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Chicken Green Curry
- 4 fillets of free-range chicken
- 4 tablespoons green curry paste (or 2, if a commercial jar product)
- 1 tin of coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons of Fish Sauce (nuoc nam)
- 2 tablespoons of lime juice
- 1 teaspoon of palm sugar (or brown sugar)
- 4 leaves of lime
- 4 sprays of fresh green pepper
- Plant oil
- To decorate: Thai basil or fresh coriander
Cut the chicken in slivers, add a teaspoon pf green curry and mix. Heat the oil in a wok and sauté the chicken on high heat.
Stir constantly until the chicken is cooked, place on a dish, cover and set aside.
Pour some oil in the wok and heat the curry paste until it starts to break apart.
Add some coconut milk, stir and let thicken. Gradually pour in the rest of the coconut milk whilst constantly stirring.
Add the fish sauce, the lime juice, the palm sugar and taste. If needed, add a bit of all these ingredients to obtain the bitter, the sour and the sweet elements.
Decorate with Thai basil or coriander and serve with white rice.
.Nasi Goreng
- 250g long grain rice
- 12 large shrimp, cooked and peeled
- 300g of pork tenderloin
- 4 eggs
- 15 cl coconut milk
- 2 onions
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 spring onions and ginger
- 1 tablespoon of curry
- 1 tablespoon of soj sauce
- 2 tablespoons of fresh coriander, chopped
- 3 tablespoons of oil
- Salt, pepper
Bring 45 cl water to the boil, add the rice and reduce the heat. Cover and allow to simmer 20 min. until complete absorption of the water. Stir the grains of rice with a fork and remove from the heat.
Mince the pork, the onions and the garlic. Heat 2 spoons of oil in a skillet and sauté the meat, the shrimp, the onions, the garlic, the ginger and the curry. Brown everything for 2 min. Season with salt and pepper, pour in the coconut milk and the soy sauce, stir and allow to cook for 5 min.
Cook the eggs in the skillet with the rest of oil, season the egg whites with salt and pepper.
Mix the rice with the sauce and arrange on a dish; place the eggs on top and sprinkle with coriander.
.Chicken or beef Teppanyaki
- 4 x 225 g sirloin steak 2.5 cm thick (beef)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 tablespoons sake
- 3 tablespoons mirin
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- Japanese mustard (optional)
Salt the steaks on each side. Pour some oil drops on the Teppanyaki. Brown the meat and turn it over once only. Brown 1 minute more.
Sprinkle with sake, cover and cook for 2 more minutes. Remove from the Teppanyaki and set aside.
Deglaze the Teppanyaki with the mirin and the soy sauce. As soon as the sauce starts to simmer, put the steaks back on the baking sheet and count 20 sec. for each side.
Cut in slices of 1.5 cm across the grain. Place on a plate, glaze with a brush with a rest of the teriyaki sauce from the pan.
.Kefta
- 500g non-seasoned minced meat
- 1 sprig of fresh mint
- ½ bouquet of parsley
- 1 small onion
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- Some wooden skewers
Finely chop the parsley, the mint and the onion. Place in a salad bowl, add the minced meat and the spices. Add salt and knead this mixture well with your hands.
Form skewers
Take a small quantity of meat (about the size of an egg) in a slightly wetted hand.
Wrap around the skewer and shape into a sausage shape. Fix each end of the kefta well. Fry in a frying pan with some oil until golden on all sides.
.Cantonese rice
- 1 kg rice
- 600g shrimps
- 8 eggs
- 20 stalks of green onions
- 10 slices of ham (pork or turkey)
- Soy sauce
- Ve-Tsin (glutamate, to buy in a Chinese store)
- Oil
Start by cooking the rice and leave to rest for 6 h.
In a well-oiled large skillet, cook and scramble the eggs thoroughly. Add the cooked and peeled shrimp as well as the ham.
Let simmer at low heat 5 to 6 min. add a good measure of soy sauce, the stalks of the chopped green onions and 1 teaspoon of Ve-Tsin.
Let simmer some 10 min. before mixing with the rice.
Serve warm with a spicy Chinese sauce.
.Chicken keema paratha
- 1 whole chicken
- 1 dl sherry vinegar
- 50g fresh ginger, chopped
- 1 bird?s eye chilli
- 4?5 leaves of fresh mint
- 1 bunch of young onions, chopped
- Juice of 2 lemons, sesame oil
- Spices: cumin powder, coriander seeds, Madras curry.
Marinate the chicken with the ginger, the chopped chilli, some sesame oil, the spices and the lemon juice overnight.
Sauté the onions in the sesame oil and add the chicken with its marinade.
Deglaze with the vinegar, cover with some water and add the leaves of fresh mint. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 1 h 30 until the meat falls off the bone so as to obtain very tender meat and a thick sauce.
Serve with warm Indian Paratha bread, rice, plain yogurt and mango chutney.
.Moussaka
- 1 kg medium sized eggplants
- Salt, pepper and the juice of 1 lemon
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- Butter
- 450g lamb, minced
- 250 ml white wine
- 3 tomatoes, peeled and cut
- 750 ml Béchamel sauce
- Parsley, chopped
- 2 + 2 large tablespoons of breadcrumbs
- 2 egg whites lightly whipped + 2 egg yolks
- 250 ml grated cheese
- olive oil to deep-fry.
Cut the eggplants in thin slices; sprinkle with salt and pepper; let stand for 1 hour. Brown the onion in the butter, add the minced meat and 4 tablespoons of water.
Incorporate the tomatoes, the parsley, the lemon and the wine, season with salt and pepper. Simmer covered for 45 min. Remove from the heat, add the breadcrumbs and the egg whites; mix well.
While the meat cooks, rinse the eggplants and then place them on a paper towel. Deep-fry briefly in some olive oil in a hot frying pan until golden on each side
Grease an oven-proof dish of 22 x 32 x 5 cm, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and line the bottom with half of the eggplants. Cover with the meat and tomato mixture; finish with a layer of eggplant slices.
Incorporate the beaten egg yolks in the Béchamel as well as the grated cheese (2/3). Top the eggplants with this mixture, sprinkle with the rest of cheese. Bake in the oven at medium heat for 45 min.
.Bacalhau
- 600g potatoes, mashed
- 300g cod
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Prepare mashed potatoes first.
Desalt the cod by leaving it to soak in cold water for at least 12 hoursin the fridge (change the water regularly).
Cook the cod in the milk for 20-25 minutes.
Drain the cod and crumble over the mashed potatoes.
Add 2 cloves of chopped garlic and a dash of olive oil.
Do not add salt? cod is already by nature.
Place the brandade in an ovenproof dish and bake for 10 minutes at about 180° C (th. 6).
.Ossobucco alla Milanaise
- 500 g tomatoes
- 1 clove garlic
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 onion
- 1 glass dry white wine
- 4 slices of veal shank
- 25 cl chicken stock
- 6 tbsp wheat flour
- Salt, pepper
- 60 g butter
- 6 sprigs of parsley
- 3 celery stalks
Wash, remove the leaves from the parsley, and chop. Peel and seed the tomatoes.
Peel, wash and chop the onion, the celery stalks and the clove of degermed garlic. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (th. 6).
Flour the meat. In an oven-proof pan, brown the slices of veal with half of the butter. Set aside.
Melt the rest of the butter and add the vegetables. Stir for 2 minutes. Add the meat and white wine. Bring to a boil and add the pieces of tomato and the bay leaves.
Boil again and pour in the chicken stock. Season.
Cover and bake in the oven for 1 ½ hours (add water if necessary during the cooking process).
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Bretzel
- 1/2 l milk
- 75 g softened butter
- 900 g flour
- 50 g bakers yeast (or a package of dehydrated bakers yeast)
- 10 g fine salt
- 75 g sugar
In half of the warm milk, dissolve the yeast. Prepare a bread dough with the flour and the sourdough. Allow to rise until the dough has doubled in volume.
Add the other half of milk, the butter, the sugar and the fine salt fin. Knead and let rise for 30 minutes.
shaping
Stretch the dough and shape into cylinders of about 1 m 20 to 1 m 50 long. Then shape the bretzels, cutting furrows in it, baste with a mixture of egg yolk, beer and milk.
Let stand for 1/2 hour and sprinkle with gross salt on both sides.
Bake in a medium oven for about 35 minutes.
.Spaghetti with squid
- Whole wheat spaghetti
- 400 g squid rings
- 240 g mushrooms
- 80 g onions, minced
- 4 slices of bacon
- 8 cloves of garlic
- Basil
- Salt, pepper
- Olive oil
- Parmesan
- Ground garlic
Bring the water to a boil for the pasta. Mince the mushrooms and the onion. Rinse the squid rings.
Place the spaghetti in the boiling water. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet, and add the onions, the mushrooms and the squid, and sprinkle with basil, salt, pepper, ground garlic and two cloves of crushed garlic.
Simmer until all these ingredients are cooked and slightly browned and until the mushrooms have released their water. In a skillet, fry the sliced bacon.
When the spaghetti is cooked, add it to the mixture and sauté for about 5 min.
Before serving, add the bacon and sprinkle with Parmesan.
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Fish and Chips
- 6 potatoes, cut into 8 wedges each
- 375 ml unbleached wheat flour
- 30 ml corn starch
- 2.5 ml baking powder
- 250 ml lager
- 675 g haddock (or cod or turbot) fillets, cut in half if necessary
- Salt and pepper
- Oil for frying
Preheat the oil in the deep fryer to 170° C. Place a rack on a baking sheet. Preheat the oven to 100 °C. Dip the potatoes in tepid water to remove the starch. Drain and dry them. Deep-fry for 8 min. or until lightly coloured. Drain the chips, place them on the rack, and allow to cool slightly.
Raise the temperature of the oil to 180° C. In a bowl, combine 250 ml of the flour with the corn starch, the salt and the baking powder. Slowly add the lager and whisk the mixture until smooth. Set aside.
Fry the potatoes again in the deep fryer for another 3 to 4 min. or until golden. Remove from the deep fryer and drain on the baking sheet. Add salt and set aside in the oven.
Sprinkle the pieces of fish with salt and pepper and dip them in the rest of flour. Shake off any excess. Then dip each fish piece in the dough to coat well. Drain and fry a few pieces at the same time, shaking the frying basket to avoid them from sticking together or to the basket. Fry for about 5 min. Remove the fish pieces and set to drain on the rack.
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Paris style herb butter
- 60 g fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 10 g fresh tarragon leaves
- 5 g marjoram
- 5 g basil leaves
- 3 g sage
- 30 g shallots
- 3 cloves garlic
- 5 g horseradish, grated or crushed
- 20 g anchovy fillets in oil
- 8 g salt
- juice of a ½ lemon
- 5 cl cognac
- 1 dash soy sauce
- 1 pinch powdered Cayenne pepper
Choose the fine chopper of the mincer. Start by mincing the ingredients at medium speed so as not to heat the mixture, and alternate the herbs and the butter to not lose their flavours. The butter must stay firm.
Add the rest of the seasoning as well as the liquid elements. Whisk.
If the butter seems to fall apart and the liquid tends to separate, simply heat it gently, remove from the heat, and whisk.
.Seafood paëlla
- 500 g rice
- 1.2 l fish stock
- 12 Dublin Bay prawns
- 600 g pieces anglerfish or cod or conger eel
- 600 g cuttlefish, squid or similar
- 3 l de mussels
- 1 kg approx. green crabs
- 6 prawns
- 10 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves of garlic (diced)
- 4 ripe tomatoes (chopped)
- parsley sprigs
- 1 red pepper
- 100 g green peas
- 200 g green beans
- ½ package of spices (saffron)
Place the pan on the heat with olive oil and some salt. When hot, sauté the langoustines for a few minutes, remove and the set aside on a plate.
Sauté the cuttlefish in the pan and add the pieces of anglerfish or cod, the mussels, the crabs, the chopped garlic and the red pepper cut in slices. Cook the mixture, add ½ package of spices, the chopped tomato, the green peas and the green beans. Add the rice and cook until transparent.
Add the fish stock and decorate with the shellfish.
Simmer on low heat until the stock evaporates (approx. 20 minutes).
.Salmon, cream of dill and crumble
- 500 g salmon fillet
- ½ lemon
- 5 sprigs of dill
- 150 g fresh cream
- 10 g butter
- 1 tbsp Meaux mustard
- Salt and pepper
- For the crumble dough :
- 80 g flour
- 80 g butter
- 4 pinches of salt
Prepare the crumble dough the day before. Combine the flour, the salt and the softened butter to obtain a crumbly dough. Place it in a bowl, cover with film and set aside in the fridge. The following day, preheat the oven to 180 °C (th. 6).
Butter the bottom of a cake pan. Crumble the dough and bake in the oven for 10 min. Set aside. Heat the oven to 210 °C (th. 7).
Butter 6 individual oven-proof dishes. Rinse and dry the fillet of salmon, cube it, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place in the dishes.
In a bowl, mix the fresh cream, the juice of ½ a lemon, the mustard and the chopped dill. Pour over the salmon cubes.
Bake in the oven for 10 min. (check the cooking), sprinkle the crumbled dough on top, and serve immediately.
.Buckwheat pancakes
- 150 g buckwheat flour
- 100 g wheat flour
- 3 eggs
- 250 ml milk
- 250 ml water
- 1 pinch of salt
- Filling (choose from: eggs, ham, mushrooms, cheese, etc.)
Prepare the pancake batter by briskly whisking together all the ingredients except the filling, starting with the flours; add the salt, then the eggs, and moisten with the liquids, continually whisking to obtain a smooth batter.
Allow the batter to rise for some time, then fry the pancakes in a hot frying pan with a small amount of oil or butter.
Fill each crêpe with the selected ingredients: eggs, ham, mushrooms, and finally the cheese.
Fold the pancakes so that the filling remains warm inside and serve with a green salad.
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Mussels in white wine
- 4 kg mussels
- 30 g butter or margarine
- 2 shallots
- 1 glass of dry white wine
- 1 level tsp flour
- Parsley
- Salt and pepper
Scrub and wash the mussels.
Place in a cooking pot with a knob of butter, the chopped shallots and the white wine.
Heat the mussels over high heat until they open, keeping the cooking pot covered. Shake 2 or 3 times during the cooking process.
Once they have opened, remove the mussels from the pot, reserving the cooking juices. Place in a shallow dish and keep warm. Bring the cooking juices back to the heat. Combine 1 tsp of flour with the same amount of butter or margarine using a fork.
Add to the cooking juices and boil briefly. Add salt and pepper. Pour over the mussels.
Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve immediately.
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Sausage in brioche bread
- 1 cooking sausage
- 3 eggs
- 200g flour
- 1 package instant yeast
- 1 glass of fresh cream
- Salt
Preheat the oven to thermostat 5 (150 °C). Beat the eggs with 2 pinches of salt. Add the cup of cream and mix well. Incorporate the flour to which the instant yeast has been added.
Butter or line a cake pan (with parchment paper). Place one-third of the mixture into it, place the sausage on top (do not prick it with a fork or else the fat will be released) and cover with the rest of the dough.
Bake in an oven heated to 200° C until golden brown.
.Pizza dough
- 500g flour
- 20g baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2.5 dl warm water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Crumble the baking powder, mix with warm water, and leave to rest for 10 minutes.
Combine the flour and the salt and form a well in the centre. Pour the baking powder and water mixture in the middle.
Knead the dough for 10 minutes until elastic and moist.
Cover the dough with a clean, damp cloth.
Let the dough rise for 2 hours; its volume must double.
Garnish according to your taste and to the seasons!
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Bircher
- 100g oat flakes
- 1 apple
- 1 banana
- 6 strawberries
- 2 pots de yogourt nature (360 g total)
- 3 dl milk
- some lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 2 tablespoons of mixed seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, almonds, pine nuts pecan
Soak the oat flakes in the milk one day before using.
Grate the apples, cut the banana in slices and the strawberries in dices. Add to and mix with the oat flakes and the yoghurt.
Add some lemon juice, the honey and mix all ingredients. If the preparation is not liquid enough, add some milk.
Let stand for about 1h in the fridge.
Sprinkle with seeds before serving.
.Hamburgers
- Hamburger buns
- Burgers
- Onions
- Cheese, cheddar type
- Tomatoes
- Salad
- Mustard
- Ketchup
Sauté the onions at low temperature and add the steaks.
Once cooked, place a slice of cheddar on each steak and allow to melt.
Once cooked, place the steak and the cheese on one of the bun halves covered with a mixture of ketchup and mustard.
Add the salad and the tomato in fine slices. Close the hamburger and enjoy warm.
.Pecan pie
- 1 roll of short crust pastry
- 100 ml maple syrup
- 50g sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 50?75 ml water
- 150?200g pecan nuts
Roll out the dough and place it in a pie dish. Pierce with a fork. Distribute dried beans and bake blind (in the oven at 170 °C, th. 5-6) for 15 min.
Heat the maple syrup, the sugar, the cornflour and the water in a pan. Stir constantly, whisk and allow to thicken.
Remove the dried beans, pour the mixture over the bottom of the pied crust and distribute the pecan nuts. Sprinkle with a few spoons of vanilla or brown sugar.
Place in the oven for 15 min. at 180 °C (th. 6). Serve the pie when still warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
.El sandwich cubano
- White bread (panini style to be toasted later on)
- Mayonnaise, pickles
- Chipotle chilli powder
- Colman or Savora mustard
- Thinly sliced roast pork
- Slices of ham on the bone
- Slices of grilled bacon
- Slices of Manchego cheese
Mix the mayonnaise with the chipotle chilli powder
Cut the bread in 2 and spread the chilli mayonnaise on top.
Then, in this order, add the pickles, the slices of roast pork, the slices of ham on the bone, a thin layer of mustard, the Manchego cheese and end with the grilled bacon.
Toast the sandwich for 5 minutes.
.chicken or beef fajitas
- 900g / 1 kg chicken breasts or beef
- 3 peppers (colour unimportant)
- 2 big onions
- Salt, pepper
- Cayenne pepper powder
- 1 lemon
- about 15 fajitas
- Guacamole
- Fresh cream
- A few leaves of lettuce
- 2-3 tomatoes
Cut the peppers in small pieces and brown at low heat until almost done.
During that time, dice the onions and brown them too.
When almost cooked, add them to the peppers and continue cooking at low heat.
Season with salt and pepper and add Cayenne pepper according to taste.
Cut the chicken in small pieces.
Remove the peppers and the onions from the heat.
Brown the chicken.
When cooked, add the juice of 1 lemon, the onions and the peppers and simmer for a few minutes.
Cut and dice the tomatoes.
stuffing the fajitas:
Spread some fresh cream on the fajitas and add guacamole, some diced tomatoes and bits of lettuce leaves. Add the chicken mixture and roll up the fajitas.
.Chicken and jams colombo
- 1 chicken
- 2 zucchinis
- 1 citron jaune
- Oil
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon Colombo powder
- 2 cloves of pink garlic
- 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
- 10 pepper grains
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 4 jams
- 4 cm fresh ginger
- 1 green chilli
- 4 cloves
- 2 sprigs of thyme
- 2 spring onions
- 1 small bunch of parsley
- 1 onion
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon of mustard seeds
A day earlier, cut the chicken into pieces. Mix the Colombo pepper, the chilli, the garlic, the spring onions, the ginger, the cloves, the vinegar, the parsley and the bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper.
Baste the meat with this mixture and leave to rest for one night in the fridge.
The next day, peel and finely chop the garlic, the onion and the spring onions.
In a casserole, dry fry the cumin, the mustard and the pepper seeds. Add the oil, the spring onions, the onion, the garlic, the sprig of thyme and the bay leaf.
Add the pieces of chicken and sear them whilst stirring a few times.
During that time, peel the jams and the zucchinis; dice and add whilst stirring.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cover with water and cook covered for 40 min. at medium heat.
.Chimichurri Sauce
- 30 cl olive oil
- 10 cl wine vinegar
- 6 garlic cloves
- 2 small onions
- 2 tablespoons of parsley cut finely
- 1 tablespoon of dried rosemary or thyme
- 1 pinch of ground Cayenne pepper
- 1 pinch of ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon of coarse salt
- 1 tablespoon of dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon of black pepper from the mill
Bring 8 cl water to the boil with the coarse salt. Once the salt has dissolved, turn off the heat and let the water cool.
Emulsify the olive oil with the vinegar and the salt water.
Chop the onion and the garlic clove and put all the ingredients in a mixer. Let the blended sauce rest for 2 to 3 hours in the fridge before serving.
.Cod accras
- 250g cod
- 1 onion
- 2 clove of garlic
- 1 hot chilli
- 2 tablespoons of parsley, chopped
- salt and pepper
- 250g flour
- 2 eggs
- ½ glass of water or of milk
- Frying oil
Desalt the cod by leaving it to soak in water for 4 hours. Drain and remove the bones and the skin.
Blend the cod flesh in a mixer with the onion, the garlic, the chili, the parsley and some salt and pepper.
Pour into a salad bowl. Add the flour, the eggs one by one and the water (or the milk ). Mix to obtain a texture that is neither too dry nor too liquid trop sèche. Add water if necessary.
Take out some dough with a tablespoon and carefully pour it into the boiling oil. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
Drain the accras on a paper towel and enjoy immediately.
.Feijoada
- 320g dried red beans
- 1 smoked sausage (such as a ?saucisse vaudoise? or a ?saucisse de Morteau?)
- 1 spicy chorizo cut in slices
- 4 slices of smoked pork chest
- 400g de chuck of beef
- 2 carrots, peeled
- 3 onions, 1 studded with a clove
- Thyme, bay leaf, butter, salt, pepper
- Spices: paprika, ground yellow curry, cumin powder
Soak the dried beans in water for 12 to 24 hours to let them swell.
Then place the beans in a casserole with their soaking water, adding water if needed. Add coarse salt, one onion studded with a clove the 2 whole 2 carrots, thyme, one bay leaf, the spices, the (whole) smoked sausage, the chorizo, the slices of pork chest and the (whole) chuck of beef. Bring to a boil and allow to simmer for about 1.5 hours. Remove the still crunchy red beans and pursue the cooking for another 2 hours.
Mix the cooking stock separately with 50 g of bean puree to thicken it.
Gently brown the 2 chopped onions in some butte, sear the meat in it, add the rest of the non-pureed beans, the carrots, the onions and the thickened broth. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
.Express royal couscous
- 500g mutton or lamb (brisket or neck)
- 2 chicken thighs cut in 2
- 8 merguez
- 200g couscous (medium grain)
- 6 fresh tomatoes
- 500g of fresh vegetables (2 carrots, 2 small zucchini, 2 turnips, 1 eggplant, 1 can of chickpeas with their juice)
- 3 onions
- 2 tablespoons de ras-el-Hanout
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- Harissa (paste or canned)
- 3 Spanish chilli
- 2 peppers
- Olive oil
- Salt
Heat the oil in a large casserole. Brown the meat and cook while preparing the vegetables.
Cut and coarsely dice the zucchini and the eggplant (without peeling them). Peel the turnips and cut in large wedges. Open the chilli, seed and remove the white parts. Cut into strips. Peel and chop the onions.
