Recipes: 40 results
Guacamole
(Found inTextsStages)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.
287K4.1 1 hour 21 min. November 26th 2011
Don't add a stock cube whole
(Found inTexts)If you add a stock cube to a recipe, it's much better to not add it whole, because it will take a long time to dissolve.
131K5 2 min. February 21th 2011
Bolognaise lasagne
(Found inTextsIngredients)Lasagne is an Italian pasta that comes in rectangular sheets. These are used to separate layers of filling, like a large savoury oven-baked millefeuille. A bolognaise lasagne combines bechamel sauce, minced meat and tomato sauce.
218K4.4 2 hours 3 min. February 27th 2011
Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust)
(Found inTextsStages)The French classic "Paté en croute" is a terrine of different meats layered and baked in a pie crust. There are many recipes which vary the kind of meat and the seasonings. This is my version with pork, veal and chicken, which is not too difficult, though it does entail quite a lot of work.
202K 134.2 6 hours 49 min. September 7th 2018
Italian style gratin
(Found inTextsStagesIngredients)This gratin is built up in layers: sautéed courgettes, minced beef, bechamel sauce, fried tomatoes, more meat and bechamel, then grated cheese for a brown topping.
81K4.8 1 hour 8 min. August 31th 2014
Spaghetti Bolognese
(Found inTextsIngredients)Spaghetti "bolognese" (after the town of Bologna, Italiy) is a well-known dish, but so often amounts to nothing more than pasta topped with minced meat in a plain tomato sauce. Here is a more traditional version, in which the sauce is made with tomatoes, herbs, red wine and - of course - meat.
97K3.8 1 hour 19 min. September 29th 2022
Sausagemeat
(Found inTextsStages)Sausagemeat is a mixture of fatty pork (belly bacon here) with leaner meat, all minced and seasoned. In this version I have used veal as the additional meat.
197K3.8 15 min. October 3rd 2019
Stuffed cabbage leaves
(Found inTexts)The French classic "chou farci" is made with large green cabbage leaves which are blanched before being rolled into parcels around a sausage meat and cheese filling, then baked in the oven.
206K5 1 hour 23 min. February 1st 2015
Algerian brik rolls
(Found inTextsIngredients)In this recipe, the brik (or filo) rolls are filled with fried minced meat, flavoured with cous-cous spices, garlic and onion.
62K5 37 min. June 3rd 2015
Rabbit terrine
(Found inTextsStages)This is a rather special rabbit terrine, with some of the meat added in larger morsels to the minced mixture before cooking. These whole pieces of rabbit show when the terrine is sliced and add character, both in flavour and texture.
106K4.6 15 hours 32 min. April 8th 2018
Gratin Parmentier
(Found inTextsIngredients)Here, a potato gratin meets hachis Parmentier (minced beef topped with mashed potato): 2 layers of potato around a layer of pre-cooked minced meat.
62K3.8 1 hour 22 min. May 1st 2019
Enchiladas
(Found inTextsIngredients)Enchiladas are tortillas (cornmeal pancakes), filled with a pre-cooked filling, then topped with grated cheese and browned in the oven.
48K 1 hour 41 min. May 8th 2019
Chicken Brussels pie
(Found inTexts)This is a novel twist on the well known cottage or shepherd's pie idea (minced meat topped with mashed potato). Why not try this "Brussels" pie with a mixture of mashed potato and Brussels sprouts on top of chopped chicken?
36K5 1 hour 24 min. February 23th 2020
Mushroom duxelles
(Found inTexts)A duxelles consists of finely sliced mushrooms cooked in butter with shallots. It is more of a preparation than a dish in its own right, which can be used in other recipes.
44K 24 min. May 10th 2023
Marinated tuna and cabbage
(Found inTextsStages)Grilled tuna, marinated in lemon and herbs, accompanied by finely sliced cabbage, which is cooked in the tuna cooking pan to enjoy the flavours.
13K 1 hour 5 min. August 21th 2022
Meatballs
(Found inStagesIngredients)Used in several recipes like couscous, meatballs can also be a dish on thier own. The secret of this recipe is in the mix of two different kinds of meat with a little Parmesan. Note that it's a dish children always love.
280K 24.7 43 min. February 21th 2011
Beans with tomatoes
(Found inStages)Fresh white haricot beans and leftover chicken cooked with stewed tomatoes, a sprig of parsley and it's ready.
193K4.1 1 hour 55 min. February 21th 2011
Smooth mixed vegetable soup
(Found inStages)Any vegetables you have, cut into small pieces, mixed with a shallot cooked in butter, cooked together then blended. Even better when it's cold outside.
334K4.4 2 hours 3 min. January 3rd 2014
Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables
(Found inStages)A fresh salmon escalope just salt and pepper with small dices of small vegetables.
237K 15 1 hour 28 min. June 22th 2011
Tartiflette
(Found inStages)A personal version of a classic recipe from Savoy.
585K 14.6 1 hour 27 min. September 16th 2019
Blog articles: 4 results
Properly cooked! (the taste)
Going out to a restaurant is getting harder at the moment. In France, at least, you have to try and find one that has agreed to pass on the new lower rate of VAT at anything other than a symbolic level, and there aren't many. And then, most importantly, you have to find a good one: one where you...13K 14.6 February 6th 2011
The 3 essential knives
You must have heard a chef or cook say: "There’s no good cooking without good ingredients". This is very true, of course, but for any amateur or beginner it is equipment that really counts to start with. What I mean is that you should not skimp on kitchen equipment, good utensils, a food...20K5 May 30th 2018
Coarsely chopped herbs
Although we are in the middle of winter as I write these lines, you should not hesitate to make salads at this time, it is actually quite simple, rather fast, and so pleasant. A while ago, I already told you that a salad is a salad, but a salad with herbs is immediately something much better:...8,0094.9 January 9th 2021
Let's rehabilitate the burger
The burger is a sandwich that is very fashionable at the moment, and as for all other sandwiches, the worst (often) rubs shoulders with the best (much more rare). In principle, I'm probably not teaching you anything, it's a sandwich made of a small round bun, rather soft, like a sandwich bread,...4,8964.9 April 10th 2021
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quatre-épices (four spices)
(Found inTexts)Quatre-épices (4 spices) is a mix of: black pepper, cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon.Sometimes a fifth spice is added, ginger or chilli. [Translator's note: this mix is rather hotter and less sweet than British "mixed spice", and in France is often used in savoury dishes. If using British style mixed...
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