Recipes: 27 results
Quick courgette soup with cheese
(Found inTexts)This really is an express recipe, less than 30 minutes from washing courgettes to serving soup.
October 13th 2010262 K5 30 min.
How to prepare leeks
(Found inTexts)Leeks are vegetables that are often muddy, we must be careful when washing them to remove mud that would be very unpleasant to "discover" the plate.
October 13th 2010546 K5 30 min.
How to prepare spinach
(Found inTextsStages)For most people (and me most of all), spinach brings back bad memories of canteens... But, well prepared, it's a fine and delicate vegetable which goes remarkably well with scrambled eggs, fish, and many another things. Here are two ways of preparing it.
June 5th 20153.37 M3.5 1 hour 9 min.
How to prepare broccoli
(Found inTexts)Broccoli are vegetable cousins to cauliflowers. Here's how to prepare them for using in a recipe.
October 7th 20131.44 M3 35 min.
How to prepare an onion or shallot
(Found inTexts)Onions and shallots are widely used in the recipes on this site, generally finely chopped. Here is a method to do it quite easily with a simple knife.
February 21th 2011177 K5 10 min.
How to prepare carrots
(Found inTexts)Here's how to prepare carrots, from the simplest way (peeled then rinsed) to a more sophisticated version where only the very best ofthe vegetable is kept.
February 21th 2011168 K4.3 15 min.
How to prepare cauliflower
(Found inTexts)This is how to start with a whole califlower and finish with only the best of the vegetable.
February 5th 2022216 K4.1 35 min.
How to prepare rhubarb
(Found inTexts)Rhubarb and its characteristic flavour can be the basis of delicious desserts, but it needs to be prepared a certain way before using.
October 13th 2010212 K4.9 30 min.
How to prepare a lettuce
(Found inTexts)It is much more economical to buy a whole lettuce than separate leaves in a plastic packet. And it's so simple to prepare - you can see how here.
April 17th 2011397 K4.8 30 min.
How to prepare courgettes
(Found inTexts)Preparing courgettes is fairly simple. You just need to remember 3 things: 1) the bigger they are, the less good they will be, 2) they never need to be peeled, and 3) the central part with the seeds is pretty tasteless.
June 8th 2011275 K 13.8 30 min.
How to prepare romanesco
(Found inTexts)Here is how to take a whole romanesco and end up with small pieces ready to use in a recipe.
January 17th 2013650 K 23 30 min.
How to prepare cockles
(Found inTexts)Cockles are small Atlantic shellfish which can be used in many delicious dishes. However, they need to be prepared with care before cooking. Here is a simple way to do this.
March 13th 2013537 K 13.7 1 hour 55 min.
How to prepare corn salad
(Found inTexts)Corn salad (or lamb's lettuce) is a green salad plant. It can be used like lettuce, but requires careful preparation as it is often grown in sand. Here is how to prepare corn salad from the freshly picked plant to the leaves ready to use.
April 10th 2013140 K4.1 20 min.
How to prepare asparagus
(Found inTexts)Preparing asparagus spears properly involves washing and peeling, then cooking them just right. Here is a simple way to do this.
June 26th 2013263 K4.9 35 min.
How to prepare apricots
(Found inTexts)Here's how to prepare apricots for use in a recipe, from washing to slicing.
July 12th 2023735 K3.7 35 min.
How to prepare green beans
(Found inTexts)Here's how to turn freshly bought (or picked) green beans into ready-to-use vegetables.
August 11th 202315 K 25 min.
Eggs Arsène
(Found inStages)Eggs Arsène is a rather more rustic version (and definitely more Comtoise in style) of eggs Benedict , that indispensible breakfast dish in Ian Fleming's novels. And you're right, there is a nod to James Bond here.
October 25th 201848 K5 1 hour 2 min.
Pan-fried potatoes
(Found inStages)What could be simpler than fried potatoes? No need of a recipe for that! Quite right, but it's also very easy to end up making fried mash instead. Here are the main pitfalls to avoid.
February 3rd 2011294 K4.5 1 hour 40 min.
How to use a forcing bag (piping or icing bag)
(Found inStages)The forcing bag is the tool needed whenever you need to deposit a blob of something precisely in a particular place (in a mould, a glass, on a plate, etc). Here is how you do it.
January 14th 2011295 K 15 25 min.
Coffee custard
(Found inStages)You are probably familiar with the classic real custard (crème anglaise). Here's a coffee-flavoured version.
May 4th 202226 K 30 min.
Blog articles: 8 results
A memo of utensil weights
You will no doubt have come across this problem while cooking: after starting a recipe, when you already have some ingredients in a pan and have maybe cooked them, you need to know the weight of the pan's contents so that you can take half out, or add the same weight of sugar, for example.May 9th 201124 K4.6
Clean your mixer easily
If you use a "bowl" or "blender" mixer, as opposed to a plunger, you've probably noticed that it's a bit of a hassle to clean it after use. And yet, with a simple trick, it can be done very quickly. See how here.June 26th 20244,1965
Baking cakes
Where we see that to put a cake in the oven, once the dough is finished and in its mould, there is no hurry and that the cold is your friend.June 28th 201940 K4.1
Cleaning endives
If you buy your endives elsewhere than in supermarkets, and in this case the best is of course from a market gardener, he or she is the one who planted and harvested them, in this case you will have endives full of earth or sand, depending on where they were grown, which is normal and reassuring, we...March 24th 202020 K4.6
Baking a cake at the right time
When you make a cake, which most likely contains butter, a cake for example, chances are that as soon as the batter is finished, you put it in the pan and bake it immediately. Classic, everyone does it like that, and then if, on top of that, you have a few kids around you who are getting...April 18th 202016 K4.5
The salad spinner is not only for salad
Where we see that the salad spinner can be used for many other purposes.March 25th 20227,8134.8
Shall I take the tops off?
If you buy your vegetables at the market, at a farmer's stand, once you have chosen a bunch of carrots or beets for example, you must have already heard this proposal from the salesman: "Shall I pull the tops? This sentence is his proposal to remove for you all the tops, which he puts aside, to...May 7th 20229,0114.9
Don't throw away disposable piping bags
Nowadays, it's fairly easy to find what professionals use as piping bags, i.e. disposable or "single-use" plastic ones. They're practical, functional and inexpensive, but disposable? That's debatable...May 28th 20245,1665
Utensil: 5 results
Apple-peeler
(Found inTexts)Here is a tool that I was sure was just some dumb gadget before my friends Eric and Pascale gave me one! It's an extraordinary tool that peels and removes the core of an apple in less than 10 seconds. The chore of peeling/removing the core is now a thing of the past, and making apple tart or cake...
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Weighing scales
(Found inTexts)With it you can weigh everything, even in small quantities (10-20 g, sometimes less).
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Scouring pad
(Found inTexts)This sponge with one abrasive face is normally use to clean pans, but it's also very useful for scrubbing fruit or vegetables that are not going to be peeled like courgettes or potatoes.
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Silcon baking mat
(Found inTexts)Sometimes using a nonstick baking sheet is not enough when cooking items that stick well, such as macarons or coconut tuiles for example. In this case it's possible to line the sheet with cooking parchment,but one can also use a silicone baking mat which is a flexible sheet with a silicone coating,...
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Vegetable mill
(Found inTexts)Vegetable mills have been around for a long time, and are fairly simple: a revolving plate forces the vegetables (or fruits) through a grill plate (the size of holes varies). Of course it takes a bit of effort and elbow grease, but unlike a blender - which pulverises everything - a vegetable mill...
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