Remove the meat and discard the excess fat without washing the casserole to collect the meat juices. Pour some oil into the pan and slightly brown the onion. Add the spices and leave to heat for 1 minute so all the fragrances can develop. Add the vegetables, stir well and complete with 1 l litre of warm water from the tap. Salt generously. Place the meat back into the casserole and let simmer for 30 minutes. 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time, add the chickpeas and their juice.
During that time, rinse the semolina carefully in warm water (it will start to swell). When the meat has cooked for some 20 minutes, remove parts of the stock and filter it before pouring it on the semolina (1 ½ volume of broth for 1 volume of semolina). Stir rapidly. Cover and let swell for 5 minutes.
During that time, pierce the merguez sausages generously with a fork or the tip of a knife. Cook in a non-stick frying pan without adding any fat to make them loose most of their fat.
Pour the couscous into a large dish and distribute the drained meat and the vegetables on top. Serve part of the plain cooking juice in one bowl and the rest, flavoured with harissa, in another one.
.Tibs Addis - Abeba
2 large onions
3 cloves of garlic
2 tomatoes (peeled and seeded)
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp saffron
1 tsp paprika
3 tbsp sunflower oil
Salt, pepper
350 teff or buckwheat flour
900 ml water
Prepare the crepes the day before. Pour 250 ml of water into a mixing bowl, add the teff or buckwheat flour, and then add the rest of the water.
Beat the mixture energetically to obtain a smooth batter. Cover with a clean cloth and leave at room temperature for 24 to 48 hours (the batter should rise and the surface should crackle).
The next day, blend the batter and leave to rest for 5 minutes.
Heat a small amount of oil in a non-stick pan, pour one ladle of batter into the pan, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes on each side (the pancakes should be thick).
Prepare the meat: heat the sunflower oil in a stew pot and sauté the chopped onions, garlic and tomatoes.
Add the spices and meat and simmer on low heat for 30 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper and serve on the crepes.
.Asparagus and cabbage salad
- 1 bunch of asparagus
- 1 shallot
- 4 handfuls of rocket salad
- 4 kale leaves
- ½ red cabbage
- 4 radishes
- 25 g pistachios
- 50 g olives
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Dressing:
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
For the dressing:
Stir all the ingredients together and season.
For the salad:
Cut the tips off the asparagus and reserve.
Chop the shallot.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and sauté the asparagus and shallots.
Mince the kale, cabbage and radishes.
Pit the olives.
Toast the pistachios in a frying pan for a few minutes.
Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl.
Toss the salad with the dressing.
.Brussels sprouts salad with hazelnuts and dates
- 3 tbsp colza oil
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- Zest of 1/2 orange
- Salt and pepper
For the dressing:
Combine all the ingredients.
Season.
For the salad:
Wash the Brussels sprouts and finely chop them.
Pit the dates and finely chop them.
Remove the pith from the orange, reserving the segments.
Crush the hazelnuts and toast them slightly in a pan.
Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl.
Toss the salad with the dressing.
.Crab and grapefruit salad
- 8 leaves of basil
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp raspberry vinegar
- Salt and pepper
- 2 small hot peppers
- 2 grapefruit
- 400 g crabmeat
For the dressing:
Chop the basil leaves.
Stir all the ingredients together.
For the salad:
Seed the hot peppers and finely chop them.
Peel the grapefruit and separate the quarters.
Using a knife, remove the pith from each quarter to reveal the pulp, and reserve half.
Then press the remaining quarters by hand and reserve the juice.
Cut the crabmeat into small pieces.
Add the dressing and gently stir the grapefruit quarters, grapefruit juice and crab pieces, and season.
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Garden red cabbage salad
- Red cabbage
- 2 celery branches
- 1 carrot
- 3 tbsp colza oil
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tsp mustard
- Salt and pepper
Finely chop the red cabbage.
Mince the celery.
Grate the carrot.
Combine all the dressing ingredients in a salad bowl.
Add the salad ingredients.
Toss.
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Spinach and red kuri salad
- 3 tbsp colza oil
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- 1 handful pumpkin seeds
- 1 tsp powdered ginger
- Salt and pepper
For the dressing:
Combine all the ingredients.
Season.
For the salad:
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Peel and hollow out the red kuri squash and dice the pulp.
Bake the red kuri squash for 25 minutes.
Peel the apples and cut them into half-moons.
Heat the oil in a stew pot and sauté the apples with the cinnamon.
Cook for approximately ten minutes.
Cut the avocados into small pieces.
Arrange the baby spinach leaves in the bottom of a salad bowl and add the other ingredients.
Combine all the ingredients.
Toss the salad with the dressing.
.Avocado and strawberry salad
- 1/2 oriander leaves
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp vinegar
- Salt and pepper
- 300 g strawberries
- 100 g baby spinach
- 1 red onion
- 2 avocados
For the dressing:
Chop the coriander leaves.
Combine all the ingredients.
For the salad:
Wash the strawberries and baby spinach leaves.
Mince the red onion.
Cut the strawberries and avocados into pieces.
Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl.
Add the dressing and toss.
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Lambs lettuce salad with apple, walnut and cranberries
- 3 tbsp colza oil
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- 3 tbsp apple juice
- Salt and pepper
- 100 g lamb's lettuce
- 2 apples
- 80 g walnuts
- 50 cranberries
For the dressing:
Combine all the ingredients.
Season.
For the salad:
Wash the lamb's lettuce.
Wash and finely slice the apples.
Crush the walnuts.
Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl.
Toss the salad with the dressing.
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Quinoa salad with avocados and cherry tomatoes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- Salt and pepper
- 500 g cooked quinoa
- 2 avocados
- 1 onion
- 200 g cherry tomatoes
- 60 g pecan nuts
For the dressing:
Combine all the ingredients.
Season.
For the salad:
Cook the quinoa in a large cooking pot with twice its volume of water.
Bring to a boil and then lower the heat, cook covered for approximately 20 minutes, and allow to cool.
Peel the avocado, cut it into strips, and sprinkle them with lemon juice
Slice the onions into rounds.
Cut the cherry tomatoes into pieces.
Crush the pecan nuts.
Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl.
Toss the salad with the dressing and sprinkle with pecan nuts.
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Apricot tarte tatin
- For the dough:
- 250 g wheat flour
- 100 g butter
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp salt
- For the filling:
- 15 apricots
- 200 g butter
- 200 g caster sugar
- 3 dl water
- For the caramel:
- 200 g caster sugar
For the filling:
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Heat the water, butter and sugar in a cooking pot.
Halve and pit the apricots.
Poach the apricots in the water, butter and sugar mixture for approximately 2 minutes.
Drain the apricots.
For the dough:
Cube the butter and cut it into the wheat flour.
Add the egg and mix well to obtain a ball of dough.
Chill in the refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes.
For the caramel:
For 65 g of sugar into a saucepan and melt.
Add another 65 g of sugar and repeat the process.
Add the remaining 70 g of sugar and repeat the operation to obtain a dark caramel.
To assemble:
For the caramel into a cake mould and allow to cool.
Arrange the apricot halves on top (skin side face down against the caramel).
Roll out the dough to cover the apricots.
Bake for approximately 30 minutes.
When the dough is golden brown, turn the cake mould out onto a plate, but wait a few minutes before removing the cake mould.
Allow to cool a bit and serve warm if possible.
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Meat marinade
- 1 onion
- 2 shallots
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 celery stalk
- Thyme, ½ a bay leaf and sprigs of parsley
- 1 carrot
- 1 clove
- 1 dl white wine
- 1 dl red wine vinegar aged in oak barrels
- 2 dl extra virgin olive oil
- a pinch of salt
- Sarawak or traditional black pepper
Chop the onion and the shallots.
Crush 2 cloves of garlic.
Chop the parsley, the celery, the thyme and the carrot, and then grind everything in a spice mortar.
Add the bay leaf and the clove.
Add the white wine, the red wine vinegar and the extra virgin olive oil.
Stir well.
Adjust the seasoning with salt and black pepper.
Our tip :
Using marinades is a traditional way to tenderize and to flavour meats through slow impregnation. Ideally, let this happen overnight (the day before cooking the meat), in the fridge.
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Fish marinade
- 2 shallots
- 1 clove of garlic
- A few coriander leaves
- 20 g fresh ginger
- ½ stick of lemongrass
- 2 dl extra virgin olive oil
- 1 dl white wine
- 1 dl yuzu vinegar
- A pinch of salt
- Nepalese Timut pepper (lemon flavoured) or black pepper
Chop 2 shallots.
Crush 1 clove of garlic.
Chop the coriander leaves, the ginger and ½ of the lemongrass stick, then grind all in a spice mortar.
Add the extra virgin olive oil, the vinegar and the white wine.
Adjust the seasoning with the salt and the pepper.
Our tip :
Using a marinade is a traditional way to flavour fish. Ideally, let them marinate for 2 hours in the fridge before cooking.
.Barbecue sauce
- 180 g tomato concentrate
- 4 tbsp liquid honey
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 2 onions, minced
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp cider vinegar
- 1 dl white wine
- 5 cl Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 small bunch of thyme
- sprigs of parsley
- tarragon leaves
- pinch of salt and pepper
- pinch of cayenne pepper
Caramelize the honey.
Add the onions and the garlic.
Deglaze with white wine and vinegar, then reduce.
Add the tomato concentrate and all the other ingredients.
Adjust the seasoning with salt and the pepper.
Chill in the refrigerator for 3 hours before serving
Our tip :
Be careful not to coat the meat with too much sauce before cooking, but rather add more with a brush once cooked.
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A summer salad dressing
- 100 g smoked bacon
- 1 shallot
- 1 bunch of chives
- 1/2 red onion
- 20 g whole-grain mustard
- 20 g mild mustard
- 2 dl walnut oil
- 1 dl sherry vinegar
- Salt and pepper
Chop the shallot and the onion. Place them in a frying pan with the finely cut bacon.
Sauté them together over low heat.
For off the excess fat.
Deglaze with the sherry vinegar.
Add the two mustards and stir.
Put into a salad bowl.
dd the vinegar and the walnut oil and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
Finish by sprinkling with finely chopped chives.
Our tip :
Serve this dressing on a pretty lettuce heart mixed with chopped chicory and sliced radishes.
.Sauce for grilled fish
- 2 kiwis
- 1 bunch parsley, chives and basil
- 30 gr capers
- 1 yellow tomato, 1 red tomato and 1 green tomato, seeded and diced
- 2 lemons
- 30 gr black and green olives
- Pinch of salt and pepper
- Chill in the refrigerator for 3 hours before serving
Chop the kiwis into a brunoise.
Mince the chives, basil and parsley.
Finely chop the capers, tomatoes and olives.
Blend.
Add the lemon juice.
Incorporate the olive oil and yuzu juice.
Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
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A delicious drink to enjoy in summer
- 300 g frozen peas
- 2 ripe avocados
- ½ bunch of mint leaves
- 3 green lemons, squeezed
- 1 bunch of coriander
Crush and mix all the ingredients.
Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
Serve with Nachos.
Our tip :
This drink can also be served as a condiment with fish or grilled white meat.
.Curry mayonnaise for fish and shellfish
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 dl sherry vinegar
- 4 dl sunflower oil
- 5 g "Black Pearl" curry or mild Indian curry
- a pinch of salt
- Espelette chilli pepper
Combine the egg, the mustard, the sherry vinegar and the salt.
Slowly whisk in the sunflower oil.
Add the Black Pearl curry.
If the mayonnaise separates, add some cold water and whisk energetically.
Our tip :
Let all the ingredients stand at room temperature to obtain a good mayonnaise and then place it in the fridge.
The Black Pearl can be replaced by a mild Indian curry.
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Jerusalem artichoke cream with truffle oil Valentines Day / starter
- 300 g Jerusalem artichokes
- 1 dl crème fraîche
- 1 tbsp truffle oil
- Chervil (or chives)
- Toasted sesame seeds
- Salt
- Pepper
- Burgundy truffle strips, to garnish
Wash the Jerusalem artichokes, without peeling them, and cook them in salted boiling water until they are tender.
Once cooked, immerse them in a large bowl of iced water.
Peel them and blend them with the cream and truffle oil.
Reheat the mixture briefly, and season with salt and pepper.
Blend the mixture with an immersion blender until foamy.
Serve in bowls and garnish with a few drops of truffle oil and the truffle strips, chervil and sesame seeds.
.Seafood casserole with saffron Valentines Day / Main dish
- 1 small carrot
- 1/ 2 celery branch
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- Parsley
- Lemon
- 5 cl Vermouth
- 5 cl light cream
- 1 packet of saffron
- 50 cl fat-free fish stock
- 50 g prawns
- 50 g scallops
- 100 g cod fillet
- 100 g mussels
- 100 g clams
Chop all the vegetables into a fine julienne.
Bring the stock to a boil in a large stew pot and add the vegetables.
Lower the heat to simmer the stock and vegetable mixture.
Add the vermouth and saffron.
Add the fish (add the scallops last) and then season with salt and pepper.
Lower the heat and simmer for approximately 6 minutes.
To serve, add the cream and parsley.
Ladle the stew into bowls, season with pepper, and garnish with lemon quarters..
.Milk chocolate and Tonka bean mousse Valentines Day / Dessert
- 100 g chocolate
- 2 eggs
- 25 g salted butter
- ¼ Tonka bean
- Salt
- Fleur de sel to garnish
Melt the chocolate with the butter and freshly grated Tonka bean in a double boiler.
Separate the egg whites from the yolks and beat the whites to stiff peaks with a pinch of salt.
Add the yolks to the chocolate and butter mixture.
Delicately incorporate the egg whites into this mixture.
Scoop the mousse into individual verrines, cover with plastic film, and chill for at least 2 hours.
To serve, garnish with a few raspberries and mint leaves.
.Gingerbread Man Christmas recipes
- 400 g wheat flour
- 7 g baking powder
- 3 g sodium bicarbonate
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp four spice mixture (ginger, pepper, nutmeg, cloves)
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 120 g butter
- 100 g brown sugar
- 1 packet vanilla sugar
- 100 g molasses
- 1 egg
Beat the softened butter with the sugar, vanilla sugar, molasses and salt, and then add the egg.
Mix the flour with the baking powder, sodium bicarbonate and spices.
Gradually incorporate the flour mixture into the butter mixture using a spatula, then the hands. The dough must not be sticky; add flour if necessary.
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Roll out the biscuit dough to a thickness of 3 mm on a floured work surface using a rolling pin.
Cut out shapes using a gingerbread man cookie cutter.
Bake for approximately 8 to 10 minutes.
Leave to cool, then decorate with icing.
.Hot Chai Chocolate Christmas recipes
- 5 dl skim milk
- 2 capsules of cardamom
- 5 grains of coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 star anise seed
- ¼ split vanilla bean, scraped
- 3 cloves
- 2 tsp Darjeeling tea
- 80 g chopped 72 % cacao dark chocolate
In a saucepan, bring the milk to a boil and infuse the tea and all the spices in it for 10 minutes.
Filter the milk and bring back up to a boil, then remove it from the heat and melt the chocolate into it.
Garnish with marshmallows.
.Milanese biscuits Christmas recipes
- 250 g softened butter
- 200 g caster sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- Zest of one organic lemon
- 3 eggs
- 500 g fine flour
- 1 egg yolk for browning the pastry
Beat the softened butter with the sugar, salt and lemon zest.
Incorporate the eggs one by one and beat the mixture with a whisk until it whitens.
Add the flour and knead the dough by hand to obtain a homogeneous blend.
Wrap the ball of dough in plastic film and chill to reserve for 2 hours.
Preheat the oven and take the ball of dough out of the refrigerator 10 minutes before handling it.
On a floured work surface, roll out the biscuit dough to a thickness of 8 mm using a rolling pin.
Cut out various shapes of biscuits using a cookie cutter.
Brush with egg yolk and bake for approximately 10 minutes.
You might also add 2 tbsp cacao and 2 tbsp milk to form a chocolate Milanese dough.
.Festive Red plum strudel Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer Ingredients: For 4 people 150 g wheat flour ½ tsp salt 1 egg 3 tbsp milk 25 g softened butter 25 g melted butter 600 g pitted red plums 50 g caster sugar 150 g ground hazelnuts ½ tsp cinnamon 2 tbsp lemon juice Preparation: In a mixing bowl, combine the flour and salt, and form a well in the centre. Crack an egg into the centre and then add the softened butter and milk. Knead with the fingertips to obtain a supple, homogeneous dough. Form a ball of dough, cover with plastic film, and leave to rise in a cool place for 30 minutes. Cut the red plums into quarters. In a bowl, combine them with the sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and ground hazelnuts. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Roll the dough out as finely as possible onto a floured tea towel. Brush the dough with melted butter, leaving 3 cm edges on each side, and arrange the red plums on the dough. Raise up the edges and then delicately roll the dough lengthwise using the tea towel. Place the strudel on a lined baking sheet, brush it with milk, and bake it for approximately 45 minutes in the middle of the oven. Serve warm or cold, accompanied by a scoop of vanilla ice cream, custard or whipped cream.
- 150 g wheat flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp milk
- 25 g softened butter
- 25 g melted butter
- 600 g pitted red plums
- 50 g caster sugar
- 150 g ground hazelnuts
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour and salt, and form a well in the centre. Crack an egg into the centre and then add the softened butter and milk.
Knead with the fingertips to obtain a supple, homogeneous dough. Form a ball of dough, cover with plastic film, and leave to rise in a cool place for 30 minutes.
Cut the red plums into quarters. In a bowl, combine them with the sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and ground hazelnuts.
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Roll the dough out as finely as possible onto a floured tea towel.
Brush the dough with melted butter, leaving 3 cm edges on each side, and arrange the red plums on the dough.
Raise up the edges and then delicately roll the dough lengthwise using the tea towel.
Place the strudel on a lined baking sheet, brush it with milk, and bake it for approximately 45 minutes in the middle of the oven.
Serve warm or cold, accompanied by a scoop of vanilla ice cream, custard or whipped cream.
.Beetroot, apple and red cabbage smoothie
- 2 apples
- 150 g red cabbage
- 2 branches of celery with the leaves
- 150 g raw red beetroot
- Ice cubes
Remove the stems from the apples and quarter them.
Cut the red cabbage into small pieces.
Cut the celery into short segments.
Cut the beetroot into small pieces.
Reserve one apple quarter.
Place the apples, cabbage, celery and beetroot in a juicer to extract the juice.
For it into a glass with the ice cubes.
Decorate with apple strips.
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Fennel, apple and ginger smoothie
- 1/2 bulb of fennel, exterior removed
- 2 apples
- 2 kiwis
- 1 pinch ground ginger
Halve the apples and core them.
Peel the kiwis and chop them into large pieces.
Place the apples, kiwis and fennel into a centrifugal juicer.
Blend the juice with the ginger.
Serve well chilled.
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Strawberry and balsamic vinegar smoothie
- 2 handfuls of strawberries
- 8 cl milk
- 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
- ½ tsp honey
- Ice cubes
Wash the strawberries and remove the stems.
Blend the strawberries in a blender to obtain a smooth purée.
Incorporate the balsamic vinegar and milk.
Add the honey.
Serve with ice cubes.
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Middle Eastern smoothie
- 1 pinch saffron
- 1 tsp hot water
- 1 banana
- 12 cl milk
Infuse the saffron in hot water.
Peel the banana.
Blend all the ingredients in a blender.
Serve in a large glass.
.Apple and cinnamon smoothie
- 2 apples
- 1 lemon
- 1 orange
- ¼ cinnamon stick
- Hot water
- ½ tsp honey
Remove the stems from the apples, quarter them, and reserve a fine slice.
Zest the lemon and the orange, then cut the pulp into pieces.
Place the fruits in a centrifugal juicer, juice them, and reserve the juice.
To serve, pour the juice into a cup, filling it halfway.
Add the piece of cinnamon and the hot water to fill the rest of the cup.
Serve with a fine slice of apple.
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Melon, passionfruit, blueberry and blackberry smoothie
- 400 g melon
- 1 passionfruit
- 115 g blueberries
- 175 g blackberries
Wash the blueberries and blackberries.
Peel and quarter the melon, keeping a few fine slices for the garnish.
Halve the passionfruit and scrape out the pulp with a spoon.
Press all the fruits.
Serve in a glass and decorate with melon slices.
.Apple, pear and plum smoothie
- 2 pears
- 1 apple
- 8 plums
Wash the fruits.
Core and quarter the apples.
Pit the plums.
Place the pears and apples in a centrifugal juicer to extract the juice.
Transfer to a blender bowl and blend the juice thoroughly with the plums.
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Grape smoothie
- 400 g white grapes
- 1 apple
- 6 mint leaves
- Ice cubes
Wash the grape, apple and mint leaves.
Core and quarter the apple.
Press the grapes and apple.
Add the mint leaves.
For the mixture into a glass over the ice cubes.
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Tomato, basil, onion and pepper smoothie
- 250 g tomatoes
- 8 basil leaves
- 3 spring onions
- 1 red pepper
- Crushed ice
- Salt and pepper
Wash the tomatoes, basil leaves, onion and pepper;
Quarter the tomatoes.
Halve the pepper and core it.
Reserve one basil leaf.
Place the tomatoes, basil, onions and pepper in a centrifugal juicer.
Juice the vegetables to obtain a smooth, homogeneous mixture.
For it into a glass with the crushed ice.
Garnish with the basil leaf.
Season.
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Rhubarb smoothie
- 100 g rhubarb
- 1/2 pot plain yoghurt
- 7 cl milk
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tbsp water
Wash the rhubarb, remove the outer layer, and cut it into small cubes.
Place the rhubarb, water and honey in a saucepan, cover, and cook over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes.
Once the rhubarb is tender, allow to cool.
Place the rhubarb, yoghurt and milk in a blender bowl.
Blend all the ingredients.
Serve well chilled in a glass.
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Spinach and celery smoothie
- 2 bunches spinach
- 2 branches celery with the leaves
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 pinch powdered Cayenne pepper
- 15 cl water
Peel the garlic clove.
Separate the spinach leaves, eliminating the tough ones.
Place the spinach, celery and garlic in a centrifugal juicer to extract the juice.
Add the water and season with Cayenne pepper.
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Beetroot smoothie
- 2 small beetroots
- 10 cl yoghurt
- 1 tsp mustard grains
Cut the ends off the beetroots.
Place the beetroots in a centrifugal juicer to extract the juice.
Reserve a few mustard grains.
Blend the rest of the ingredients in a blender.
For the mixture into a glass.
Sprinkle with mustard grains.
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Watermelon and strawberry smoothie
- 100 g strawberries
- 200 g watermelon
- 5 mint leaves
- Ice cubes
Wash and hull the strawberries.
Blend the strawberries into a smooth purée with the coarsely seeded watermelon and the mint leaves.
Serve with ice cubes.
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Spicy carrot and apple soup
- 300 g carrots
- 1 apple
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 cm fresh grated ginger root
- 1 tbsp colza oil
- 1 l vegetable stock
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp turmeric
- Salt and pepper
Coarsely cut the carrots.
