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How to peel a fruit
How to peel a fruit
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Usually French chefs says "peler à vif", which means to completely peel the fruit (removing skin and core) and keep only the very best of the flesh. Here is a method for grapefruit, but it can be used for all the other citrus fruit, and many other fruits.
173K4.3 32 min. February 21th 2011
Vanilla ice cream
Vanilla ice cream
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Rediscover the full flavour of a real vanilla ice cream with this classical recipe.
423K3.8 1 hour 7 min. November 6th 2017
Peach and mint salad
Peach and mint salad
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Here is a very simple, fresh and delicious recipe; the flavour of mint goes very well with peaches.
302K 24 20 min. September 7th 2012
Sautéd mushrooms with spring onions and cured ham
Sautéd mushrooms with spring onions and cured ham
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Fresh mushrooms of your choice, cooked just right, thinly sliced spring onions and morsels of cured ham. Straight from the pan to your plate.
232K 15 49 min. May 10th 2023
Beurre blanc sauce
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.
168K3.8 35 min. February 2nd 2012
Pan-fried salmon with white cabbage
Pan-fried salmon with white cabbage
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In this recipe a salmon steak is accompanied with blanched white cabbage and a rich sherry vinegar sauce.
111K4.5 1 hour 2 min. January 3rd 2014
Citrus syrup
Citrus syrup
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This citrus-flavoured syrup blends the bitterness of the zest with the delicious acidity of the juice. It can be used to soak biscuits or cakes when making desserts. You can make this with whatever citrus fruits you prefer. It can be prepared in advance and will keep for several days.
56K 1 hour 13 min. December 30th 2019
Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint
Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint
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Thick slices of poached pears in a blind-baked sweetcrust pastry case, their centres filled with mint-flavoured confectioner's custard, and surrounded by a chocolate cream, set by baking briefly in the oven. The flavours of pears, chocolate and mint work perfectly together to create a truly...
28K 2 hours April 22th 2020
Blackcurrant liqueur
Blackcurrant liqueur
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The fruit liqueurs (or "creams" in French) are a mix of neutral alcohol in which fruits are macerated, and sugar syrup. They are the basis of the very famous "Kir", mixture of dry white wine and blackcurrant liqueur. This recipe is for blackcurrant, but it can be made with other soft fruits like...
832K 44.7 51 min. August 3rd 2013
How to cook rice in rice-cooker
How to cook rice in rice-cooker
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Cooking rice in a specially adapted "rice-cooker" is practical and quick: you don't have to watch it during cooking, it's fast (15 minutes) and the rice-cooker switches automatically to "keep warm".
901K 24.9 20 min. February 21th 2011
How to extract passion fruit juice
How to extract passion fruit juice
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Passion fruit are rather strange fruit as they do not really have much flesh, but rather seeds surrounded by a fine layer of pulp. Here is a way to extract the juice.
501K 32.3 20 min. March 23th 2011
Blackcurrant coulis
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.
434K 23.5 25 min. February 21th 2011
Plum tart
Plum tart
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This tart made with sweetcrust pastry and almond cream is especially tasty with those rather sour little plums that can be found in such profusion in late summer.
203K4.9 2 hours 37 min. September 6th 2017
How to remove fat from meat juices
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.
125K3 3 hours 4 min. May 11th 2016
Roasted Cauliflower
Roasted Cauliflower
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Roasting cauliflower in the oven is a delicious way to enjoy the vegetable: golden-brown on the outside and melt-in-the-mouth inside. In this recipe, the cauliflower is blanched first, then brushed with herb butter before roasting in the oven.
63K5 1 hour 12 min. March 27th 2016
Grated potato cakes
Grated potato cakes
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These grated potato cakes (similar to hash browns, but without the onion) can be deep or pan fried. They are excellent with meat, but quite delicious on their own. Children love them.
144K4.3 39 min. November 23th 2014
Apple confectioner's custard
Apple confectioner's custard
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For this strongly apple-flavoured version of confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry cream), apple juice is used instead of milk and the quantity of sugar is reduced.
118K4.6 21 min. July 23th 2014
New York style pasta
New York style pasta
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Pasta served like in NYC: tagliatelle or spaghetti with lightly fried ham, peas and a nutmeg-flavoured cream sauce.
89K4.3 46 min. July 1st 2013
Cream sauce with Vin Jaune
Cream sauce with Vin Jaune
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This sauce made with Vin Jaune ("yellow wine") is emblematic of Comtoise cuisine from Eastern France. It combines the smoothness of cream with the slight acidity and typical flavour of the Vin Jaune. The tricky aspect of cooking with Vin Jaune is that its fugitive flavour tends to disappear when...
183K4 46 min. October 3rd 2018
Oat financiers for Louise
Oat financiers for Louise
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These moist little petit-four cakes are called 'financiers' in French, as they are similar in shape to gold ingots! They go very well with tea or coffee. In this version, the usual ground almonds are replaced with rolled oats, blended to a powdery texture.
98K 23.9 45 min. October 21th 2012
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How to choose a centrifugal juicer
How to choose a centrifugal juicer
A centrifugal juicer is an appliance designed to extract juice from all kinds of fruit and vegetables. It will produce juice from tomatoes, carrots, apples, pineapple, blackcurrants, etc. The idea is simple: the chosen fruit are fed into the top of the machine through a tube.The fruit should be...
39K4.4 April 1st 2011
The salad spinner is not only for salad
The salad spinner is not only for salad
Where we see that the salad spinner can be used for many other purposes.
6,9424.8 March 25th 2022
Lexicon: 2 results
Blanch
Blanch
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Blanching. Plunging an ingredient (usually vegetables) into boiling salted water for a very short time (a few seconds), and then into very cold water. .
716K
Sieving
Sieving
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To sieve means to pass a powder through a strainer with a fairly close mesh, to ensure that there is only a fine powder and no bits or lumps. .
716K
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Strainer
Strainer
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Circular in shape and available in different gauges (size of holes). Very useful for straining something liquid or sieving a powder, like for example a raspberries coulis to extract all the seeds, or for sieving flour.
716K
Chinois
Chinois
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A chinois is a solid conical strainer. It's mainly used for extracting liquid from a mixture by pressing down hard onto it.
716K
Sieve
Sieve
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A sieve is a fine strainer, which can be used to filter a preparation thoroughly (a blackcurrant coulis for example), but also for solids to make them smoother (potato purée for example). .
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