in general, sometimes it is not enough.
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