Peel the apple, core it, and coarsely cut it.
Mince the onion and sauté it in the olive oil..
Add the garlic and ginger and cook for one minute.
Add the stock, carrots, apple, oil and honey, and bring to a boil.
Cook for 25 minutes until the carrot and apple are tender.
Blend all the ingredients with an immersion blender and season.
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Courgette and ginger soup
- 600 g courgettes
- 1 onion
- 3 shallots
- 5 cm ginger root
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp coarse salt
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 670 ml vegetable stock
- Salt and pepper
Wash the courgettes and cut them into small sticks.
Peel and chop the onion, shallots and ginger.
Heat the oil in a large cooking pot and sauté the onion, shallots and ginger for approximately 5 minutes.
Add the courgettes and sugar and allow to dissolve for a few minutes.
Bring the stock to a boil and pour it into the pot.
Blend with a hand blender.
Leave to cool and add the milk.
Chill to reserve.
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Parsnip and white fava bean soup
- 2 large parsnips
- 1 onion
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 400 g white fava beans
- 1 onion
- 1 sprig of sage
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 l vegetable stock
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- Salt and pepper
Coarsely chop the parsnips and onion.
Wash the bay and sage leaves.
Drain and rinse the white fava beans.
Sauté the parsnips and onion in the olive oil.
Add the bay leaf, white fava beans, sage and stock.
Season with salt and pepper and simmer for approximately 15 minutes.
Remove the bay leaf.
Blend with a hand blender.
Adjust the seasoning and add water to reach the desired consistency.
Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
.Brownies
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 150 g melted butter
- 150 g caster sugar
- 70 g wheat flour
- 3 eggs
- 75 g chopped walnuts
- 1 pinch of salt
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Melt the butter in a saucepan and incorporate the chocolate, broken into pieces. Allow to melt over low heat, stir to obtain a homogeneous mixture, and remove from heat to reserve.
Beat the eggs with the sugar and pinch of salt until the mixture whitens.
Gradually add the sifted flour. Pour the melted chocolate into the mixture and stir to obtain a homogeneous batter.
Coarsely chop the walnuts, add them to the mixture, and stir again.
Butter and flour a square or rectangular mould.
For the batter into a mould and bake for 25 minutes at 180 °C.
Tip: Serve the brownies warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and garnish with fresh raspberries and a sprig of mint.
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Terrine of Gruyère, bacon and artichoke - by Ludovic Givre
- 600 g de Gruyère, cubed
- 6 artichoke hearts, cooked
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 whole eggs
- 350 cl liquid cream
- 10 slices of smoked bacon
- ¼ l white wine
- ground nutmeg
- salt and pepper
Soak the cubed Gruyère in the white wine overnight.
Combine the whole eggs with the egg yolks, cream, nutmeg, salt and pepper, and then incorporate the drained Gruyère cubes.
Cut a piece of parchment paper to the size of the terrine dish and line it with the slices of bacon. Fit this into the terrine dish.
Pour half of the Gruyère, egg and cream mixture into the terrine and place the artichoke hearts on top. Cover with the rest of the mixture.
Cover the dish with parchment paper and cook in a water bath (bain-marie) at 110 ° for 2 ½hours.
Leave to cool overnight.
Unmould the next day. Cut into 2-cm slices and brown under the broiler until golden.
Serve immediately with a mixed salad topped with walnut oil.
.Pasta salad with roasted chicken and young baby vegetables
- 600 g cooked wholegrain pasta
- (~350 g dry pasta)
- 300 g cold roast chicken, diced
- 200 g green peas
- 200 g carrots, diced
- 100 g button mushrooms, chopped
- a few radishes, chopped
- 1 small shallot, chopped
- 1 tbsp basil, chopped
- 3 tbsp colza
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp mustard
- Salt, freshly ground pepper
Peel and dice the carrots, cook them in salt water with the green peas, drain and set aside.
In a large salad bowl, combine the mustard, the vinegar, the oil and the shallot to obtain a smooth sauce; season.
Add the other ingredients, mix well and serve.
Note: this salad may be prepared in advance and chilled in the refrigerator. You can might the meat and vegetables according to your leftovers and the season.
.Buckwheat pancakes stuffed with ricotta and leeks
- For the pancake batter:
- 330 g buckwheat flour
- 75 cl cold water
- 1 egg
- Salt
- For the filling:
- 250g ricotta
- 2 tbsp Parmesan
- 500 g chopped leek
- 1 shallot
- Thyme
- 2 tbsp mild olive oil
- Salt, pepper
Preparation of the pancake batter
Combine the flour and the salt in a mixing bowl. Add the water and beat with a whisk. Incorporate the egg and beat until the mixture is smooth.
Cover the mixture with cling film and leave to chill for 1 to 2 hours in the refrigerator.
Fry the pancakes one by one in a slightly oiled frying pan and reserve them on a plate.
Preparation of the filling
Sauté the leek and the shallot in a frying pan with some olive oil. Cook the leek until tender, season, and set aside.
Combine the ricotta with the leek, season with pepper, and distribute evenly over the pancakes. Roll into cylinders.
Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
Cut the stuffed pancakes into equal parts and place them in a lightly oiled baking dish.
Sprinkle with Parmesan and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
.Chia seeds pudding with almonds
- 60 g chia seeds
- 8 dl almond milk
- 375 g slivered almonds
- Fresh seasonal fruit
In a bowl, combine the chia seeds and the almond milk.
Chop the almonds in slivers and add to the mixture.
Cover with plastic film and chill in the fridge overnight.
Garnish with chopped fresh seasonal fruit (red berries, mango, banana, pear, etc.) just before serving the pudding
.Quinoa, avocado and dried apricots salad
- 200 quinoa
- 150 g rocket salad
- 2 avocados
- 8 dried apricots
- 30 g hazelnuts
- 4 small onions
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- Salt, pepper
Boil the quinoa in a cooking pot with 3 times its volume of water for about 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Peel the avocado, cut in slices and coat with lime juice.
Cut the dried apricots into pieces.
Chop the nuts and roast them for a few seconds in a frying pan.
Cut the onions into slices.
Prepare the sauce in a salad bowl by combining the olive oil, the Balsamic vinegar, the lime juice, the salt and the pepper.
Toss all the ingredients in the salad bowl and sprinkle the salad with nuts.
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Salmon and asparagus
- 460 g asparagus
- 400 g salmon fillet
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 lemon
- 1 small bunch of parsley
- Salt, pepper
Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
Cut out 4 pieces of aluminium foil and place them on a baking sheet.
Wash the asparagus and place them in equal quantity on each piece of aluminium foil.
Peel and chop the clove of garlic. In a bowl, mix the garlic, the olive oil, the salt and the pepper.
Baste the asparagus with half of the mixture. Cut the fish filets into 4 pieces and place on top of the asparagus. Baste with the rest of the mixture.
Cut the lemon into thin slices and place on each filet.
Wash and chop the parsley and sprinkle over the filets. Close the foil packets to completely wrap all the ingredients.
Bake in the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes.
For a full meal, add potatoes, cereals or pulses as a side dish. This dish goes well with rosemary sweet potatoes or a barley risotto with curry.
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Chilled zucchini courgette soup with a rocket and mint pesto
- 2 courgettes
- 100 g rocket salad
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 8 mint leaves
- 60 cl vegetable stock
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt, pepper
Wash the courgettes and cut them coarsely. Wash and drain the mint and the rocket leaves with a paper towel. Blend the mint and rocket leaves in a blender with 1 tbsp olive oil to obtain a smooth paste and season.
Peel and chop the onion. Sauté the onion in 1 tbsp olive oil and add the courgettes. Add the stock, bring to a boil, and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat, blend the mixture with an immersion blender, and add half of the pesto. Set aside and chill in the refrigerator for two hours before serving. Before serving, garnish the soup with the second half of the pesto.
For a full meal, serve with potatoes, cereals or pulses and a protein source. This dish goes well with toasted whole grain bread garnished with scrambled eggs and tomatoes, for instance.
.Artichoke and dried tomato risotto
- 6 small (violet) artichokes
- 100 g dried tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 300 g rice
- 7,5 dl vegetable stock
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 basil leaves
- Grated Parmesan
- Salt and pepper
Remove the outer leaves from the artichoke to reach the light leaves.
Halve each one and remove the fibres with a small spoon.
Press the lemon, place the juice in a saucepan filled with water, and bring to a boil.
Boil the artichokes in the lemon water for 5 minutes and reserve.
Mince the onion and garlic. Heat the oil in a large cooking pot, sauté the onion and garlic, and then add the rice.
Gradually add the stock and simmer, stirring.
Cook for approximately fifteen minutes.
Chop the dried tomatoes and artichokes into small pieces and add them to the mixture, then finish the cooking process.
Mince the basil.
Season, sprinkle with Parmesan and basil, and add the zest of half a lemon before serving with a salad.
.Tomatoes stuffed with smoked trout and cream cheese
- 4 Rose de Berne tomatoes
- 100 g cream cheese such as Philadelphia
- 2 smoked trout fillets (of approximately 100 g each)
- 1 large shallot
- 3 sprigs of dill
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Wash the tomatoes, cut their tops off, and hollow them out using a small spoon; reserve.
Peel and mince the shallot.
Wash the dill and mince the leafy sprigs.
Dice the trout fillets.
In a bowl, soften the cream cheese with a fork.
Add the diced trout, shallot, dill and olive oil.
Season and combine.
Stuff the tomatoes with the mixture, then replace the tops of the tomatoes.
Serve immediately with baked potatoes, crusty bread, or a cold creamy chick pea soup.
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Chia seed flan
- 500 ml almond or dairy milk
- 2 bananas
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 80 g chia seeds
- Chopped seasonal fruits to garnish
In a blender, blend the almond or dairy milk with the bananas and vanilla.
Add the chia seeds and ladle into 4 ramekins.
Chill in the refrigerator overnight.
Garnish with chopped seasonal fruits or red berries before serving.
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Revisited vegetarian couscous
- 600 g raw peeled red beetroots (4 to 5)
- 700 g raw peeled carrots (8 to 10)
- 45 g Harissa paste
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 20 g fresh peeled chopped ginger
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 200 g raw millet
- 250 g cooked chickpeas
- 30 g dried cranberries
- 40 g coarsely chopped walnuts
- 10 g chopped fresh coriander
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 220°C.
Slice the carrots in half lengthwise. Cut the beetroots into large strips (approximately 1 cm thick). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and arrange the carrots and beetroot strips on it.
In a bowl, combine the harissa, cinnamon, cumin, ginger and olive oil. Pour half of the mixture over the carrots and beetroots, and brush them to ensure that all their surfaces are coated. Season with salt and pepper. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, toast the millet grains in a large cooking pot over medium heat for 3 minutes until they are slightly toasted. Then add 500 ml of water and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil and cover. Cook over medium heat until all the water is absorbed, for approximately 15 minutes. Remove from heat and leave to absorb for a few minutes, then fluff with a fork. Set aside.
In a cooking pot, combine the remaining harissa mixture, the tomato concentrate, 200 ml of water and the chick peas. Simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes. Add the walnuts, dried cranberries, coriander and lemon juice to the millet.
Once the vegetables are cooked to your taste, arrange all the ingredients on a pretty dish.
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Red plum jam with fresh walnuts Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer
- 1 kg pitted red plums
- (picked before their full maturity)
- 850 g caster sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
- 15 fresh walnuts
Wash the red plums and halve them to remove the pits.
Place them in a pot and add the caster sugar and vanilla sugar.
Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
Cook gently for 20 minutes, stirring often. The jam is ready when it coats the ladle.
Shell the walnuts and remove the skins from the walnut halves. Coarsely crush the walnuts and add them to the jam 5 minutes before the end of the cooking process.
Remove the pot from the heat, carefully skim the froth off the jam, and ladle it into sterilised jars. Seal them immediately.
.Festive Rack of lamb in a walnut crust with tarragon and Pecorino Easter Ingredients: For 6 jars 1 rack of lamb with 12 chops 60 g grated Pecorino 40 g walnuts 20 g toasted sesame seeds 3 tbsp breadcrumbs 3 tbsp minced tarragon 2 eggs Salt and pepper Preparation: Toast the sesame seeds in a dry pan for a few minutes. Coarsely crush the walnuts. In a bowl, mix the walnuts with the sesame seeds, grated Pecorino, bread crumbs, minced tarragon, salt and pepper. Preheat the oven to 230°C. Beat the egg and brush it onto the rack of lamb. Then coat the rack of lamb with the walnut mixture. Bake the rack of lamb for 20 minutes. Turn the dish in the oven halfway through the cooking process. When the meat is cooked, wrap it in aluminium foil and allow to sit for 10 minutes before serving.
- 1 rack of lamb with 12 chops
- 60 g grated Pecorino
- 40 g walnuts
- 20 g toasted sesame seeds
- 3 tbsp breadcrumbs
- 3 tbsp minced tarragon
- 2 eggs
- Salt and pepper
Toast the sesame seeds in a dry pan for a few minutes.
Coarsely crush the walnuts.
In a bowl, mix the walnuts with the sesame seeds, grated Pecorino, bread crumbs, minced tarragon, salt and pepper.
Preheat the oven to 230°C.
Beat the egg and brush it onto the rack of lamb. Then coat the rack of lamb with the walnut mixture.
Bake the rack of lamb for 20 minutes. Turn the dish in the oven halfway through the cooking process.
When the meat is cooked, wrap it in aluminium foil and allow to sit for 10 minutes before serving.
.Golden angel wings Mardi Gras
- 250 g wheat flour
- 50 g sugar
- 50 g tepid melted butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 sachet of baking powder
- 1 tbsp orange blossom water
- 1 pinch of salt
- Oil for frying
- Icing sugar
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, yeast, orange blossom water and eggs.
Mix well and add the tepid melted butter to obtain a supple, elastic dough.
Cover with a clean tea towel and allow to raise for 3 hours (the dough should double in volume).
Flour the work surface and roll the dough out to a thickness of between 2 and 5 mm.
Cut out lozenge shapes, then make an incision in the middle so that the angel wings can rise during the cooking process.
Drop the angel wings in the boiling oil and brown them on both sides.
Drain the angel wings on kitchen paper to remove the excess oil and sprinkle with icing sugar.
.Spiced panna cotta with stewed pears
- 5 dl whole cream
- 1 dl skim milk
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
- 2 star anise seeds
- 4 crushed cardamom capsules
- 3 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ½ slit vanilla pod
- 3 sheets of gelatin soaked in cold water
- 2 pears
- 1 tbsp honey
In a saucepan, bring the cream, milk, sugar and spices to a boil.
Simmer over low heat for 15 minutes, then pass through a conical sieve to remove the spice particles. Remove from the heat and reserve for 10 minutes.
Drain the sheets of gelatin, incorporate them into the hot cream, and stir well.
Scoop the cream into 4 individual serving glasses, cover with plastic film, and chill for at least 3 hours.
Peel and seed the pears. Quarter them and finely dice them.
In a saucepan, stew the pears with the honey and a small amount of water. Once the pear pieces are tender, remove from the heat and reserve.
Coat the panna cotta with the stewed pears before serving.
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Frangipane kings cake Epiphany
- For the pastry cream:
- 45 g wheat flour
- 50 g caster sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 dl skim milk
- 1 split vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla paste
- For the almond cream:
- 100 g peeled and powdered almonds
- 100 g softened butter
- 100 g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp brown rum
- To finish:
- 2 round roll of puff pastry dough
- 1 egg yolk for browning the pastry
Preheat the oven to 180°C (th. 6)
Step 1: Prepare a pastry cream. Boil the milk with the split vanilla bean or vanilla paste. Meanwhile, whiten the egg yolks with the sugar and add the flour. Mix well. When the milk simmers, remove the vanilla bean and pour the milk over the whitened yolks. Mix well and pour the mixture into a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes from the time that it begins to boil until it thickens into a cream. Pour it into a dish, cover with plastic film and chill rapidly.
Step 2: Prepare the almond cream. In a bowl, mix the softened butter with the sugar and then add the whole egg, almond powder and rum. Mix well and reserve.
Step 3: Prepare the frangipane cream. Mix the custard and the almond cream until the blend is homogeneous.
Step 4: Prepare the kings cake. Roll out the puff pastry dough and cut out two circles using a cake mould. One may be slightly larger than the other. Place the smaller disk on a lined baking sheet. Spread the frangipane cream over the disk, leaving a margin of 2 cm around the edges. Insert the lucky charm! Cover the disk with the second disk of pastry dough and fold the edges down around the first disk (be careful to seal well). Lightly trace a decoration (such as cross-hatching) with a knife tip and brush the dough with egg yolk.
Bake for approximately 30 to 35 minutes in the lower part of the oven.
Recommendation: the frangipane cream may be prepared a day in advance so that it is firmer.
.Veal tajine with almonds and saffron Pentecost
- 1,2 kg middle-cut breast of veal
- 3 shallots
- 6 small new potatoes
- 1 dl water
- 15 black olives
- 150 g ground blanched almonds
- 1 tsp harissa
- 2 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 packets of saffron filaments
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 bunch of coriander
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Rinse the potatoes. Peel and chop the shallots.
In a cooking pot, heat a tablespoon and a half of olive oil, and sauté the meat. Season with salt and pepper. Once seared, remove the veal from the pot and reserve. Add the rest of the oil and shallots to the pot and sweat for 10 minutes. Bring the meat back to the pot, and add the potatoes, 15 cl of water, and the cinnamon, saffron, thoney, olives and harissa. Cover the cooking pot and bake in the oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Toast the almonds in a dry pan for a few minutes. Place them in the cooking pot, along with the bound bunch of coriander, 15 minutes before the meat has finished cooking.
Before serving, remove the bunch of coriander. Adjust the seasoning. Chop a few leaves of flat parsley.
.Gugelhupf Ascension
- 500 g fine flour
- 200 g butter
- 75 g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 20 cl whole milk
- 15 g bakers yeast
- 1 handful of Corinth raisins
- 1 handful of flaked almonds
Place the flour in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour half of the tepid milk into it. Add the crumbled bakers yeast. Cover with flour and pour the rest of the milk in. Spread the sugar over the surface and finish with the 2 whole eggs. Knead the dough.
Then incorporate the cubed butter and knead thoroughly.
Cover with a clean tea towel and leave to raise in a temperate place for 2 hours.
After this time has passed, punch the dough against the work surface and add the raisins.
Butter and coat the mould with almonds and then fill it with the dough. Leave it to rise for another hour.
Bake the gugelhupf in an oven preheated to 180°C for 45 minutes.
Immediately turn the gugelhupf onto a rack to cool.
.Rhubarb and pistachio crumble tart Mothers Day
- 1 roll of short crust pastry
- 1 kg rhubarb
- 200 g caster sugar
- 1 vanilla pod
- 30 g flour for the dough
- 10 g butter for the mould
Remove any filaments from the rhubarb and chop it into small segments. Split the vanilla bean and scrape the grains into a saucepan. Add the 200 g of sugar and 10 cl of water. Bring to a boil, stirring, and then add the rhubarb. Stir, cover slightly, and leave to stew over medium heat until the rhubarb is very tender (approximately 10 minutes). Leave to cool and then coarsely crush the rhubarb.
Preheat the oven to 200°C and prepare the crumble. In a mixer, coarsely grind the pistachios and almonds with the flour, sugar and butter.
Roll the dough out onto the floured work surface and puncture it with a fork. Spread the rhubarb over the dough, cover with crumble, and sprinkle with pine nuts. Bake for approximately 50 minutes until the crumble is crispy. Serve cold or at room temperature and sprinkle with icing sugar.
.Cod loin fillet in puff pasytr April Fools Day
- 4 cod loin fillets of approximately 140 g each
- 8 slices raw ham
- 2 rectangular puff pastry dough rolls
- 1 egg
- 1 kg green asparagus
- 1 tbsp colza oil
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp minced chives
- 1 tbsp chopped basil
- Juice and zest of 1 lime
- 1 small chopped shallot
- Salt, freshly ground pepper.
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Roll out the puff pastry and cut out 4 fish shapes slightly larger than the cod loin fillets. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Cut fins out of the remaining puff pastry. Decorate the fish with scales by tracing lines with a pair of scissors and draw grooves into the fins using a knife.
Brush the fish-shaped pastry dough with egg yolk. Bake in the middle of an oven for 15 minutes..
Roll each cod loin fillet in two slices of raw ham.
Wash and peel the bases of the asparagus with a vegetable peeler. Cook the asparagus in a large quantity of salted water until tender. Reserve, keeping warm.
To prepare the vinaigrette, prepare the olive oil, lime zests, aromatic herbs and shallots. Season with salt and pepper.
Pour a small amount of colza oil into a hot frying pan and sear each cod loin fillet for 3 to 4 minutes. Drain them on kitchen paper and reserve, keeping warm.
When the puff pastry fish shapes are baked, cut them in half using a serrated knife.
To serve, place each cod loin fillet on the bottom half of a puff pastry fish shape and top with the pastry cover.
Arrange the asparagus and add a dash of vinaigrette. Garnish with edible flowers, sprouts or rocket salad.
.Lamb shank in herb crust, springtime vegetables Easter
- Meat:
- 4 rack of lambs (with 3 chops)
- 60 g breadcrumbs
- 60 g fresh chopped aromatic herbs (chives, parsley, thyme, tarragon)
- 50 g olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 shallot
- 1 tbsp mustard
- 2 dl lamb juice
- 2 dl white wine
- 1 thyme branch
- 1 branch of rosemary
- 40 g butter
- Salt, freshly ground pepper
- Vegetables:
- 100 g shelled fresh peas
- 100 g fine green beans
- 100 g green asparagus
- 100 g whole mini carrots
- 100 g de mini turnips
- 350 g Ratte potatoes
- 20 g butter
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Place the shallot, garlic, mustard and oil in an electric chopper. Blend once, then add the breadcrumbs, aromatic herbs, salt and pepper. Blend again to obtain a homogeneous mixture.
Season the lamb racks with salt and pepper and sear them for 3 minutes on each side in an oiled frying pan. Arrange the racks of lamb in a baking dish and coat the backs with the bread crumb mixture. Place the racks of lamb in the oven and bake them for 12 minutes. Allow to stand outside the oven, covered with a sheet of aluminium foil, for 10 minutes.
Pour off the fat and deglaze the pan with the lamb juice and the white wine, and bring to a boil with the thyme and rosemary branches. Reduce by half, remove the aromatic herbs and whisk with butter. Season. Reserve, keeping warm.
Wash and trim all the vegetables. Bring the salted water to a boil, blanch the vegetables for a few minutes, and then immerse them in iced water. Drain.
Cut each potato in half. In an oiled frying pan, sauté the potatoes for 20 minutes. Reserve, keeping warm.
In a frying pan, sauté the blanched vegetables for a few minutes in butter and season with fleur de sel.
Arrange the rack of lamb with the sautéed potatoes and springtime vegetables. Serve the sauce separately.
.Rosé champagne granita Christmas recipes
- 30 cl water
- 100 g caster sugar
- 2 pink grapefruits
- 75 cl rosé champagne
In a saucepan, combine 30 cl of water and 100 g caster sugar with the 2 pink grapefruits and bring the mixture to a boil.
Remove the mixture from the heat as soon as it boils and add a split vanilla bean. Cover and allow the syrup to infuse. Leave the mixture to cool.
Once the syrup has cooled, add the rosé champagne and reserve the mixture in the freezer.
Wait until the mixture crystallises and then scratch the surface with a fork, then return to the freezer.
Repeat this operation several times, until the entire mixture is frozen.
For the mixture into champagne flutes and decorate each one with a cherry, mint leaf or rose petal. Add a dash of rosé champagne and serve immediately.
.Crème brûlée with "Carambar"
- 1 l cream
- 200 g egg yolks
- 100 g caster sugar
- 20 Carambars
Heat the cream in a saucepan with the Carambars cut into pieces.
In a bowl, mix the egg yolks and the sugar, and incorporate the Carambar cream.
Preheat the oven to 95 C and pour the mixture into individual verrines (small glasses).
Bake at 95°C for 40 minutes and place in the refrigerator.
.Cinnamon stars Christmas recipes
- 3 egg whites
- 1 pinch of salt
- 250 g icing sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 400 g ground almonds
- 1/2 tbsp kirsch
Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks with a pinch of salt to obtain a firm texture.
Delicately incorporate the icing sugar. Once the mixture is blended, remove the equivalent of 6 tbsp to reserve for the icing; keep it chilled in an airtight container.
Then add the cinnamon, ground almonds and kirsch. Blend well and form a homogeneous ball of dough.
Roll out the dough in portions to a thickness of 1 cm on a surface coated with a bit of crystallised sugar.
Cut out stars using a cookie cutter and lift them with a spatula to place them on a parchment-lined oven sheet.
Place a bit of icing on each star and let them dry overnight.
Bake approximately 5 minutes in the middle of an oven preheated to 250°C. Leave to cool on a rack and seal them in an airtight container. Store in a cool, dry place.
.Red plum tart Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer
- Short pastry:
- 200 g fine flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 100 g cold butter
- 0.5 dl water
- Filling:
- 800 g red plums
- 150 g ground hazelnuts or almonds
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
On a clean work surface, pour out the flour and make a well in the centre. Add the cubed cold butter, sugar and salt, and rub with the fingertips to obtain a grainy texture. Incorporate the water and knead to obtain a homogeneous dough. Cover with plastic film and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Then roll the dough out, place it in a parchment-lined cake mould, and sink the edges.
Puncture the dough with a fork and spread the ground almonds or hazelnuts across it.
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Pit and quarter the red plums. Arrange them on the dough, close together.
Sprinkle with caster sugar and bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the middle of the oven.
.Fruits and coconut milk sushi
- 120 g Arborio round-grained rice
- 40 g brown sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 dl coconut milk
- 2 dl semi-skimmed milk
- 100 g strawberries
- 15 g icing sugar
- Ripe fruits: kiwi, strawberries, mango, nectarine
Bring the milk and the coconut milk to the boil. Add the rice and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
Blanch the egg yolk with the sugar and add to the rice at the end of the cooking process. Stir well. Spread the rice out to a 2 cm layer on a baking dish lined with plastic film and chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
Wash, peel and cut the seasonal fruit into thin slices; reserve.
Wash and hull the strawberries, then blend with the icing sugar in a blender to obtain a coulis.
Cut the rice into rectangles of 2 by 5 cm. Decorate with the slices of fruit and arrange on a dish. Serve the sushi with the strawberry coulis.
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Polenta pizza
- 250 g express cornmeal
- 6 dl semi-skimmed milk
- 6 dl vegetable broth
- 2 dl tomato sauce
- 5 button mushrooms
- A few fresh spinach leaves
- 200 g grated mozzarella
- 1 tbsp Provençal herbs
The day before, cook the polenta in a combination of milk and broth. Arrange on a paper-lined baking tray and let cool in the fridge.
Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
Top the polenta patty like a pizza.
Bake in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown.
Serve hot or cold with a tasty salad.
.Red lentil and carrot purée
Combine all the ingredients in a blender except for the stock. Blend the mixture to obtain a purée, gradually adding the stock to obtain a homogeneous yet firm purée.
Serve with toasted whole wheat bread as an appetiser or accompany with a mixed salad and serve as a main dish.
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Mexican salad
- 200 g red beans, cooked
- 1 small can of maize
- 1 red pepper, minced
- 1 yellow pepper, minced
- 200 g green beans, cooked and cut into pieces of 2 cm
- 250 g white rice, cooked
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp Tabasco
- Salt, pepper
In a salad bowl, combine the olive oil, the lemon juice and the Tabasco.
Toss all the salad ingredients and adjust the seasoning.
.White bean blondies with raspberries
- 250 g cooked white beans
- 1.5 dl skim milk
- 200 g raspberries
- 2 eggs
- 100 g brown sugar
- 60 g wheat flour
- 50 g butter
- 100 g white chocolate
Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
Blend the white beans with the milk in a blender to obtain a purée.
Beat the eggs with the sugar until the mixture whitens. Add the flour and the bean purée and mix well.
Melt the butter and incorporate it into the mixture.
Coarsely cut the white chocolate and add it to the mixture with the raspberries. Stir delicately.
For the batter into a square dish lined with parchment paper and bake for 30 minutes in the middle of the oven.
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Grilled fera fillet over green asparagus, creamy lemon sauce
- 800 g Geneva Lake fera fillets
- 2 tbsp white flour
- 800 g green asparagus
- 2 dl white wine
- 2 dl cream with 25% fat content
- 1 tsp corn starch
- Juice and zest of 1/2 lemon
- Salt and pepper
Trim the asparagus and cut them into 2-3 cm long diagonal segments.
Bring salted water to a boil and immerse the asparagus. Cook for 6 minutes, drain and reserve in a warm oven preheated to 70 °C.
Season the fera fillets and coat them with flour. Brown them in a non-stick pan with a small amount of HOLL colza oil. Reserve in the oven with the asparagus.
To prepare the sauce, deglaze the pan with the white wine and lemon juice and reduce. Dilute the cornstarch in a small amount of cream and add this mixture to the white wine, stirring continually. Then incorporate the rest of the cream and adjust the seasoning.
Arrange the asparagus on four plates, top with the fera fillets, add the sauce, and garnish with lemon zests.
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Red berry shortcake
- 4 eggs
- 120 g caster sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp hot water
- 70 g wheat flour
- 70 g cornstarch
- 2 dl cream with 35% fat content
- 250 g light fromage frais
- 100 g caster sugar
- 350 g mixed red berries (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, redcurrants)
For the batter: beat the eggs with the sugar, water and salt until the mixture whitens. Add the wheat flour and the cornstarch and mix well. Pour the batter into a round mould lined with parchment paper and bake in an oven preheated to 180 °C for 20 to 25 minutes. Leave to cool, turn out of the mould, and reserve.
Beat the cream with a small amount of sugar, incorporate the fromage frais, and then incorporate the remaining sugar. Chill to reserve half of this mixture.
Incorporate half of the red berries into the remaining fromage frais mixture. Stir well.
Cut the sponge cake in half and spread the fruity fromage frais on one half. Top with the second half of the spongecake, spread the remaining fromage frais mixture over the entire cake, and top with berries.
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Flamed Tart (Tarte flambée) - World Environment Day
- 400 g unbleached flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 15 g crumbled yeast
- 2.5-3 dl warm water
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 Vaud-style dried sausage
- 3 leeks
- 300 g cream quark
- Salt, pepper, nutmeg
For the dough: mix the flour and the salt, and form a well. Dilute the yeast in some water, pour into the well with the rest of water and the oil. Knead so as to obtain a smooth dough. Cover and let the dough rise at room temperature until it doubles in size.
Cook the Vaud-style dried sausage for 20 min in simmering water. Remove the sausage skin and cut into pieces; set aside.
Wash and chop the leeks, steam in a non-sticking frying pan, season and set aside.
Season the quark with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Divide the dough into 3 portions and roll out with a bit of flour. Spread some quark over the entire surface and cover with the leek and sausage.
Bake for 10 minutes in the middle of an oven preheated to 250 °C.
.Rolled veal roast with apples - Pentecost
- 1 kg middle-cut breast of veal
- 2 tbsp whole-grain mustard
- 1 tbsp dried thyme
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 Belle de Boskoop apples
- 250 g kale
- 1 shallot
- 60 g breadcrumbs
- Salt and pepper
Place the breast of veal flat on a board.
Mix the mustard, thyme and honey together and spread it along both sides of the meat. Season with salt and pepper and chill to reserve for 1 hour.
Sauté the chopped kale with the shallot, then add the diced apples and bread crumbs. Adjust the seasoning if necessary.
Distribute the filling on the meat, roll the roast, and bind it with string.
Brown the roast on all sides in a non-stick pan, then place the roast on a baking tray and bake for 3 1/2 hours at 120°C.
.Bright red gazpacho Valentines Day / Starter
- 4 tomatoes
- 1/2 cucumber
- 1/2 red pepper
- 1 lime
- 10 chives
- 2 celery branches
- 20 g ketchup
- A few sprouts
- A few drops of tabasco
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 dl poultry stock
- Salt and pepper
Peel the tomatoes, cucumber and red pepper, and dice them.
Place the tomatoes in a bowl. Add a bit of salt and pepper, and the tabasco, ketchup, lime juice, and coarsely chopped herbs.
Blend the mixture in a blender and add the 2 dl poultry stock. Chill in the refrigerator until it is time to serve.
To serve, ladle the gazpacho into pretty glasses. Garnish with sprouts and add a celery branch.
.Scallop risotto with green peas and rose petals Valentines Day / Main dish
- 150 g Arborio rice
- 50 g butter
- 40 cl chicken stock (2 stock cubes + water)
- 1 shallot
- 5 cl white wine
- 8 large scallops
- Grated Parmesan
- 200 g peas
Chop the shallots and sauté them in the butter over high heat, then add the rice. Reduce the heat to a minimum.
Dissolve the stock cubes.
When the rice becomes translucent, add the white wine. Once the wine is absorbed, add a ladle of chicken stock to cover the rice and cook until the liquid reduces. Continue stirring and add the grated Parmesan and peas.
Continue adding stock, ladle by ladle, until there is none left. The rice should be creamy and not dry. Season with salt and pepper.
Sauté the scallops in a pan with a substantial amount of butter. Sear them for a maximum of 2 minutes in order to avoid overcooking them. Season with salt and pepper.
Arrange the rice in a dish and top with four scallops in a square shape. Garnish with a few rose petals around the plate.
.Love pear with chocolate Valentines Day / Dessert
- 2 Williams pears
- 100 g chopped dark baking chocolate
- 30 g toasted and coarsely ground almonds and hazelnuts
- Vanilla syrup
- Vanilla ice cream
Wash and dry the pears. Peel the pears and poach them in a small amount of water with the vanilla flavoured syrup.
Break the dark chocolate into chunks and melt it for a minute in the microwave at medium heat.
Place the cooked pears on a plate. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and coat with warm melted chocolate.
Sprinkle with the toasted hazelnuts and almonds.
Garnish with a vanilla bean and add a message of love.
.Crepe batter Candlemas
- 300 g wheat flour
- 3 eggs
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 2 tbsp colza oil
- Approximately 4 dl milk (adjust to the correct batter consistency)
- Optional: small liquor glass of rum or 1/2 glass of beer (subtract amount from milk)
Place the flour in a mixing bowl and form a well in the centre. Crack the whole eggs into the well, and add the sugar and oil.
Delicately mix with a whisk, gradually adding milk, and allow the mixture to chill for one hour in the refrigerator.
Heat a few drops of oil in a non-stick pan, then add a small ladleful of batter and cook the crepes over low heat on each side.
For a touch of originality and to keep it interesting, feel free to use different kinds of flour (buckwheat, common wheat, spelt) and to add various flavours to the basic recipe. Orange blossom water, vanilla or lemon zests add a little something special to the recipe.
.Panna cotta with red berry coulis
- Panna cotta:
- 500 g mascarpone
- 1/4 l milk
- 100 g caster sugar
- 3,5 sheets of gelatin
- 1 vanilla pod
- Vanilla extract
- Red berry coulis:
- 400 g red berries
- 50 g caster sugar
- Juice of 1 lemon
Place the sheets of gelatin in cold water to soften them. Pour the milk into a medium-sized saucepan.
Slit the vanilla, scrape the interior, and incorporate the grains into the milk. Heat over low heat. Add the mascarpone.
Stir well to soften the mascarpone.
Add the sugar and vanilla extract to taste. Heat the mixture. Remove from heat just before the mixture boils. Add the gelatin and stir.
Allow the mixture to infuse for a good 5 minutes. Pour into glasses or transparent ramekins and allow to set in the refrigerator.
Combine the fruits with the lemon and sugar until they render their juice, then blend in a blender to obtain a coulis. Turn out the moulds and pour the coulis over the panna cotta.
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Tea-flavoured crème brûlée
- 30 cl liquid cream
- 5 egg yolks
- 20 cl whole milk
- 90 g caster sugar
- 4 tsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp Earl Grey tea
Preheat the oven to thermostat 6 (180°C). Bring the milk to a boil. Add the tea. Stir, cover, remove from heat, and leave to infuse for 50 minutes.
Filter the milk through a strainer. Pour the egg yolks into a mixing bowl. Then, using the medium setting of an electric beater, beat the yolks with the caster sugar, sprinkled in gradually, until the mixture whitens. Incorporate the milk and cream into this mixture. Filter the cream through a strainer. Distribute the mixture into 4 ramekins. Leave to cool.
Bake for 1 hour over medium heat. The cream should be firm in the centre, but should remain wobbly when the ramekins are shaken. Leave to cool.
Cover the ramekins with plastic film. Chill to reserve for 12 hours.
To serve, sprinkle the tops of each crème brûlée with brown sugar and broil them under a very hot broiler until the coat of sugar melts and caramelises.
Reserve the ramekins for 10 minutes to harden the caramel.
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Tarte tatin
- 8 yellow Golden Delicious apples
- 1 roll of puff pastry dough
- 2 packet vanilla sugar
- Dash of cinnamon
- 100g butter
- 100g caster sugar
Peel the 8 whole Golden Delicious apples. Halve them and core them without cutting up the halves. In a round non-stick tart mould, melt the butter directly over the heat. Add the caster sugar to the tart mould and lower the heat. Continue cooking until a caramel forms.
Arrange the apple halves in a crown shape in the mould with one or two in the centre. Flatten with a spatula from time to time as the apples poach in the caramel. They should become barely golden brown but not blacken. Sprinkle the vanilla sugar and cinnamon over the apples.
Remove from the heat and cover with the puff pastry, pressing the edges down. Bake in the oven for 35 40 minutes.
Serve warm.
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Lemon tart
- 1 mould with a diameter of 26-28 cm
- 1 shortcrust pastry (or short pastry)
- 3 eggs
- 150 g caster sugar
- 3 lemons
- 75 g melted butter
- For the meringue (optional):
- 3 egg whites
- 1 pinch of salt
- 100 g icing sugar
Combine the whole eggs and the sugar in a bowl. Zest and press the 3 lemons. Add the zests and juice to the egg-and-sugar mixture, then add the melted butter. Line a tart pan with the dough, prick with a fork, and pour the mixture into it.
Cook for 40 min at 180°C (thermostat 6). The tart is ready when the top begins to caramelize. Chill to serve cold.
If you wish to add a meringue, add the mixture just before the end of the baking time. To do so, beat three egg whites to firm peaks with a pinch of salt, then gradually add the 100g of icing sugar.
When the tart is fully baked, spread the meringue across the top with broad strokes (overlapping slightly, since the meringue will slightly retract when cooking) and prick with a fork. Return to the oven at 150°C and monitor the baking process. The meringue will brown suddenly. It takes approximately 10-15 minutes.
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Raspberry mousse cake
- Sponge cake:
- 2 eggs
- 60g caster sugar
- 60g wheat flour
- 20g butter
- 1/2 packet yeast
- Mousse:
- 500g raspberries
- 250g fromage blanc with 20 % fat content
- 2dl thick crème fraîche
- 2 eggs
- 100g caster sugar
- 5 large sheets of gelatin
- Icing:
- Raspberry coulis
- 1 large sheet of gelatin
Place a springform circle slightly larger than the shortcake mould in the freezer to freeze for one hour.
Sponge cake: Beat the egg yolks with the sugar, then add the melted butter and yeast. Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks. Add the flour to the egg yolk mixture in two batches, alternating with the egg whites. Pour the batter into a buttered mould and bake for 10 minutes at thermostat 6. Allow the sponge cake to cool.
Mousse: Reserve a few raspberries for the decoration. Cook the raspberries with a small amount of water to obtain a purée. Add the sheets of gelatin soaked in tepid water, then blend in a blender and pass the mixture through a conical sieve to remove the seeds. Mix the fromage blanc, egg yolks, crème fraîche, sugar and raspberry purée together. Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks, then fold them into the mixture. Remove the springform pan from the freezer and place the shortcake inside, then coat it on all sides with the mixture. Freeze in the freezer for one hour.
Icing: Warm the coulis and add the gelatin. Remove the mousse from the freezer and coat with the chilled icing. Garnish with reserved raspberries and chill in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
.Apricot sorbet
- 1 l water
- 1 kg caster sugar
- 750 g (organic) fresh lemon juice
- Lemon zests
Wash and pit the apricots. Blend them in a blender to a fine purée.
Add the sugar, lemon juice and, optionally, a dash of sweet muscat wine.
Blend well and pour into an ice cream machine.
Freeze the sorbet in the freezer for at least 2 hours.
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Melon salad with basil and red berries
- 1 large melon
- 150 g red berries (strawberries, raspberries, redcurrants)
- Juice and zest of 1/2 lemon
- 1/2 vanilla pod or 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 75 g caster sugar
- Handful of fresh basil
Zest the lemon with a vegetable peeler and cut the zest into thin strips. Combine the sugar, lemon zests and 15 cl of water in a saucepan with the 1/2 vanilla pod, slit in half (if using). Simmer gently for approximately 15 minutes until the mixture has a syrupy texture and the lemon zests are candied.
While the syrup is cooking, cut the melon into small pieces and place them in a salad bowl. Wash and dry the red berries and combine them with the melon (cut the strawberries in half if necessary).
When the syrup is ready, remove from the heat, add the lemon juice syrup (and the vanilla extract if using). Allow to cool. You may add a few drops of alcohol to the syrup (rum or raspberry liqueur) but this step is optional. Pour the syrup over the fruit. Add the minced basil leaves. Stir delicately.
Chill for the refrigerator for at least 3 hours to mingle the flavours.
Serve well chilled.
.Citrus salad with honey
- 1 large pink grapefruit
- 1 orange
- 2 kiwis
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp orange blossom water
Cut the peel and rind from the grapefruit and orange. Cut them into slices of 1 cm thick, then into pieces. Peel and cut the two kiwis. Combine the orange flower water and honey, and pour this mixture over the fruit.
Chill to reserve for at least 30 minutes.
Serve chilled.
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TOBLERONE mousse by Hélène
- 750 g milk TOBLERONE cut into pieces
- 1 litre boiling water
- 5 eggs
- 1 litre cream
Bring the water to the boil in a pot.
Break off the TOBLERONE triangles into a bowl and cover them with boiling water.
Let stand for 2 to 3 minutes; remove the water and stir the melted chocolate.
Incorporate the eggs into the melted chocolate.
Whip the cream until thick and add half of it to the chocolate and egg mixture.
Blend delicately and add rest of the whipped cream.
For the mousse into small glasses (verrines) and chill in the fridge for 3 hours.
When ready to serve, sprinkle with chocolate powder and garnish with a TOBLERONE triangle.
Tip: do not melt the TOBLERONE in a bain-marie or in a microwave oven since the excessive heat would melt the nougat fragments in the chocolate.
.Chocolate lava cake
- 200g baking chocolate
- 200g butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 100g cornstarch
Heat the oven to 150°C. Melt the chocolate and butter together in a saucepan.
Then pour into a mixing bowl. Add the sugar and stir. Allow to chill, then add the eggs and cornstarch. Stir to obtain a smooth batter, then pour the mixture into a buttered mould or a mould lined with parchment paper.
Bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
Wait for the chocolate lava cake to cool before turning it out of the mould; otherwise it could collapse, and the melted chocolate could run out.
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Passionfruit pavlova with candied tangerines
- Egg white 150 g
- Castor sugar 150 g
- Cornstarch 10 g
- Salt 2 g
- Lime (juice) 1
- Syrup for the tangerines
- Water 150 g
- Sugar 150 g
- Vanilla pod 1
- Topping
- Chantilly cream 150 g
- Passionfruit (pulp) 8
- Pistachios (grilled) 30 g
- Pomegranate 1
- Hazelnuts (grilled) 30 g
Whip the egg whites in a mixer with a pinch of salt and one third of the sugar.
Add another third of sugar as the whites start to firm and the final third of sugar as they become firm. Gently fold in the cornstarch and lemon juice.
Line a baking tray with parchment paper brushed with a little melted butter or oil. Arrange the meringue in the shape of a large crown and bake at 120°C for 60 minutes until it is slightly golden on top and cracking round the edges.
Prepare the syrup. Peel the tangerines and separate into segments. Plunge the tangerine segments into the syrup when it starts to form large bubbles and then let them infuse gently for 10 minutes. Drain and leave to cool.
For the topping:
Spoon the Chantilly cream into the center of the crown, adding the passionfruit pulp and sprinkling with candied tangerine segments. Add the grilled hazelnuts and pistachios and garnish with pomegranate seeds.
.Oven-roasted whole cauliflower, caramelized with almonds and spices served with herby Gruyere cream
- Cauliflower (small and very fresh) 1
- Unpasteurized Beurre de Baratte butter with salt crystals 100g
- Almonds (flaked) 100g
- Timut pepper 2g
- Black Pearl curry 5g
- Chopped herbs (parsley, coriander, chervil, chives) 50g
- Gruyere double cream 200g
Soften the butter, adding the pepper and Black Pearl curry.
Cut off the outer leaves of the cauliflower, leaving the tender inner leaves.
Coat the cauliflower with the softened butter and cover with flaked almonds.
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 220 °C.
Mix the cream and chopped herbs, season to taste.
Serve the cauliflower with the herb cream.
Variation
For a festive note, replace the chopped herbs with Kasperskian Caviar with life, on sale in our Christmas boutique next to your restaurant.
.Nant D'Avril pullet roasted with truffle butter and winter vegetables
- For the meat
- 1 free-range pullet 1,8 - 2 kg
- Grated truffle 50 g
- Softened butter 100 g
- Salt 3 pinches
- Groundnut oil 2 cl
- Garlic
- Fresh thyme
- Ground pepper
- For the vegetables
- Carrots 150 g
- Vitelotte potatoes 200 g
- Salsify 150 g
- Parsley root 150 g
- Root chervil 150 g
- Kohlrabi 150 g
- Parsnip 150 g
- Salt 5 g
- Pepper 5 turns of pepper mill
- Fresh garlic
- Thyme
- Bay leaf
- Herbs 1 bouquet garni
- Olive oil 2 cl
- Beet greens or leaf spinach 50 g
- For the deglazing liquid
- Red port 2 cl
- Chicken stock 1 cube diluted in 2 dl water
- For the sauce
- Grated black truffle 50 g
- Full fat pouring cream 40 cl
- Salt
- Ground pepper
Cooking the pullet
Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
Prepare the pullet: pluck, eviscerate, scald, clean.
Prepare the truffle butter: mix the softened butter, grated truffle and salt.
Season the inside of the pullet with oil, garlic, fresh thyme, pepper and salt.
Coat the pullets breast and thighs with truffle butter, then truss it.
Peel the vegetables and cut them into large cubes, toss them in oil and arrange them in the cooking dish. Sprinkle with crushed garlic, salt, pepper, thyme and add bay leaves and bouquet garni.
Place the trussed pullet on top of the vegetables and roast together in the oven for 1 hour 45 minutes, basting every 15 minutes.
Take out of the oven, deglaze the pullet with port and drain off and reserve the cooking juices . Keep the pullet and vegetables warm.
The sauce
Add the cream to the deglazing juices and bring to the boil. Take off the heat, add the grated truffle and leave to infuse.
Adjust the seasoning to taste and keep warm.
Serve the meat accompanied by the vegetables, truffle sauce and wilted beet greens or leaf spinach.
Variation
Replace truffle butter with herb butter (50g of chopped fresh chervil, chives and tarragon)
.Nage de gambas with champagne and spices of the Arabian Nights
- 6 raw, unpeeled prawns
- 100g carrots
- 1 spring onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 stem of lemongrass
- 10 cl water
- 20 cl champagne
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1½ rounded teaspoon of Tonkin powder
- A hint of ginger
- 50 g radishes
- 50 g fresh Brussels sprouts
- Salt and pepper
For the bouillon: wash and peel the carrots, then cut into rounds.
Peel and finely chop the white of the spring onion and crush the garlic clove. Chop the lemongrass.
In a sauteuse pan, heat the oil and fry the onion, garlic and lemongrass.
Add carrots, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Deglaze with champagne, let reduce then add water with the heaped teaspoon of Tonkin powder, cover and continue to cook for 30 minutes.
At the end of cooking, blitz in the mixer to get a very smooth texture. Strain, add salt and pepper to taste and put to one side to keep warm.
Wash and slice radishes into thin rounds. Carefully remove a few leaves from the Brussels sprouts, blanch them briefly and put them aside.
For the prawns: cook them for 3 minutes in a large pan of boiling water with ½ teaspoon of Tonkin powder. The drain and peel them.
Pour the bouillon into two bowls, add the prawns and decorate with radishes and sprout leaves.
.Ginger chicken, coconut milk and fresh coriander
- 1 onion
- 2 chicken breasts
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 1 stem of lemongrass
- 3 cm ginger
- 1 small bunch of fresh coriander
- Salt, pepper
Chop the chicken and onion. Fry the onion in a non-stick pan for a few minutes. When it begins to soften and take color, add chicken and cook stirring regularly.
During this time grate the ginger and chop the coriander. Peel the lemongrass and cut it into slices.
When the chicken is almost cooked, pour coconut milk into the frying pan to deglaze, simmer and decant the cooking juices.
In a saucepan, add the lemongrass to the cooking juices, cover and simmer for about ten minutes.
Sieve the liquid then add ginger and chicken. Bring to boiling point, season with salt and pepper. Add the chopped coriander at the time of serving.
.Puff pastry apple roses with almond and pistachio
- 50 g softened butter
- 50 g sugar
- 1 lightly beaten egg
- 50 g ground almonds
- 20 g crushed pistachio
- 1 dl water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 red apples (Gala type)
- 1 sheet puff pastry with butter (½ x 400 g pack)
- icing sugar (optional)
Cream the butter in a bowl, using a whisk. Incorporate sugar little by little along with the beaten egg, ground almonds and crushed pistachio. Put to one side in the fridge. (Almond cream will keep for up to 2 days in the refrigerator.)
Put water and lemon juice in a microwavable bowl and reserve.
Cut the apples in four, remove the core and pips (leave the skin). Slice the apples finely with a mandolin or knife, and immediately place the slices in the bowl of lemon water. Heat in the microwave for 3 minutes or until apple slices have softened. Drain into a colander and reserve.
Unwind the sheet of puff pastry and cut into 4 strips of about 5 cm wide. Spread 2 tsp (10 ml) of the reserved almond cream on each strip. Place the reserved apple slices on the top half of the strip, overlapping them and letting them protrude from the edge of the dough. Fold the lower part of the dough onto the bottom of the apple slices. Wrap the pastry strip tightly to form a rose. Place the rose in a muffin pan. Repeat the operation with the rest of the ingredients to make 4 roses.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 35 minutes or until the pastry is lightly browned. Take the roses out of the tray and sprinkle with icing sugar, if desired.
Tip : If the center of the roses is not tight enough, push a rolled slice of apple into the center of the flower.
.Bibimbap
- 200 g slice of rumpsteak
- 12 cl soya sauce
- 10 g caster sugar
- 4 cloves garlic
- 30 g fresh ginger
- 12 cl sesame oil
- 300 g Basmati rice
- 45 cl water
- 4 carrots
- 200 g soya sprouts
- 200 g baby spinach leaves
- 150 g green beans
- 2 onions
- 6 eggs
- 5 cl olive oil
- 12 cl sesame oil
- 10 g white sesame seeds
- Salt
Rinse the rice in running water, then cook it in salted water. Cover and simmer until the water is completely absorbed. Then remove from the heat, keep covered, and allow the rice to rest for 10 minutes.
Mince the beef into fine strips, then cut it into segments. Peel and chop the ginger and garlic. Combine the sugar, soya sauce, salt, chopped ginger and garlic in a bowl, and then add the sesame oil. Next, coat the meat with the mixture in the bowl and chill to marinate for 30 min.
Bring a large volume of salted water to a boil and cook each of the vegetables separately: begin with the spinach (1 minute, then drain), the soya sprouts (3 min, then drain) and then the beans (8 min, then drain). Separately season the vegetables with a tbsp of sesame oil, the salt and the sesame seeds, then reserve. Peel the carrots and chop them into a julienne. Peel and mince the onion. Heat a tbsp of olive oil in a hot pan, quickly sauté the carrots, salt them, and remove from the heat.
In the same pan, add 1 tbsp of olive oil and sauté the meat in its marinade. When the meat begins to brown, sauté the onion and continue cooking, stirring, for 2 min. Combine the sesame oil and hot pepper sauce. In another pan, fry the eggs sunny side up.
Distribute the rice into the bowls and arrange the vegetables on top, followed by the meat; and then place the egg in the centre. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the top and add 1 tbsp of sauce.
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Korean-style fermented cabbage banchan
- 800 g Chinese cabbage
- 1 carrot, peeled and cut into small sticks
- 1 black radish, washed and cut into small sticks
- 1 onion, peeled and chopped
- Green of 1 leek, cut into strips
- 5 cloves garlic
- 5 cm fresh ginger
- 3 tbsp hot pepper flakes
- 3 domed tbsp wheat flour
- 75 cl water
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
- 6 tbsp fish sauce
- 80 g coarse salt
Chop the base off the cabbage and quarter it lengthwise. Then chop each quarter of the cabbage into small bite-sized pieces. Rinse the pieces under cold water in a strainer and place in a mixing bowl. Sprinkle them with coarse salt, stir well, and leave to drain for 2 1/2 hours, stirring regularly.
Once drained, rinse the cabbage several times under cold water. Set aside.
In a saucepan, dissolve the flour in the water and heat for 5 min.
Add the sugar, stir, and thicken over low heat.
Remove the saucepan from the heat and immerse its base in a large bowl of iced water to cool the mixture. Reserve.
Peel and mince the onion, garlic and ginger, then combine them with the fish sauce.
In a mixing bowl, combine the thickened flour with the fish sauce.
Add the chopped vegetables and hot pepper, then the drained cabbage. Stir.
For the mixture into clean glass jars and chill to marinate for at least 24 hours.
Serve on its own as a salad, or rolled in a salad leaf with rice and marinated beef.
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Tteokguk or Korean beef and rice soup
- 400 g shin of beef
- 600 g rice noodles
- 4 quail eggs
- 100 g leeks
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 l water
- 10 g soya sauce
- 5 g coarse salt
- Salt and pepper
- Sesame oil to serve
Add the coarse salt and the peeled and finely chopped garlic cloves to boiling water and boil the meat in it for 1 hour. Remove and reserve the cooked meat. Keep the stock cool, and when the fat rises to the top, skim it off.
Cut the meat into small pieces. Marinate the meat in a bowl with the soya sauce, the two peeled and chopped garlic cloves, the chopped leeks and a little pepper. Set aside.
Beat the eggs in a bowl and pour them into a non-stick pan. Cook them into an omelette over low heat. Once cooked, cut the omelette into strips.
Heat the stock again over high heat and cook the rice noodles in it. When the noodles rise to the surface, lower the heat, add the leek strips, and season with salt and soya sauce to taste, then simmer the mixture for 2 minutes.
Serve the soup in bowls, topped with the egg and meat, and season with a dash of sesame oil.
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Korean kimchi soup with pork, tofu and noodles
- 200 g kimchi (spicy fermented cabbage)
- 100 g pork meat (rib or brisket)
- 100 g tofu
- A few mushrooms (optional)
- Water (if needed while cooking)
- 450 ml chicken stock
- 3 tbsp scallions or leeks, minced
- 1/2 onion
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- 1 tbsp sesame seed oil
- 1 tbsp powdered hot pepper
- Gochujang paste (Korean chilli)
- Salt (to taste)
Cut the kimchi into pieces, the pork into fine slices and the tofu into cubes, and then mince the scallion or leek.
In a stew pot or deep pan, heat the sesame oil, then add the garlic and stir. Add the pork and cook for a while, then add the onion, followed by the kimchi. Sauté for a few minutes, turning so that every side is browned. If the kimchi is not very fermented, you might spice it up a bit with gochujang.
Add the chicken stock to cover the mixture (add salt if necessary), then incorporate the tofu and, if desired, the mushrooms. Cover the cooking pot and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes. The longer it cooks, the better it tastes! Add water if necessary.
Season with salt and sprinkle with powdered hot pepper and minced scallions. Bring to a boil before serving with a bowl of plain white rice.
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Kimbap or large Korean rice and vegetable makis
- 4-5 toasted algae sheets (kim)
- 400-500 g cooked Asian sticky rice
- 2 eggs
- 1 carrot
- 1/2 cucumber, sliced lengthwise
- 1 yellow radish (pickled daikon radish - Danmuji)
- 1 slice of boneless ham
- Sesame oil
- Sesame seeds
- Salt
Season the rice with 2 tbsp sesame oil and a bit of salt. Stir.
Beat the eggs and prepare a fine omelette in a frying pan with a little oil.
Cut the omelette, the carrot, the half cucumber, the daikon radish and the slice of ham into a julienne. Sauté the carrots and ham in an oiled pan.
Place a sheet of algae on the sushi mat, shiny side down. Coat 2/3 of the sheet with rice, ensuring that the layer is homogeneous without crushing the rice. Arrange the julienned ingredients lengthwise along the first third of the rice. Using a sushi mat, roll the algae over itself in one layer to wrap up the ingredients. Press the roll gently to stick the rice to the sheet of algae. Continue the operation until you reach the end of the algae sheet and finish by pressing well all along the mat. Spread a coat of sesame oil along the roll to finish adhering it and to make the kimbap shiny.
Cut the kimbap into fine slices using a very sharp knife. Arrange the kimbap on a plate and sprinkle with a few sesame seeds. You might serve the kimbap with soya sauce.
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Hotteok or sweet Korean pancakes
- 150 g wheat flour
- 1 egg
- 20 ml milk
- 5 g caster sugar
- 4 g fresh yeast
- 1 pinch of salt
- 10 ml hot water
- Cooking oil
- 30 g brown sugar
- 1 pinch of cinnamon (or more to taste)
- 5 g chopped unsalted peanuts
- 5 g chopped walnuts
- 2-3 tbsp honey
Dissolve the yeast in a glass of hot water. Mix well.
In a mixing bowl, combine the sifted flour, salt and sugar.
In another bowl, beat the milk and egg together.
Combine the flour mixture with the milk and egg mixture. Incorporate the dissolved yeast and knead the mixture to obtain a smooth, elastic ball of dough. Add a bit more sifted flour if the mixture is too liquid. Then wrap the ball of dough in plastic wrap and leave to rise at room temperature for 30 to 60 minutes.
During this time, prepare the filling. In a bowl combine the brown sugar, powdered cinnamon, chopped peanuts and walnuts. Add the honey and mix well.
Divide the dough into equal portions for the desired number of hotteoks. Make a well in each hotteok, place a bit of the filling inside, and close the ball around it.
Place the hotteoks in a well-oiled pan, pinched side down. Cook over low heat. Once the hotteoks begin to brown, turn them over and press gently on the tops with the bottom of an oiled recipient to flatten them slightly. Cook them on both sides until they are golden brown like pancakes.
.Gogumattang or fried sweet potatoes with honey
- 1 large sweet potato
- 1 litre cooking oil
- 1 tbsp oil
- 3-4 tbsp caster sugar
- 1-2 tsp water
- Black or white sesame seeds
- 1-2 tbsp honey
Peel the sweet potato and cut it into thick slices, then into small triangular wedges of approximately 4 cm long.
Immerse the potato wedges in a bowl of cold water for a few minutes to remove the starch. Remove the potato wedges and dry them well. Set aside.
Heat the frying oil in a cooking pot to 160° 180°C and fry the potato wedges until golden brown. Careful, the potatoes cook quickly. Reserve the cooked potatoes on an oiled plate.
In a saucepan, mix one tbsp of oil with 3 to 4 tbsp of sugar and heat. When the mixture boils, add the fried potatoes. Stir gently. Incorporate 1 to 2 tsp cold water to keep the potato pieces from sticking together.
Arrange the sweet potato wedges in a plate and sprinkle with sesame. Add sugar or honey if necessary.
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Hobbang or red bean dumplings
- 400 g dried red beans
- 140 g sugar (preferably brown)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 l water or more
- 400 g wheat flour
- 10 g oil or butter
- 30 g caster sugar
- 5 g salt
- 10 g yeast
- A small amount of water or milk
The day before, soak the beans in water to rehydrate them.
Rinse the beans well and cook them in 1 litre of water for 50 to 60 minutes. Add water if necessary. The beans are cooked when they may be easily crushed with a fingertip. Mash the beans to a purée with a small amount of water or blend them in a blender to obtain a nice smooth filling.
Add the brown sugar and salt and mix well. Return the saucepan to the heat so that the filling solidifies slightly. Set aside. To make milk hobbangs, heat the milk for 20 seconds in the microwave.
Sift the flour in a mixing bowl. Add the salt, yeast and sugar in three separate piles that do not touch. Pour the water or milk and first gently combine with the salt and sugar, then the yeast. Add the oil or butter gradually and knead the dough to obtain a smooth, elastic texture.
Divide the dough into identical balls of approximately 60 g each.
Stretch each ball out, place a bit of bean purée in the centre, and pinch it shut. Place the dough balls in an oven-proof dish and wrap in plastic film.
Heat the oven to 180° 200°C for a few minutes, then switch the oven off. The oven should be hot but not burning. Place the dish containing the filled hobbangs in the switched-off oven and heat for 1 1/2 hours.
Remove the hobbangs from the oven, place on kitchen paper, and cook in a steamer for 10 minutes. Then switch off the steamer and allow to rest for 3 minutes before removing the hobbangs.
Serve the bean dumplings hot. They do not stay fresh for long unless chilled. To reheat them, moisten them with a few drops of water and heat them for 30 seconds in the microwave.
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Lentil dahl and tofu skewers
- 200 g red lentils
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 piece of fresh ginger (2-4 cm)
- 50 cl of coconut milk
- 1 liter vegetable broth
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
- Curry
- Curcuma
- Garam masala
- Fresh coriander
- Baby spinach
- Tofu
- Basmati rice
- Flaked almonds
Heat 1 liter of water with a cube of vegetable broth.
Rinse the lentils, drain them and cook for 10 to 15 minutes in the vegetable broth, adding 1 teaspoon of curry, salt and pepper. Drain and reserve.
During this time, finely chop the onion, garlic and ginger. Brown in olive oil for 3 minutes. Add curry, turmeric and garam masala, then stir in the coconut milk. Correct the seasoning. Bring everything to a boil and keep a little of the sauce for dressing.
Pour the rest of the sauce over the lentils, add the finely chopped coriander and the spinach then heat over a low temperature.
Cut tofu into cubes of about 3 cm and lightly fry in olive oil until golden on all sides. Prepare skewers with 3 cubes of tofu alternating with spinach leaves.
Put everything on a plate, pour the reserved sauce over the tofu skewers and serve with basmati rice scattered with grilled flaked almonds.
.Baked onions with crunchy vegetables
- 4 large yellow onions
- 3 new potatoes
- 1 parsnip
- 1 yellow carrot
- 1 orange carrot
- 3 vitelotte (purple) potatoes
- 1 slice of squash
- 100 g of chanterelles
- 3 spring onions
- 100 g of chestnuts
- 1 bunch of grapes
- 4 figs
Preheat oven to 220 °C.
Wrap each onion in aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes.
In the meantime, peel and cut the vegetables. Fry them lightly in a small amount of butter in the following order: new potatoes, parsnips, carrots, vitelotte potatoes, squash, chanterelles, spring onion, chestnuts, grapes and figs. Reserve.
When the onions are baked, slice off the tops, hollow them out and fill them with the mixed vegetables. Put the tops back on the onions and serve.
.Breaded tofu sticks with almonds and beet ketchup
- 100 g of cane sugar
- 7.5 cl of balsamic vinegar
- 1 diced tomato
- 175 g of cooked beet
- 2 tablespoons of tomato concentrate
- 2 tablespoons of curry
- 400 g of firm tofu
- flour
- 2 eggs
- Salt, pepper
- 1 teaspoon of paprika
- 200 g roasted flaked almonds
- Olive oil
Pour the sugar into a saucepan and let it melt until caramelized.
Add balsamic vinegar and bring to a boil.
Add diced tomatoes, beet, tomato paste, curry.
Reduce and reserve.
Rinse and drain tofu and then cut into sticks.
Beat the eggs in a bowl and season with salt, pepper and paprika.
Dip the sticks one by one into the flour, then beaten egg and then into the flaked almonds.
Pour a little olive oil into a frying pan and cook the sticks over medium heat. Turn them on each side so that they are well browned.
Serve hot accompanied with ketchup.
.Quinoa, beet and sweet potato salad
- 5 tablespoons of olive oil
- Salt, pepper
- Zest and juice of a lemon
- 100 g of baby spinach
- 150 g of cooked red quinoa
- 2 avocados
- 6 sticks of celery
- 1 large sweet potato
- 2 large beets
- 100 g of kale
- Mixture of shiso shoots
Mix olive oil, salt, pepper, zest and juice of lemon in a bowl and then reserve.
Peel and cut the sweet potato into quarters and fry lightly in olive oil. Once they are cooked, reserve. Repeat the same operation for the beet.
Finely chop the celery, cut the avocados into cubes and remove the central stem from the kale leaves before chopping.
Put all the ingredients in a bowl, drizzle with sauce and mix.
.Cereal bars
- 100 g oatmeal
- 25 g puffed quinoa
- 30 g corn flakes
- 50 g almonds
- 30 g unsalted pistachios
- 60 g dried apricots
- ½ egg white
- 70 g agave syrup
- 3 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 1 pinch of salt
Pre heat oven to 160 °C
Cut the dried apricots and almonds into small pieces. Mix all the dried ingredients (oatmeal, puffed quinoa, corn flakes, almonds, pistachios and chopped dried apricots) in a bowl.
Add the half egg white and agave syrup, rapeseed oil and salt. Mix well once more. Cover a baking tin with greased parchment paper and pour the home-made cereal bar mixture into it, pressing down well. Bake for approximately 15 minutes.
When the cereal mixture is golden brown, take it out of the oven and let it cool a little. Cut it into 9 x 3 cm strips. Be careful not to let it cool too much as it will become hard and break.
.Breakfast bowls
- 150 g plain yoghurt
- 4 tbsp oatmeal
- 4 strawberries
- A few blueberries
- 1 banana
- 1 tbsp unsalted pistachios
- 1 tbsp dried cranberries
- 1 tbsp almonds
Wash the strawberries and blueberries.
Pour the yoghurt into a bowl, then the oatmeal on half the bowl.
Finely slice the strawberries and banana and garnish the other half of the bowl. Add the almonds, pistachios and cranberries. Eat immediately with a vanilla-infused red tea.
.Oil-free salad dressing
- 100 g plain yoghurt
- 1 tbsp whole-grain mustard
- Parsley
- Chives
- Basil
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 shallot
- 1 dl white balsamic vinegar
- 1 dl cold poultry stock
- Salt and pepper
Finely mince the garlic and shallot and reserve.
Blend the yoghurt, mustard, garlic and shallot in a bowl and reserve. Mince the aromatic herbs and add, then stir the mixture again. Dilute the dressing with the vinegar and poultry stock according to the desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
Pour over the salad.
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Seed and nut mix
- Hemp seeds
- Blanched almonds
- Crushed walnuts
- Pumpkin seeds
- Ground flax seeds
- Chia seeds
In a non-stick pan, combine the hemp seeds, almonds, walnuts and pumpkin seeds, and toast the mixture.
Add the flax seeds and then the chia seeds. Toast for 3 to 5 minutes.
Allow the mixture to cool and place in an airtight container.
Store in a dry, dark place.
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Cream cheese with green peas and basil
- 100 g cream cheese (such as St Môret®)
- 50 g frozen peas
- A few leaves of fresh basil
- Salt and pepper
- 1 pack of crackers
Rinse the peas in cold water to thaw them.
Place them in a bowl and crush them with a fork. Add the cream cheese, one to two pinches of salt, a few turns of the pepper mill, and the finely minced basil.
Mix well and spread on crackers.
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Kale Smoothie
- 300 ml coconut water
- 1 bowl roughly chopped kale
- ½ pineapple, peeled and with eyes removed
- 1 Gala apple
Put the coconut water, kale, pineapple and apple in a blender.
Blend until the texture is smooth (add a little more coconut water if it is too thick for your taste) and serve.
.Sauce vierge for white meats and fish
- 1 shallot
- 2 kiwis
- 1 yellow tomato
- 1 carrot
- Parsley
- Chives
- Lemon juice
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Finely dice the shallot, kiwis, tomato and carrot, and combine in a bowl.
Add the finely minced parsley and chives, salt, pepper, and lemon juice.
Cover with olive oil and toss.
Serve with a white meat or fish.
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Flavoured water pear and cinnamon
- Pear
- Cinnamon stick
- Still water
Wash the pear and cut into thin slivers.
Put the ingredients into a glass and cover with water.
Leave in the refrigerator overnight to infuse and enjoy the following day.
.Flavoured water lemon and thyme
- Lemon
- Fresh thyme
- Still water
Wash the lemon and cut into thin slivers.
Put the ingredients into a glass and cover with water.
Leave in the refrigerator overnight to infuse and enjoy the following day.
.Flavoured water apple and cinnamon
- Gala apple
- Cinnamon stick
- Still water
Wash the apple and cut into thin slivers.
Put the ingredients into a glass and cover with water.
Leave in the refrigerator overnight to infuse and enjoy the following day.
.Flavoured water orange, lemon and ginger
- Orange
- Lemon
- Fresh ginger
- Still water
Wash the fruits and cut into thin slivers.
Put the ingredients into a glass and cover with water.
Leave in the refrigerator overnight to infuse and enjoy the following day.
.Flavoured water raspberry and lime
- Raspberries
- Lime
- Fresh mint
- Sparkling water
Wash the raspberries.
Put the ingredients into a glass and cover with water.
Leave in the refrigerator overnight to infuse and enjoy the following day.
.Flavoured water orange, verbena and lemon
- Orange
- Lemon
- Fresh mint
- Infused verbena
Wash the fruits and cut into thin slices.
Put the ingredients into a glass and cover with water. Leave in the refrigerator overnight to infuse and enjoy the following day.
.Flavoured water strawberries and basil
- Strawberries
- Basil
- Still water
Wash the strawberries and cut into thin slices.
Put the ingredients into a glass and cover with water.
Leave in the refrigerator overnight to infuse and enjoy the following day.
.Flavoured water lemon, melon and cucumber
- Lemon
- Melon balls
- Cucumber
Wash the lemon and cut into thin slices. Cut the melon into 2 and take the balls with a Parisian spoon.
Put the ingredients into a glass and cover with water. Leave in the refrigerator overnight to infuse and enjoy the following day.
.Navarin of veal with spring vegetables
- 1 kg boneless shoulder of veal
- 1 onion chopped fine
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- 10 cl white wine
- 25 gr flour
- 200 gr freshly shelled green peas
- 200 gr mange-tout or snow peas
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 bouquet garni
- 1 bunch small new turnips
- 1 bunch new carrots with tops
- 2 spring onions chopped
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
Cut the meat into 3 cm x 3cm cubes, season with salt and pepper.
Heat the olive oil in a large pan, brown the meat on all sides. Add the crushed garlic and finely chopped onion.
Wash the vegetables, peel the carrots and the turnips, and cut into chunks.
Sprinkle the meat with the flour and let it brown slightly, mix well, deglaze the pan with the white wine, then add enough water to cover the meat. Add the herbs and cover. Simmer for 40 minutes on low heat and stir regularly.
Add the carrots and turnips, then cook for 25 minutes more. In a separate pan, bring water with a little salt to the boil, throw in the fresh garden peas and mange-tout peas for about 5 minutes.
When the stew is cooked, drain the green vegetables and add them to the pan.
Mix rapidly, cover again and cook for 10 minutes on low heat.
Just before serving, check the seasoning and add the chopped spring onions.
.Octopus salad
- 400 g octopus
- 200 g new potatoes, peeled and cut into rounds
- Olive oil
- 50 g cherry tomatoes
- 10 g capers
- 2 large organic lemons
- 150 g fava beans, blanched and peeled
- 20 g lovage, parsley and coriander, chopped
- 1 bouquet garni
- Salt and pepper
Immerse the whole octopus in a large cooking pot of salted water with the bouquet garni and cook for approximately one hour and 15 minutes over medium heat.
Check whether the octopus is done using a pick. It should easily pierce the meat.
Drain and rinse in cold water.
Wash, zest and press the organic lemons.
Combine the lemon juice with the zests, salt and pepper in a mixing bowl. Add the olive oil. Stir and add the capers.
Add the cherry tomatoes cut into halves, the fava beans, and the new potatoes, as well as the octopus cut into large pieces.
Finish by sprinkling with the chopped herbs and stir delicately.
.Mediterranean-style bouillabaisse
- Approximately 4 kg of fish and seafood (scorpion fish, weever, gurnard, monkfish, green crab, sea bass, John Dory, red mullet or red gurnard, conger or whiting, sea bream)
- Salt, pepper, 1 cup olive oil
- 3 minced onions
- 4 crushed cloves of garlic
- 5 blanched tomatoes chopped into a brunoise
- 2 minced fennels
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1 bunch of parsley, chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- Zest of 1 organic orange
- 4 dl fish stock
- 1 tsp saffron
- 30 g tomato concentrate
- 16 Château potatoes
Remove the scales from the fish and clean them.
Cut them into segments and place them in two dishes according to firmness. On one side, the types of fish that remain firm when cooked: Scorpion fish, weever, gurnard, monkfish and crab. On the other side, the tender fish such as sea bass, John Dory, conger or whiting, sea bream and green crab.
Sauté the fish in a large cooking pot over low heat with the olive oil, onions, garlic, tomatoes, thyme, fennel, parsley, bay leaf and orange zest. Deglaze with 3 dl dry white wine.
Place the firm fish in the pot and cover with the fish stock. Season with salt, pepper and saffron. Then add the tomato concentrate. Boil over high heat for 5 minutes.
Then add the tender fish, cover with the fish stock, and boil over high heat for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and set the fish aside.
Cook the Château potatoes in the reserved stock. Return the fish to the stock and serve very hot with croutons and rouille.
.Red seaweed and coconut panna cotta with red berries
Panna cotta:
150 g whipped cream with 35% fat content
150 g coconut purée
50 g caster sugar
3 g red seaweed (agar-agar)
Crumble:
100 g wheat flour
100 g butter
10 g caster sugar
50 g grated coconut
2 g salt
To garnish:
Red berries of your choice
Heat the coconut purée with 50 g of sugar.
Add the red seaweed (agar-agar) and continue heating for 2 minutes.
Incorporate the whipped cream, stir, and pour into glasses. Chill to reserve.
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, grated coconut, sugar and salt, then incorporate the butter.
Spread the crumble on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in an oven preheated to 160 °C for approximately 10 minutes until golden brown.
Allow to cool and sprinkle the panna cotta with the coconut mixture, then garnish with red berries.
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Olivier Salad Russian salad - World Cup 2018 - Russia
- 5 potatoes
- 2 medium carrots
- 150 g extra fine peas
- 200 g diced ham
- 1/2 red pepper
- 6 - 8 pickles
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tsp mustard
- Salt and pepper
Boil the potatoes and carrots in salted water.
Peel them and allow them to cool completely.
Cut the vegetables into small, regular cubes and reserve them in a salad bowl.
Add the peas, diced ham, mayonnaise and mustard to the salad bowl.
Toss and season.
Serve according to your whims and the occasion:
Traditional presentation in a dome shape by turning the contents of the salad bowl onto a dish. Garnish and serve in slices like a cake.
Cut out with a cookie cutter to form individual servings.
Arrange on filo pastry sticks that have been rolled and baked in a 200° C oven to present as a crispy appetiser
.Classic bortsch World Cup 2018 Russia
- 400 g beef brisket
- 400 g pork brisket
- 120 g onions
- 300 g potatoes
- 300 g raw beetroot (1 large beetroot)
- 120 g carrots
- 250 g cabbage
- Tomato concentrate or 2 peeled fresh tomatoes
- 1 to 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Dill and parsley
- Bay leaf
- Lemon juice
- Crème fraîche
- Garlic
- Salt, sugar and pepper
Cut the meat into small pieces.
Place the pieces of meat in simmering water, maintain at a boil, and cook for 15 minutes in the stew pot.
Cut the carrots and potatoes into small pieces, then slice the cabbage, beetroot and onion into fine slices.
Add the carrots and potatoes to the meat.
Then add the cabbage and part of the herbs.
Season and cook for approximately 15 minutes.
Add the tablespoon of sugar and the lemon juice.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and sauté the onion, then add the beetroot.
Add this mixture to the contents of the stew pot.
Five minutes before the mixture is fully cooked, add the cabbage, bay leaf, tomato concentrate and fresh tomatoes.
Season with garlic.
Then leave the mixture aside for 15 to 20 minutes.
Serve in a soup bowl with a spoonful of crème fraîche and the rest of the chopped herbs.
Tip:
The beetroot is cooked separately in a frying pan. It is added to the meat at the end of the preparation after the lemon juice.
This is a very important point that maintains the red colour that makes this soup so appetising.
Syrniki World Cup 2018 Russia
- 250 g fromage blanc
- 1 small egg
- 30 g sugar
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 pat of butter
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 pinch of salt
- Icing sugar
- Flour for cooking
In a mixing bowl, thoroughly combine the fromage blanc with the sugar and salt.
Incorporate the egg, then the flour, and mix well to obtain a homogeneous blend. Chill to reserve for one hour.
Roll small balls of dough, flatten them slightly, and dip them in the flour to lightly coat them.
Heat the butter and oil in a frying pan and fry the syrniki for 3 to 4 minutes on each side until they are golden brown.
Drain them on kitchen paper, sprinkle with icing sugar, and serve tepid, for example accompanied with red berries and sour cream.
Recommendations:
Syrniki are generally prepared with tvorog, a Russian fromage blanc with a rather dense texture similar to that of cottage cheese.
Green apple smoothie
1 green apple peeled
Juice of 1 grapefruit
6 large romaine lettuce leaves
1 cup (250 ml) water
1/2 banana
1 cm fresh ginger passed through garlic press
Put all the ingredients in a blender until completely mixed and smooth.
Add a little more water if preferred more liquid.
.Chilled crab and apple salad
- 200 g mixed lettuce leaves
- 1 Belgian endive
- 400 g crab meat
- 2 apples
- 4 spring onions
- 1 lime
- ¼ bunch fresh coriander
- 4 cl olive oil
- 6 pinches table salt
- 6 pinches Espelette mild chili
Zest and juice the lime.
Wash the onions, slice the white part finely and chop the green stems. Peel the apples and dice 2/3 very small, then the rest into sticks.
Wash and chop the fresh coriander.
Shred the crab meat carefully, removing any cartilage, then mix in a bowl with the diced apple, onions and coriander. Season with olive oil, the lime juice and zests, salt and Espelette mild chili.
Serve the mixture with a mould or in quenelles, decorate with apple sticks.
Garnish with mixed lettuce on the side or as a bed for the crab mixture and a few endive leaves as decoration.
.Veal and apple stew
- 2.5 kg boneless veal shoulder
- 8 onions
- 2 carrots
- 1 bouquet garni
- 750 g button mushrooms
- 80 g peanut oil
- 3 tbsp wheat flour
- 1 l white veal stock
- 3 dl (or 3 small glasses) of cider
- 1.5 kg apples
- Salt and pepper
Cut the meat into large cubes.
Brown in the oil in a large stewing pot with the onions cut into quarters and carrots sliced into rounds.
Add the mushrooms cut into quarters. Sprinkle with flour and let it get brown.
Pour in the cider and scrape the bottom of the pan, then add the veal stock.
Cover and leave to simmer for about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Add the apples cut into quarters and cook for another 30 minutes.
Adjust the seasoning.
Serve in the casserole pot.
.Baked apples with pink praline almonds
- 4 Golden apples
- 60g pink praline almonds
- 20 g salt butter
Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
Peel (optional) and core the apples.
Put them in a baking dish.
Put the crushed praline almonds into the middle (keep a little to decorate when serving). Put a little salt butter on top of the apples to make them more yummy.
Pour a little water in the bottom of the dish and bake for 20 to 30 minutes, basting regularly.
Serve in a small bowl with the cooking juice and a pinch of pink pralines to decorate.
.Chilled pea soup with ricotta and flat croutons
- 250 g fresh garden peas + 50 g for decoration
- 1/2 l chicken stock
- 1 shallot
- 20 g butter
- 150 g ricotta
- 2 sprigs of lemon balm
- 1 lime
- 1 dribble olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 2 slices soft white bread
Melt the butter and add the finely chopped shallot.
Brown to golden and then add chicken stock.
When the liquid boils add the fresh peas.
Simmer for 15 minutes.
Blend the preparation. Cool in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
Gently mix the ricotta, finely chopped lemon balm, lime zests and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
Fry the flat croutons that have been cut into lozenge shapes.
Serve in soup bowls, with a ricotta quenelle, the fried flat croutons, and decorate with the remaining fresh peas and a few lemon balm leaves.
.Small lake geneva perch «like anchovies»
- 500 g small Lake Geneva perch fillets 10/20 gr
- 250 g de Noirmoutier grey coarse sea salt
- 5 dl olive oil
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 sprig of fresh thyme
- 1 sprig of rosemary
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 bunch red sorrel
- 1 bunch borage flowers
- 4 tomatoes of different colours (pineapple tomato, black Crim, green zebra)
- 2 sucrine lettuces
- 50 g brown button mushrooms
- 100 baby artichokes
- 50 g round red radishes
- 50 g Taggiasca olives
- 0.5 dl aged Modena balsamic vinegar
Perch fillets in coarse salt
Remove the skin from the perch fillets
Spread a layer of coarse salt in large platter.
Place the perch fillets flat on the salt.
Cover the fillets with the remaining salt.
Leave to marinate for 15 minutes.
De-salt the fillets under a stream of cold water.
Let the fillets dry on a dishcloth. Put them into a jar with the olive oil, garlic, thyme and rosemary. Leave for 24 hours.
Presentation
Cut the outer leaves of the baby artichokes by turning.
Peel the tomatoes and remove the seeds.
Plate up all the ingredients and season with the oil from the perch fillets and the aged balsamic vinegar.
.Chocolate soufflé tart
- Sweet pastry
- 150 g butter
- 90 g icing sugar
- 30 g almond powder
- 1 g salt
- 225 g flour
- 15 g cocoa powder
- 1 egg
- Cream
- 2 egg yolks
- 125 g whole cream
- 50 g sugar
- 120 g 70% chocolate (couverture)
- Chocolate soufflé
- 5 egg whites
- 110 g sugar
- 180 g 70% chocolate (couverture)
- 10 egg yolks
- 100 g milk
- 40 g cocoa powder
Sweet chocolate pastry
Soften the butter with a beater, then add the salt, icing sugar and almond powder, until the mixture is smooth.
Add the egg while still beating.
Stop beating and add the cocoa powder mixed with the flour in two goes.
Cover the pastry with cling film and put into the refrigerator for 4 hours.
Remove from the refrigerator and roll out the pastry on a floured worktop, turning it to until it is 2 millimetres thick.
Put the pastry into the mould and cut off the surplus around the edge. Cool in the refrigerator again for about 5 - 10 minutes.
Pierce the bottom of the pastry with a fork, so that it does not puff up whilst cooking.
Let it rest for 1 2 hours in the refrigerator.
Bake for 10 minutes at 175 °C (th.6). Leave to cool.
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Chocolate cream
Heat the cream in a pan. Meanwhile, quickly beat the egg yolks with the sugar.
When the cream comes to the boil, pour it into a cold bowl and add the mixed sugar and egg yolks.
Put back on the heat and stop cooking just before boiling point.
Cover the chocolate cut into pieces with the custard and mix delicately with a rubber spatula.
Use an immersion mixer to make the custard very smooth.
Cover the custard with cling film and leave it to rest in the refrigerator for 6 hours.
Remove the pastry from the mould. With a brush, spread the bottom of the pastry with the chocolate (couverture).
Butter grease-proof paper and put it between the mould and the pastry of the tart to create a paper wall that will support the soufflé when it rises.
Fill the tart halfway up with the chocolate custard, using a piping bag.
Chocolate soufflé
Beat the egg whites delicately.
In a bain-marie, heat the milk, chocolate and egg yolks, stirring constantly.
Add the sugar to the egg whites while continuing to beat them until the meringue is stiff.
Fold in the meringue little by little into the chocolate, egg yolks and milk mixture.
Add the cocoa powder and whisk gently.
Put the mixture into a piping bag and add an even layer on top of the chocolate custard. Smooth the surface with a small spoon.
Bake at 200 °C (th.7) for 8 minutes.
Leave the chocolate soufflé tart to cool for 2 minutes, dust with a little cocoa powder (optional), and serve while still warm.
.Marinated swiss beef tataki, creamy mashed avocado with wasabi and crunchy vegetables
- 600 g prime Swiss beef rumpsteak
- 1 dl light soy sauce
- 1 dl sesame oil
- 50 g mirin
- 1 lemongrass stalk
- 100 g fresh ginger
- 1 bunch fresh coriander
- 3 limes
- 4 ripe avocados
- 30 g wasabi paste
- 1 cucumber
- 1 diakon white radish
- 1 bunch red radishes
- 1 bunch pink radishes
BEEF MARINADE
Mix the soy sauce, mirin, 0.5 dl sesame oil, chopped lemongrass, chopped ginger, lime zests and coriander leaves torn off the stalks.
Marinate the meat all night in the refrigerator.
Drain the meat and sear it rapidly on all sides in a very hot pan.
AVOCADO CREAM WITH WASABI
Mix the avocado with the juice of the limes and the wasabi paste.
PRESENTATION
Cut thin slices of beef on the plate, add white and black sesame seeds.
Serve the avocado cream on the plate in a teardrop shape.
Slice the cucumber and radishes thin with a mandoline and decorate the avocado with them.
.Cream of mushroom, Perfect chicken egg, green asparagus, morel mushrooms and toasted hazelnuts
- 4 organic chicken eggs
- 400 g green asparagus (tips)
- 100 g purple asparagus (shavings)
- 100 g skinless whole hazelnuts
- Mushroom cream
- 250 g button mushrooms
- 2.5 dl chicken stock
- 2.5 dl cream
- 20 g butter
- Morel mushroom preparation
- 20 g butter
- 1 shallot
- 200 g small morel mushrooms
- 100 ml concentrated clear chicken stock
- 1 dl de yellow wine
COOKING THE EGGS
Prefereably opt for organic chicken eggs.
There are two methods for cooking them at low temperature:
Use a kitchen thermometer to keep the cooking water at 64 - 65 °C and let the eggs cook for 1 hour.
Or cook the eggs for 1 hour in a steam oven at 65 °C.
After they are cooked, separate the whites and yolks.
MUSHROOM CREAM
Cut the mushrooms small.
Melt the butter in a frying pan and add the finely-sliced shallot.
Lightly brown until golden and then add the button mushrooms.
Add the chicken stock and the cream.
Simmer on low heat for 15 minutes.
Blend the mixture.
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COOKING THE MOREL MUSHROOMS
Cut off the stems from the morels and wash the mushrooms in fresh water several times.
Finely chop the shallot, sweat in butter in a frying-pan and season.
Add the morel mushrooms and deglaze with the yellow wine.
Let the wine reduce, then add the clear chicken stock to cover the mushrooms.
Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
When they are cooked, coat the mushrooms with the pan-juices.
PRESENTATION
Pour the mushroom cream into the middle of the plate.
Place the egg in the middle.
Put the green asparagus tips around it, as well as the morel mushrooms and the purple asparagus shavings.
Sprinkle the chopped toasted hazelnuts on the perfect egg.
.Nant dAvril chicken with morels and vin jaune by Philip Romanato
- 1 fine chicken of 1.6 kg
- 3 dl Jura vin jaune
- 100 g clarified butter
- 5 dl cream
- 500 g fresh morels
- 1 bunch tarragon
- Salt and pepper
- White stock
- 400 g carrots
- 400 g onions
- 1 bouquet garni
- Salt and pepper
Cut the chicken into four or eight pieces. Chill in the refrigerator.
Prepare a white stock* with the chicken carcass.
Brown the chicken with butter and season with salt and pepper.
Deglaze with vin jaune, reduce by half and pour enough chicken stock in to cover by half.
Simmer 30 to 40 minutes and then remove the chicken.
Reduce the cooking liquid by half. Add the morels after blanching them. Incorporate the cream and reduce the sauce until it coats the spoon.
Add the chicken and reheat.
At the last minute, add the minced tarragon and serve with a pot of white rice.
For the white stock:
Coarsely chop the chicken carcass. Cut the onions into large cubes.
Place the onions and carcass pieces in a large cooking pot. Cover with water. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Skim and simmer for 2 hours.
After an hour, add the carrots and bouquet garni. Continue to simmer for 1 hour.
Pass the mixture through a sieve and recuperate the juice to prepare the sauce.
.Cylindrical cabbage sausage and tender potatoes by Pierre Kohler, Christophe David and Gilbert Augé
- 2 leeks
- 4 very large, firm potatoes
- 5 dl seasoned vegetable stock
- 40 g butter
- 2 cabbage sausages
- 40 g onion
- 0.5 dl cream*
- 100 g flat parsley
- 1 dl cream**
- ¼ package of alfalfa sprouts
- ¼ package of amarante sprouts
- Salt and pepper
- Peanut oil
For the leeks:
Wash and cut the most uniform green portions of the leeks into segments of 10 cm. Blanch them in salted water for 8 minutes. Cool in iced water.
Hollow out the segments so that only a cannelloni-type cylinder remains. Set aside.
For the stuffing:
Simmer the sausages for 30 to 40 minutes at 75°C. Peel them.
Fry the chopped onion in a little oil. Add the sausage meat and deglaze with 0.5 dl of cream.
For the potatoes:
Wash and peel the potatoes. Shape each one in a rectangle 10 cm long, 3.5 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
Simmer the potato rectangles in the vegetable stock with the butter for 20 minutes. Check the cooking process with the tip of a knife.
Reserve the stock.
For the parsley coulis:
Boil 1 dl of cream. Pour it over the washed parsley.
Blend the mixture in a blender. Pass through a sieve and season.
To assemble:
Using a piping bag, fill each leek segment with the sausage meat.
Place them in a saucepan. Add stock up to 1/3 of the height of the cylinders. Reheat over low heat.
Arrange the potato rectangles on the plates.
Place a cylinder of stuffed leek on top. Season with parsley coulis and add seasoned sprouts.
.Lightly seared autumn refresher with Mont-dOr vacherin foam by Pierre Kohler, Christophe David and Gilbert Augé
- 300 g Charlotte-type potatoes
- 100 g pumpkin
- 100 g Chasselas-type grapes
- 2 figs
- 20 g butter
- 30 g shallots
- 200 g chanterelles
- 1 scallions
- Foam:
- 1 clove of garlic
- 30 g shallots
- 10 g butter
- 1 dl white wine
- 25 g butter
- 25 g wheat flour
- 2.5 dl cream
- Nutmeg
- Salt and pepper
- 1 Mont-d'Or vacherin of 400 g
- To assemble and serve:
- 20 g butter
- Salt and pepper
- 50 g walnuts
- 10 g chervil
For the autumn sauté:
Cook the potatoes with their skins. Leave to cool and cut into lengthwise quarters.
Cut the pumpkin into 5 cm long and 0.5 cm thick sticks. Slightly sauté the raw sticks in a little butter in the pan to brown.
Brush and cut the chanterelles lengthwise.
Cut each fig into 8 sections and quickly sauté them in a little butter.
Cut the grapes in half and seed them.
Mince the shallot and the white portion of the scallion. Finely chop the green portion on the bias.
For the foam:
Mince the shallot and chop the garlic. Lightly sweat this mixture in the butter and deglaze with white wine. Reduce by half.
Prepare the cream bechamel. Begin by melting the 25 g of butter. Add the flour and cook for 3 minutes. Incorporate the cold cream. Cook until thickened. Season. Combine this mixture with the preceding mixture.
Delicately remove the rind of the vacherin. Melt the cheese in the bechamel over low heat. Filter through a sieve.
Fill a thermal siphon (one that may be kept warm) as indicated on the device instructions. Add two gas cartridges. Shake the siphon (upside-down) 5 to 6 times.
To finish and assemble:
In a frying pan, lightly sauté the potatoes in a little butter until golden brown. Add the pumpkin, chanterelles, figs, and, at the end, the grapes and green portion of the scallion. Season.
Place the sautéed vegetables in the original vacherin box or in a glass verrine. Using a siphon (upside-down), top with the foam.
Garnish by sprinkling with dry-toasted chopped walnuts and a few chervil leaves, according to taste.
.Traditional ceviche by Cecilia Zapata
- 780 g sea bream or other very fresh fish fillet, cubed
- Juice of 1 kg lemon
- 2 red onions
- 15 g finely chopped coriander
- 30 g chopped limo pepper or medium hot pepper
- Salt
- 90 g leche de tigre
- For the leche de tigre:
- 20 g celery branch
- ½ red onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 10 g coriander
- 1 tbsp ginger paste
- 250 ml fish stock
- ½ tbsp milk
- For the side dish:
- ½ sweet potato, cubed
- Choclo corn or yellow maize kernels
- Toasted maize kernels
- Fresh coriander
Prepare the leche de tigre. To do so, blend all the ingredients in a blender.
Five minutes before serving, coat the fish cubes with lemon juice, salt and diced limo pepper.
Add the julienned red onion and the minced coriander. Pour the leche de tigre over the preparation.
Garnish to taste.
Chefs tip:
With a few drops of lime juice, leche de tigre is a marvellous dressing for a fish carpaccio. It also enhances the taste of shellfish.
.Tangy, crunchy foie gras bonbons by Pierre Kohler, Christophe David and Gilbert Augé
- 12 slices of spice bread
- 180 g terrine de foie gras
- 12 whole hazelnuts
- 2.5 dl balsamic vinegar
- 1 dl water
- 4 sheets of gelatin
- 12 large wooden picks
Cut the spice bread into round shapes using a cookie cutter. Place them between two sheets of parchment paper and two baking sheets. Press well and dry in an oven preheated to 100°C for 2 hours.
Toast the hazelnuts in a dry pan. Leave to cool.
Cut the foie gras terrine into cubes of approximately 10 to 15 g.
Press each hazelnut into a cube of foie gras and form uniform balls.
Stick the large wooden picks into the balls. Reserve in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Soak the gelatin in cold water.
Heat the balsamic vinegar and water. Remove from the heat and add the drained gelatin. Leave the mixture to cool until it reaches room temperature.
Remove the bonbons from the freezer. Dip each one individually into the vinegar jelly.
Place the spice bread biscuits on a presentation dish. Arrange the foie gras bonbons. Garnish to taste.
.Boar terrine with green peppercorns by Antonio Calo
- 500 g boar meat
- 500 g pork neck
- 200 g duck foie gras
- 18 g salt
- 3 g ground pepper
- 1 egg
- 1 shallot
- Thyme, bay leaf
- 1 tbsp green peppercorns
- ½ litre white wine
- 1 dl port wine
- ½ litre clear jelly
Marinate the boar meat and pork neck in the white wine for 24 hours along with the minced shallot, thyme and bay leaf.
Marinate the coarsely cubed foie gras in the port wine for 24 hours.
Drain the meat. Remove the shallot, thyme and bay leaf, and coarsely chop the meat in a chopper.
Work the meat into the foie gras and egg, and season with salt, pepper and green peppercorns. Add the port wine and half the marinade.
Place in a terrine and bake in a water bath at 160°C for 1 1/2 hours.
Pour off the excess grease and incorporate the heated jelly.
.Noisette of venison with Grand-Veneur sauce by Antonio Calo
- 1 saddle of venison of 1.4 kg
- 500 g wild game bones
- Butter
- Marinade:
- 7 dl full-bodied red wine
- 1 dl peanut oil
- 1 dl red vinegar
- 50 g carrots
- 50 g onion
- 20 g shallots
- Thyme, bay leaf, juniper berries
- Coarsely ground pepper
- Sauce:
- 80 g butter
- 80 g wheat flour
- 2 dl crème fraîche
- 80 g cranberry jelly
- Salt and pepper
Marinade:
Dice the carrot, onion and shallot into large mirepoix. Add the red wine, herbs and spices. Marinate the bones in this mixture for 24 hours.
Sauce:
Prepare a brown roux with the butter and flour.
Drain the game bones and sauté them in a large stock pot. When they are golden brown, add the roux and then the marinade.
Simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, then filter through a sieve.
Reduce by half and add the cream, cranberry jelly and coarsely ground pepper. Adjust the seasoning. Keep warm on the back burner.
Meat:
Fillet and devein the venison and brown the pieces in brown butter for 3 minutes on each side. Leave to rest, then cut into 3 cm-thick medallions.
Assemble the different elements and serve with a hunters side dish.
.Mujadara Safra by Marwan Soueid
- 500 g organic red lentils
- 3 finely chopped onions
- 15 cl olive oil
- Salt, white pepper
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 pat of butter
Rinse the lentils in cold water to remove any impurities.
Heat the oil in a large pot. Sauté the onions until golden brown.
Add the lentils, cover them with cold water, and simmer 30 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally, to obtain a purée.
When the lentils are cooked, remove from the heat and add the salt, pepper, cumin and butter.
Serve hot or cold with a mixed salad.
.Chicken supreme by Marwan Soueid
- 4 supremes of Swiss chicken
- Olive oil
- Salt
- For the marinade:
- 4 tomatoes
- 50 g tomato concentrate
- Juice of 4 lemons
- 1 dl olive oil
- 1 white onion
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp mild paprika
- 1 tbsp white pepper
Combine all the ingredients of the marinade. Coat the chicken supremes with the mixture. Chill to reserve for 6 hours.
Pour the olive oil into a frying pan and sear the chicken on all sides until golden brown. Salt and return to the marinade. Bake at 150°C for 45 minutes. Regularly verify the cooking process and baste with marinade from time to time.
Serve hot with the side dish of your choice.
.Homemade falafels by Marwan Soueid
- 1 kg chick peas
- 1 peeled clove of garlic
- 5 yellow onions
- 30 g ground coriander
- 30 g ground cumin
- 200 g flat parsley
- Salt and pepper
- Sesame seeds
- Sunflower oil for frying
The day before preparation, cover the chick peas with 3 or 4 times their volume of water.
The day of preparation, drain and thoroughly rinse the chick peas. Blend them raw in a blender with the spices, garlic, onions, salt and pepper.
Shape balls from the mixture, adding sesame seeds, and fry 5 to 10 minutes in the deep fryer heated to 180°C. The falafels should be golden brown.
.Chefs perch fillets byJulien Gallard
- 720 g perch fillets
- 40 g butter
- Colza oil
- For the butter blanc sauce:
- 100 g finely chopped shallots
- 12 cl white vinegar
- 15 cl white wine
- 150 g very cold butter
- Salt and pepper
Begin by preparing the beurre blanc. Place the shallot in a saucepan with the vinegar and wine. Reduce until all the liquid has evaporated.
Cut the butter into small pieces. Add them in one batch to the shallot. Beat energetically until the mixture is totally emulsified. Season.
Heat a little colza oil in a frying pan. Add the fillets, fleshy side down. Increase the heat and cook the fillets on both sides until golden brown. This operation takes approximately 6 minutes. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
Arrange the fillets harmoniously on the plates and garnish each one with a lemon quarter and a stewed cherry tomato.
Serve with French fries and seasonal vegetables.
.Asian-style fera tartare by Julien Gallard
- 560 g fera tartare*
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds (black and white)
- 4 tbsp finely chopped coriander
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- Lime zests
- 8 tbsp rehydrated Japanese seaweed mix
- Salt and pepper
*For food safety reasons, the fish tartare must be frozen for 72 h at - 20°C before preparation.
12 hours before preparing the dish, gently defrost the tartare in the refrigerator.
Blend the fish well with the sesame seeds, olive oil, coriander and lime zests. Season.
Arrange the tartare in a stainless steel circle. Top the mixture with the Japanese seaweed mix.
Serve with crunchy salad of julienned seasonal vegetables and a slice of toasted bread.
.Lake Geneva poke bowl
- For the quinoa:
- 300 g tricolour quinoa
- 2 tbsp Buddhas hand oil
- Zest of ½ organic lemon
- ½ bunch coriander, finely chopped
- Salt and pepper
- For the fera marinade:
- 500 g cubed fera fillet (skin and bones removed)
- 10 cl soya sauce
- 2 tbsp sesame seed oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 10 g chopped ginger
- 1 scallion
- For the side dish:
- 2 diced avocados
- 200 g cooked edamame beans
- 200 g seeded watermelon pieces
- 40 g black sesame seeds
- 20 g Jardins dOron beetroot sprouts
- 1 sheet of dry nori
Thoroughly combine the fish cubes with all the ingredients of the marinade. Chill to reserve for one hour to marinate.
Rinse the quinoa in cold water. Boil it in twice its volume of water for 10 minutes until the white germ detaches from the grain. Remove from the heat and allow to fluff for 5 minutes.
Allow the quinoa to cool to room temperature. Add the Buddhas hand oil, lemon zest and coriander. Season.
Arrange the quinoa in four bowls. Sprinkle with the fera marinade. Garnish with all the remaining ingredients. Serve immediately.
.Umami stock
- 1.5 l filtered still water
- 50 g kombu seaweed* rinsed in clear water
- 1 tsp powdered wakame seaweed*
- 1 small beer radish, sliced into rounds
- 10 g washed ginger, cut into 3 pieces
- 12 whole washed shiitake mushrooms
- 1 star anise seed
- For the infusion:
- 1 umeboshi plum*
- 6 of shiso leaves*
- 10 g melissa and cress mix
- 3 tbsp tamari soya sauce
*These ingredients are available in Japanese food stores.
Bring the ingredients to a boil. Lower the heat and allow to simmer, uncovered, for 30 to 45 minutes.
Remove from the heat, add the umeboshi plum, shiso leaves, herbs and tamari sauce. Allow to infuse, covered, for 25 minutes.
Filter and serve as a detox stock, or use as a base for a soup or a sauce, or to poach vegetables.
.Red plum crumble Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer
- 200 g sifted flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 120 g fine brown sugar
- 135 g cubed butter at room temperature
- 800 g red plums, halved and pitted
- A few drops of lemon juice
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Mix the flour, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl. Gradually add the cubed butter, rubbing them into the flour mixture to obtain a grainy consistency.
Wash the red plums and halve them to remove the pits. Arrange the red plums, skin side down, in small buttered oven moulds, and sprinkle them with sugar.
Spread the crumble mixture over the red plums. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the middle of the oven.
Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla or cinnamon ice cream.
.Scallops with cuchaule crumble by Hélène Jung
- Crumble:
- 50 g cuchaule, crust removed
- 4 saffron filaments
- 30 g butter
- 30 g caster sugar
- 1 pinch powdered cloves
- 1 pinch powdered cardamom
- 1 pinch salt
- Vinaigrette:
- 1 minced shallot
- 1 tbsp Bénichon mustard
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp hazelnut oil
- Salt and pepper
- Purée
- 200 g pumpkin
- 1 clove of garlic
- ½ shallot
- 1 pinch curry powder
- 1 pat of butter
- ½ dl cream
- 2 tbsp bitter orange marmalade
- Salt and pepper
- Scallops:
- 12-16 scallops
- Biryani spice curry mix
- 1 dash of olive oil
- Cognac or Grand Marnier
For the crumble:
Chop the chuchaule with the saffron and place in a bowl.
Add the caster sugar, butter, spices and salt. Crumble between the fingers to obtain a grainy texture.
Place on a sheet of parchment paper.
Bake in the oven for 10 minutes at 190° C. Leave to cool.
For the vinaigrette:
Mix the chopped shallot, Bénichon mustard and balsamic vinegar. Stir, then add the oils. Season with salt and pepper.
For the purée:
Dice the pumpkin and sauté it with the garlic, shallot, curry and butter.
Add a little water and simmer until the pumpkin is tender.
Blend with an immersion blender, adding the butter and cream. To finish, add the 2 tbsp of bitter orange marmalade.
For the scallops:
Season the scallops with the curry and olive oil.
Sear them in a hot pan. Turn them over and deglaze with Cognac or Grand Marnier.
Reserve the scallops and add the deglazing juices and pumpkin purée.
To serve:
Choose a large serving dish, and stack up a salad to create volume. Place the vinaigrette in a small verrine and place it next to the salad.
Arrange 3 tbsp of pumpkin purée alongside it and draw it out to create a point.
Place the scallops on top and sprinkle them with cuchaule crumble.
.Cailler signature Christmas pralines by Géraldine Maras
- Caramel:
- 60 g caster sugar
- 90 g 35% fat cream
- 20 g butter
- 80 g Cailler baking milk chocolate
- 1 tsp Christmas spices
- Ganache:
- 125 g Cailler baking milk chocolate
- 50 g 35% fat cream
- 20 g eau-de-vie
- 20 g butter
- Chocolate moulds
- 400 g Cailler chocolate, either milk, white or 64% cacao dark
For the caramel pralines:
Caramelise the sugar to obtain a golden brown colour.
Heat the cream with the spices while the sugar caramelises.
Pour the hot cream over the caramel.
Add the butter and chocolate and mix well.
For the ganache pralines:
Chop the chocolate and place the pieces in a bowl.
Bring the cream to a boil, remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate.
Blend until the chocolate is melted, then add the eau-de-vie.
Leave the ganache to cool to below 35°C. Incorporate the butter.
For the moulded chocolate:
Melt 2/3 of the chocolate in a water bath until it reaches 40°C.
Stir the chopped chocolate until it is melted. If the chocolate does not completely melt, reheat the chocolate, making sure not to heat the white chocolate to over 29°C, the milk chocolate to over 30°C and the dark chocolate to over 31°C.
For the chocolate into the praline moulds. Tap the moulds and turn them completely upside-down to enable the chocolate to run. Only a fine coat should remain.
Chill the moulds in the refrigerator for 10 to 20 minutes.
Fill the moulds with the caramel or ganache mixture to 4/5 of their height.
Cover the mixture with the tempered chocolate before it hardens.
Sprinkle your choice of garnish over the chocolates.
Mitterand ice cream soufflé
- 3 eggs
- 100 g caster sugar
- 2.5 dl 35% fat cream
- 0.5 dl Val-de-Travers absinthe
Prepare the moulds by lining the upper part with parchment paper and letting it stand up above the edges by approximately 2 cm. Hold in place with elastic.
Beat the eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl. Whip to obtain a creamy mousse, heating in a water bath at 67°C.
Chill on iced water or ice.
Beat the cream into a chantilly.
Add the sabayon cream with the absinthe and stir delicately.
Fill the moulds up to 1.5 cm above the rim.
Place in the freezer overnight.
Remove from the freezer 5 minutes before serving. Remove the paper collar and sprinkle the soufflé with cacao powder. Serve immediately.
Variation:
Make a small well in the soufflé and pour a bit of absinthe into it for a stronger taste.
.Marguerite-style cardoons au gratin by Pierre Boehm
- 800 g jar of cardoons
- 240 g Gruyère
- Bechamel sauce:
- 16 g butter
- 25 g wheat flour
- 1.3 dl milk
- Nutmeg, salt, pepper
Drain the cardoons and reserve the juice. Measure out 3 dl to reserve.
Spread the vegetables in a baking dish.
To prepare the bechamel, melt the butter in a saucepan. Incorporate the flour. Pour the milk and reserved cardoon liquid over it. Bring to a boil, stirring, then simmer the sauce for approximately 10 minutes. Season with nutmeg, salt and pepper. Coat the cardoons with the sauce.
Preheat the oven to 200 °C. Grate the cheese with a potato grater. Sprinkle it over the vegetables and bake for approximately 20 minutes.
.Yule log with mascarpone and citrus fruits - Dessert
- 4 eggs
- 120 g wheat flour
- 120 g icing sugar
- 50 g butter
- 400 g mascarpone
- 2 blood oranges
- 4 mandarines
- 150 g caster sugar
- 60 g brown sugar
- 100 g water
- 100 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Sponge cake:
Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
Melt the butter in a saucepan and reserve.
Beat and whiten the eggs with the icing sugar, then sprinkle in the flour.
Delicately blend the mixture and incorporate the melted butter, still at room temperature.
Pour the batter onto parchment paper and bake for 10 minutes.
Citrus marmalade:
Grate the peel of an orange and reserve.
Peel the same orange and 3 or 4 mandarines and cut the segments into pieces.
Candy the fruit pieces and grated orange peel in a saucepan with the caster sugar for approximately 20 minutes, then cool.
Using a peeler, make long orange peel strips using the second orange.
Cut the strips into zests and blanch them first in water, then candy them in a syrup.
Mascarpone cream:
Blend the mascarpone with the brown sugar.
Assembly:
Turn the sponge cake out onto lightly buttered and sugared parchment paper.
Coat with half of the sweetened mascarpone.
Spread the citrus marmalade on top.
Roll the sponge cake tightly into a log shape.
Then coat the log with the remaining mascarpone using a piping bag with a basket tip.
Garnish with segments of mandarine, candied zests and Christmas figurines.
Chill to reserve
.Scallops in sealed shells Main dish
- 12 large scallops on the shell
- 12 strips of puff pastry of a thickness of 5 cm each, to seal
- 360 g leeks
- 360 g parsnips
- 60 g shallots
- 15 cl white wine
- 300 g thick cream
- 1 egg
- 30 g butter
- 60 g truffle spheres
- Salt and pepper
In advance:
Open and wash the scallops and shells in cold water.
Dry the scallops well and chill well to reserve for 15 minutes to slow the cooking process to follow.
Chop the leeks and cube the parsnips into a brunoise.
Finely chop the shallots.
Cooking:
Sauté the shallots in the butter and add the chopped leeks and parsnip brunoise.
Heat this mixture without browning it, deglaze with white wine, and reduce for 2 minutes.
Add the thick cream, stir and season.
Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
Place 2 tbsp of the vegetable mixture on the bottom of each cold shell, add a scallop, and garnish with a few truffle spheres.
Cover the shell with its top and seal it with a strip of puff pastry dough.
Brush the pastry dough with beaten egg and bake for approximately 15 minutes until the pastry is golden brown.
Duck pâté with pistachio, foie gras and smoked duck breast - Starter
- 2 pieces of duck breast
- 1 piece of smoked duck breast
- 300 g pork neck
- 300 g pork brisket
- 300 g veal shoulder
- 100 g pistachios
- 200 g raw duck foie gras
- 3 tbsp Cognac
- 1 tsp chopped rosemary and chopped thyme
- 2 eggs
- 10 g unsalted butter
- Salt and pepper
Stuffing:
Devein the foie gras.
Chop the pork neck, pork brisket and veal shoulder. Remove the skin from the duck breast and cut the meat into pieces before cubing it.
Cut the foie gras into thick slices.
Season the stuffing and foie gras with salt and pepper.
Mix the stuffing with the pistachios, rosemary, thyme, cognac and two eggs.
To assemble the terrine:
Place a bit of the fat from the smoked duck breast and arrange it at the bottom of the terrine.
Spread a layer of stuffing, followed by a layer of foie gras and a layer of smoked duck breast, and repeat these layers a second time.
Finish with the remaining stuffing. Press to pack the contents of the terrine.
Cooking:
Bake the terrine in a water bath for 1 1/2 hours in an oven preheated to 180 °C.
Allow the terrine to cool, then cover it.
As for any terrine, wait at least 24 hours, and if possible 48 hours, before serving.
.Kings brioche Epiphany
- 400 g fine flour
- 20 g of fresh yeast
- 30 g caster sugar
- 1 dl tepid milk
- 5 g salt
- 150 g melted butter
- 2 beaten eggs
- 80 g Corinth raisins or chocolate chips
- 1 egg yolk for browning the pastry
Dissolve the yeast with the sugar in the tepid milk.
Pour the flour into a mixing bowl and form a well in the centre. Pour the milk mixture into the well, and add the salt, butter and two eggs.
Knead the dough until it is smooth, then add the raisins or chocolate chips and knead again.
Cover the dough with a tea towel and leave to double in volume at room temperature (for approximately 2 hours).
Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
Divide the dough into 8 balls of equal size. Insert the lucky charm into one of them. Arrange them close together on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush with egg yolk and sprinkle with pearl sugar.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the middle of the oven.
.Egg rolls
- 20 egg roll wrappers
- 500 g chopped pork meat
- 50 g black mushrooms (Jews ear)
- 1 chopped onion
- 100 g mung bean sprouts
- 1 carrot
- White of 1 leek
- 50 g rice noodles
- 1 tbsp minced coriander
- 2 chopped cloves of garlic
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp soya sauce
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- HOLL colza oil for frying
Soak the mushrooms and rice noodles separately in hot water for 15 minutes. Drain the rice noodles and cut them in 5 cm segments. Drain the mushrooms and cut them into strips.
Peel the carrots and chop them into a julienne. Do the same with the white of the leek, and reserve.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the meat, rice noodles, vegetables, garlic and onion. Season with fish sauce, soya sauce, sugar and coriander. Mix well.
To assemble the egg rolls: soak the egg roll wrappers one by one in hot water. Then place a spoonful of filling in the centre and fold the ends of the wrapper up. Roll the wrapper. Moisten the edge and stick it shut.
Heat the oil in a wok or deep fryer.
Immerse the egg rolls and fry them until golden brown. Drain them on kitchen paper.
Serve with spicy or sweet-and-sour sauce, lettuce and mint leaves.
.
Spiced prawns Valentines Day / Starter
- 6 large raw prawn tails
- 1 tbsp ras-el-hanout
- 6 snow peas
- 2 small courgettes
- 1 tbsp pomegranate seeds
- 2 cm diced ginger
- Salt
- For the emulsion:
- ½ dl lemon juice
- ½ dl water
- 1 g soya lecithin (available in pharmacies and organic grocery stores)
Slice the snow peas into thin strips. Finely slice the courgettes using a mandoline. Blanch in salted boiling water. Drain and refresh in iced water.
Combine the lemon juice, water and lecithin in a jar. Emulsify with an immersion blender. A nice foam will form on the surface.
Heat a little oil in a frying pan. Sprinkle the prawn tails with spices. Season with salt. Sear them quickly on each side to brown.
Arrange the foam on each plate. Place the prawns and vegetables on top. Garnish with the pomegranate seeds and ginger. Serve.
.Stuffed chicken ballotine with peppers and Orientalstyle pepper cream Valentines Day / Main dish
- 2 chicken fillets
- 1 red pepper
- 2 cm ginger
- 1 small red onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 pinch of nutmeg
- 1 pinch of powdered cloves
- 1 tsp powdered hot pepper
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp powdered cumin
- 1 tbsp minced coriander
- 1 tbsp minced basil
- 1 dl 25% fat cream
- Coarsely ground pepper
- Salt
- Olive oil
- 1 pat of butter
Mince the onion and garlic. Cut the ginger into thin sticks. Wash and seed the pepper. Slice it into thin strips.
Heat a little oil in a frying pan. Gently sweat the onions and ginger without letting them brown. Season with salt. Add the spices and pepper strips. Stew over low heat for a good fifteen minutes until the pepper is very tender. Incorporate the minced herbs and leave to cool.
Open the chicken fillets and flatten them into fine sheets between two pieces of parchment paper using a rolling pin.
Place each escalope on a wide band of plastic film. Season. Spread a bit of stewed peppers along the full length of the chicken sheet, near the edge, and roll, tightening as you go along using the plastic film. Knot each end of the plastic film. Cook the ballotines for 20 minutes in gently boiling water.
As the ballotines cook, take 2 tbsp of the stewed peppers. Add the cream and mix. Warm and season to taste. Keep warm on the back burner.
Unwrap the ballotines and brown them in a frying pan with a small amount of oil and butter. Season them with the coarsely ground pepper and slice them on the bias.
Serve with a bit of pepper cream and pepper stew.
.Coffee baba Valentines Day / Dessert
- 180 g fine flour
- 3 eggs
- ½ cube of fresh yeast
- 15 g sugar
- 75 g whole milk
- 65 g melted butter
- 3 g salt
- 1 packet of raspberries
- Whipped cream
- For the syrup
- 100 g sugar
- 1 dl water
- 1 dl coffee liqueur
Prepare the syrup. Dissolve the sugar in the water and add the coffee liqueur. Leave to cool.
Sift the flour into the mixing bowl of the blender.
Dissolve the yeast with the sugar in the tepid milk. Add the flour. Incorporate the beaten eggs, salt and melted butter. Knead to obtain a supple dough.
Butter and flour a savarin mould. Fill it to ¾ height with the batter using a piping bag. Leave to double in volume.
Preheat a convection oven to 200°C. Cook for 20 minutes. Leave to cool slightly and soak the baba in the coffee liqueur.
Serve garnished with raspberries and whipped cream, and top with a mint sprig.
.Waffles Mardi gras
- 250 g wheat flour
- 80 g caster sugar
- 1 sachet vanilla sugar
- ½ packet baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 4 eggs
- 3 dl whole milk
- 60 g melted butter
Mix the flour, salt and baking powder in a mixing bowl. Form a well in the centre.
Beat the eggs with the milk, sugar, vanilla sugar and butter.
Gradually incorporate the liquid mixture into the flour mixture using a whisk.
The batter should be smooth and fluid.
Leave to rise for 30 minutes.
Butter the waffle iron and pour the batter into the moulds. Cook the waffles until they are golden brown. Once the waffles have cooled, separate them in halves.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar or maple syrup to serve.
.Gravlax salmon with pumpkin seed oil Mothers Day
- 4 small fillets of farm salmon
- 200 g coarse-grained salt
- 200 g caster sugar
- 0.5 dl pumpkin seed oil
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2 tbsp couscous spices (ras-el-hanout)
- 3 tbsp dried edible flowers
Combine the salt and sugar and coat the salmon with this mixture. Chill to reserve overnight.
Drain. Rinse and pat the salmon fillets dry.
Brush them with a mixture of pumpkin oil and lime juice. Sprinkle the spices and dried flowers over them.
Ideally, chill them in the refrigerator for 3 hours before serving so that all the flavours infuse.
.Rack of veal with coffee sauce - Pentecost
- 1 rack of veal of 1.2 kg
- 2 dl very strong black coffee
- 1 dl apricot liqueur
- 1 dl veal stock
- 3 tbsp liquid honey
- 12 fresh or frozen apricots
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
The day before if preparing lunch, or in the morning if preparing dinner, combine the coffee with the veal stock, liqueur and honey in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and leave to cool. Coat the meat with this marinade and chill in the refrigerator.
Three hours before serving, heat the oven to 80°C. Drain the meat and reserve the marinade. Salt the rack of veal and sear it on all sides in a lightly oiled frying pan.
Place the rack of veal in an oven dish. Baste with the marinade and cook for 2 hours and 45 minutes, basting regularly. Season with pepper to serve, along with the juice, apricots and the side dish of your choice.
.Morello cherry clafoutis Ascension
- 600 g pitted cherries
- 120 g wheat flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 80 g caster sugar
- 2 dl milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- 5 cl Amaretto (optional)
- Coarsely ground pistachios
- Icing sugar
Beat the eggs and add the milk, flour, salt, melted butter, sugar and Amaretto.
Mix well to obtain a smooth batter. Pour the batter into a buttered, floured cake mould. Arrange the cherries within it.
Bake at an oven heated to 185° for 30 minutes. Leave to cool before serving, dusted with icing sugar and sprinkled with coarsely ground pistachios.
.Bisa-style Easter dove brioche by Lionel Dufournet
- 120 g fine flour
- 1 egg
- 40 g whole cream
- 40 g softened butter
- 30 g whole unpeeled almonds
- 30 g candied lemons in strips
- 30 g raisins
- 15 g caster sugar
- 15 g whole milk
- 5 g bakers yeast
- 2 g salt
- To serve:
- 20 g crystallised sugar
- 20 g icing sugar
Heat the oven to 180°C. Toast the almonds for approximately 8 minutes. Crush them coarsely.
Mix the flour, salt, yeast, sugar, egg and milk.
Gradually add the softened butter.
Knead the dough until it is supple. If it is sticky, add a bit of flour.
Incorporate the diced candied lemon, raisins and crushed almonds.
Wrap tightly with plastic film and chill for 24 hours.
Separate the dough into three pieces (one long sausage shape and two balls) and fill a dove-shaped mould.
Cover with a damp tea towel and allow to rise at room temperature for 2 hours.
Spray the brioche with water. Sprinkle with crystallised sugar, followed by icing sugar.
Bake for 22 minutes at 180°C.
.Leg of lamb, springtime vegetables and roasted potatoes by Stéphane Abadie
- 1 leg of lamb of 1.5 kg from the Vessy farm
- 15 cl dry white wine from the Geneva region
- 2 onions, peeled and quartered
- 2 carrots sliced into rounds
- 1 clove of pink garlic
- Thyme, rosemary, bay leaf
- Salt, whole peppercorns
- Vegetables:
- Small carrots, peas, baby turnips, asparagus, fennel
- Charlotte or Ratte du Touquet potatoes
- Unleavened dough to seal
- 125 g wheat flour
- 70 g water
Prepare the unleavened dough. Cover it with a damp tea towel and leave to rest for one hour.
In a stew pot, sear the leg of lamb on every side with a small amount of oil. Reserve on a board.
In the same pot, sauté the onion, carrot slices and garlic for a few minutes. Deglaze with the white wine.
Wash the potatoes and finely slit them lengthwise at regular intervals, ensuring that each potato remains whole.
Return the leg of lamb to the pot with the aromatic herbs and potatoes. Seal the pot by applying the unleavened dough around the lid.
Bake in an oven heated to 120°C for 7 hours.
One hour before serving, peel the vegetables for the side dish. Boil them in salted boiling water and cool them in iced water to maintain their colour.
To serve, sauté the vegetables with the cooking juices from the leg of lamb. Serve immediately.
Green asparagus with mimosa eggs and horseradish mayonnaise by Stéphane Abadie
- 1 bunch green asparagus
- 2 fresh eggs
- 1 slice of country bread
- A few chives
- Mayonnaise
- Horseradish
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
Peel the bases of the asparagus if necessary. Boil them in salted boiling water and cool them in iced water.
Meanwhile, boil the eggs for 10 minutes. Leave to cool.
Cut the bread into fine strips. Sprinkle them with a dash of olive oil and dry them in the oven preheated to 120°C for a few minutes.
Season the mayonnaise with a little horseradish.
Peel the eggs. Separate the whites from the yolks and press them separately through an egg dicer.
Arrange the asparagus on each plate. Sprinkle with the whites and yolks of the eggs and a few minced chives.
Garnish with dollops of horseradish mayonnaise and bread chips.
.Marbled eggs with smoked salmon our chefs recipes
- 4 fresh eggs
- 4 Earl Grey tea bags
- 2 slices of smoked salmon
- 1 lemon (juice and zest)
- 1 shallot
- A few sprigs of dill
- Mayonnaise
- Salt and pepper
Two days ahead of time, boil the eggs for 10 minutes and cool. Prepare a very strong tea.
Using the back of a soup spoon, crackle the surface of the egg shells and marinate the eggs in the strong tea, chilling to reserve.
Peel the eggs and place them in egg cups. Cut the top off of each egg and remove the yolk.
Mix the yolks with a dash of lemon juice, a bit of dill, and the finely chopped shallot in a mixing bowl.
Fill the eggs with this mixture using a piping bag. Garnish with a slice of smoked salmon. Add a sprig of dill and grated lemon zest.
.Blanc-manger and creamy yolk with wild garlic purée Our Chefs Recipes
- 4 fresh eggs
- 1 bunch wild garlic
- 1 red onion
- 1 dl white vinegar
- Baby spinach leaves
- Chives
- Salt and pepper
Wash the wild garlic leaves and boil them in salted boiling water. Chill rapidly. Spin-dry the leaves and blend them in a blender to obtain a fine purée.
Peel and finely chop the red onion. Immerse the onion strips in the boiling vinegar. After boiling for 2 minutes, remove the saucepan from the heat and allow to cool.
Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Beat the eggs to stiff peaks with a pinch of salt.
Using a piping bag, fill buttered circles or silicone moulds with beaten egg whites. Bake the egg whites in an oven preheated to 100° for 10 minutes. Cook the yolks at the same temperature for 3 minutes.
Spread a fine coat of garlic purée on each plate. Add an egg white and top with a yolk. Garnish with baby spinach leaves, red onion pickles and chives.
.Fellenberg green tea granita Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer
- 500 g Fellenberg plums
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 15 g green tea
- 200 g caster sugar
Bring 7 dl of water to a boil with 15 g of loose green tea.
Leave to infuse for 5 minutes. Filter and recuperate the water.
Pit the plums. Slice them into quarters. Stew them, covered, for 15 minutes in the tea with the sugar and lemon juice.
Filter through a sieve. Recuperate the liquid and pour it into a deep dish. Keep the fruit pulp for another recipe, for example as a topping for vanilla ice cream.
Allow the liquid to cool to room temperature, then place the dish in the freezer. After 30 minutes, scrape the crystals along the edges of the dish with a fork. Place back in the freezer and repeat this operation every 30 minutes until all the liquid is crystallised.
Serve the granita in small dishes and garnish with dried red apple rounds.
.Revisited tartiflette
- 1 rectangular roll of puff pastry dough
- 1 large potato
- ½ Reblochon
- 4 slices of bacon
- 2 onions
- 40 g onion jam
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Using a mandoline, finely slice the potatoes. Brush them with olive oil and season them generously with pepper.
Cut four slices of the Reblochon and very finely slice the onions.
Cut the puff pastry dough into 4 bands of approximately 8 cm of thickness and spread 2 tsp of onion jam onto them. Place a slice of bacon on the top of each pastry dough strip. Arrange a few slices of potato and onion on top of the strips, allowing them to protrude. Garnish the bottoms of the strips with Reblochon, then fold them over the top.
Roll everything together to form a rose shape, and place each roll into a muffin tin.
Bake for 30 minutes and serve with a salad.
.Homemade chocolate spread
- 120 g sugar
- 150 g milk chocolate
- 270 g toasted hazelnuts
- 150 g icing sugar
- 10 g bitter cacao
- 20 ml colza oil
- 50 ml milk
- Salt
Heat the sugar in a non-stick pan to obtain a light caramel. Pour the caramel onto parchment paper and leave to cool.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and set aside.
Blend 150 g of hazelnuts with the icing sugar in a blender. Add a pinch of salt and the melted milk chocolate. Blend again to obtain a dough and reserve.
Break the caramel into pieces and place them in the blender with the remaining hazelnuts, cacao and oil. Blend.
Incorporate the first mixture into the second, and blend again, gradually incorporating the warm milk.
Pour the mixture into an airtight container, and enjoy in moderation.
.Strawberry and basil sorbet
- 500 g strawberries
- 10 basil leaves
- 150 g caster sugar
- 2 dl water
- 1 lime
Cut the strawberries into quarters, removing the green tops, and placing the strawberries in a bowl.
Fold the basil leaves in half and finely mince them.
Combine the basil with the strawberries and add 75 g of sugar to the mixture in the bowl.
Fill a small saucepan with 2 dl of water and add the remaining 75 g of sugar. Bring to a boil. When the sugar has melted, remove from the heat and leave to cool.
Mix together the strawberries, basil and sugar, and incorporate the lemon juice. Blend the mixture and add the 2 dl of sweetened water. Mix well.
Fill the ice cream lolly moulds and leave to chill overnight in the freezer.
Tip: Coat the sorbet lollies with the topping of your choice: chocolate sprinkles, grated coconut, etc.
.Frozen yoghurt
- 500g plain yoghurt
- 1 vanilla pod
- 2 dl cream
- 100 g caster sugar
- 100 g raspberry coulis
- ½ lime
Place the yoghurt in a bowl and add the vanilla grains scraped from the pod; stir.
Add the cream, continuously stirring, and then add the sugar.
Incorporate the raspberry coulis and lime juice.
Fill the preparation moulds and leave to chill overnight in the freezer.
Tip: Garnish this frozen yoghurt with raspberry sauce, Smarties, almonds, or fresh fruit, according to taste.
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Spanish omelette with chorizo
- 6 eggs
- Salt and pepper
- 1dl milk
- Colza oil
- ½ finely chopped onion
- 12 new potatoes, sliced and parboiled in water
- Spicy chorizo
- 10 chopped button mushrooms
- 8 cherry tomatoes
- 3 stewed peppers
- 1 handful of toasted pine nuts
- Cressonnette
Crack 6 eggs into a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Whisk the mixture, gradually incorporating the milk.
Heat a drop of colza oil in a frying pan and sauté the onion. Incorporate the potatoes, spicy chorizo and mushrooms. Sauté this mixture for a few instants.
Add the tomatoes and stewed peppers.
After cooking for a few minutes, incorporate the pine nuts and cressonnette.
To finish, pour the egg mixture into the pan and bake 20 minutes at 180° C.
.Revisited Caesar salad
- 2 grilled chicken fillets
- Baby spinach leaves
- Multicoloured cherry tomatoes
- Parmesan shavings
- Anchovy fillets (if you wish)
- For the dressing:
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 tbsp white vinegar
- 3 tsp mustard
- 1 egg yolk
- 6 anchovy fillets
- Salt and pepper
- Colza oil
- 50 g Parmesan
Bland the garlic, vinegar, egg yolk, mustard and anchovies in the bowl of a blender. Add the oil and Parmesan and blend again to obtain a smooth consistency. Thin the sauce with 1 tablespoon of water. Reserve.
Wash the baby spinach leaves and tomatoes, and cut the chicken into slices.
Place the baby spinach leaves on a serving dish and top with the chicken, tomatoes, anchovy fillets, Parmesan shavings and dressing. Serve immediately.
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Foie gras crème brûlée
- 100 g duck foie gras
- 4 egg yolks
- 10 cl thick cream
- 10 cl milk
- Port wine
- Armagnac
- Brown sugar
- Salt and pepper
Beat the 4 egg yolks with a dash of milk.
Cut the foie gras into small pieces and crush them in a bowl using a fork.
Add the eggs, season with salt and pepper, and mix well to dissolve the foie gras.
In a saucepan, bring the cream and milk to a boil. Pour the hot mixture over the foie gras and mix well.
Pass the mixture through a fine sieve to remove any large pieces. Add a dash of port wine and Armagnac and stir.
Pour the mixture into four ramekins and bake 10 minutes at 180°C.
Top with brown sugar and caramelise using a kitchen blowtorch.
Serve with a few sticks of spice bread and shiso leaves.
.Panna cotta, centre cut salmon fillet, and diced vegetables
- 25 cl milk
- 25 cl whole cream
- 150 g ricotta
- 3 sheets of gelatin
- 1 yellow beetroot
- 1 red beetroot
- 1 Chioggia beetroot
- 1 fennel bulb
- 1 cucumber
- 1 carrot
- 1 centre-cut salmon fillet
- Edible flowers
- Baby salad leaves
- Balsamic vinegar
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
- Fleur de sel
Soak the 3 sheets of gelatin in a bowl of cold water.
Heat the milk, cream and ricotta in a saucepan. Once the ricotta dissolves, season with salt and pepper. Add the three drained sheets of gelatin. Mix well.
Pour the mixture into four bowls and chill for 4 hours.
Slice the vegetables using a mandoline.
Cut the centre-cut salmon fillet into fine slices and roll each one into a flower shape.
Remove the panna cotta from the refrigerator and garnish with the salmon and a few edible flowers.
Top with a few drops of balsamic vinegar, olive oil and fleur de sel.
.Colourful springtime vegetable tart
- 2 onions
- 2 courgettes
- 3 carrots
- 1 aubergine
- 1 packet of mozzarella balls
- 50 cl crème fraîche
- 4 eggs
- 1 roll of puff pastry dough
- 6 slices raw ham
- 1 bunch of basil
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Finely slice the onion and sauté in a frying pan with a dash of olive oil.
Finely slice the vegetables lengthwise using a mandoline.
Blanch the courgette and carrot strips in boiling water, then immerse them in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process.
Cut each mozzarella ball in half.
Crack 4 eggs into a bowl, beat, and add 50 cl of crème fraîche, salt and pepper.
Line a pie dish with the puff pastry dough and puncture with a fork.
Arrange the onions and mozzarella slices on the dough. Form a spiral by alternating strips of carrots, courgettes, aubergines and raw ham on top of the dough. Insert basil leaves here and there among the ingredients.
Pour the egg and cream mixture over the spiral and bake for approximately 40 minutes at 180°C.
.Chicken fillets with sweet-and-sour sauce and quinoa
- 2 chicken fillets
- 30 g wheat flour
- 50 g breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- Milk
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 small hot pepper
- 1 onion
- 1 green pepper
- 1 red pepper
- 1 tbsp tomato concentrate
- 50 ml sweet soya sauce
For the breadcrumbs into one bowl and the flour into another. Beat the whole egg with the milk in another bowl.
Season the chicken fillets and cut them into strips.
Dip the chicken strips in the flour, then in the beaten egg and then in the bread crumbs.
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the chicken strips for approximately 4 minutes on each side.
Meanwhile, chop the garlic and hot pepper, and finely slice the onion and peppers.
In the same pan, sauté the garlic and hot pepper, then add the sliced onion and peppers. Then add the tomato concentrate and soya sauce. Reduce and add the chicken strips.
Serve with quinoa and a green salad.
.Banana lollies with speculoos
- 1 banana
- 100 g speculoos
- 200 g white chocolate
- 20 g grated coconut
- Food colouring (red and green)
- Lolly sticks
Crush the banana with a fork in a bowl.
Crumble the speculoos and combine with the banana purée. Add the coconut, stir again, and chill for 30 minutes.
Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler.
Gather a bit of the mixture with a spoon and roll it between the palms of the hand to form a small ball.
Dip the end of each lolly stick in the white chocolate, then in each ball, to form lollies.
Place a small amount of white chocolate in each of two bowls and add a bit of food colouring to each one.
Pour each bowl of coloured chocolate onto the non-coloured white chocolate in the large bowl. Dip each of the lollies into the bowl, rotating them to form a design with the food colouring.
Stand the lollies upright in a glass, leave to harden and serve.
.Date and hazelnut lollies
- 120 g dates
- 80 g ground hazelnuts
- 2 tbsp grated coconut
- 1 knife tip of cinnamon
- 50 g dark chocolate
- Lolly sticks
- Fancy sugar
Pit the dates and finely chop them.
In a mixing bowl, combine the dates, crushed hazelnuts, coconut and cinnamon to obtain a homogeneous mixture.
Gather a bit of the mixture with a spoon and roll it between the palms of the hand to form a small ball. Repeat the operation until there is none left.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.
Dip the end of each lolly stick in the dark chocolate, then in each ball, to form lollies. Leave to chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Warm the rest of the chocolate and dip the lollies in it one by one. Garnish with the fancy sugar.
.Burbot fillets, citrus quinoa, and raw and cooked cauliflower
- For the marinade
- 1 dl olive oil
- 2 limes (juice and zest)
- Salt and pepper
- 400 g burbot fillet
- For the dressing:
- 1 thinly sliced onion
- 100 g cauliflower in small pieces
- 2 dl coconut milk
- 3 dl water
- 1 tsp turmeric
- For the quinoa
- 300 g quinoa (1 volume of quinoa to 1.5 volume of water)
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1 orange (zests and chunks)
- Lime chunks
- 12 chopped mint leaves
- To serve:
- 200 g raw cauliflower (violet, white and green)
- Celery leaves to garnish
For the oil into a salad bowl. Add the zests and juice of the two limes. Season with salt and pepper and marinate the burbot fillet, chopped into segments of 2 cm. Meanwhile, wash and cut the cauliflower.
Sear the burbot in a non-stick pan and reserve.
For the dressing:
Pour half of the remaining marinade into the pan, sweat the onion and add the cauliflower.
Add the coconut milk, water, turmeric, salt and pepper, and leave to reduce over low heat. Mix and reserve.
For the quinoa:
Rinse the quinoa well in clear water.
Pour 450 ml of water into a saucepan, dissolve the vegetable stock cube in it, and add the zests of an orange. Cook the quinoa uncovered.
Pour the cooked quinoa into a bowl and add the orange and lime chunks and chopped mint leaves.
Finely slice the raw cauliflower and brush on the rest of the marinade.
To serve: Arrange the slices of raw cauliflower in a rose shape on each plate. Shape the quinoa using a round mould, turn it onto the plate, and top with the turbot fillets. Sprinkle with dressing and garnish with a bit of minced mint, orange chunks and a celery leaf.
.Lake Geneva fera ceviche
- 4 extra-fresh fera fillets
- 4 tbsp pistachio oil
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 handful of coriander leaves
- 4 capers sliced into rounds
- A few shiso sprouts
- 2 cm fresh ginger
- 1 bunch of redcurrants
- 1 avocado
- 1 orange
- 1 grapefruit
- 1 lime
- 1 yellow tomato
- 2 violet asparagus
- Crushed crackers
- Salt and pepper
Delicately remove the skin from the fera using a knife, and cut the fillets into small pieces.
Place the pieces of fera in a bowl and cover them with lime juice and pistachio oil. Season with salt and pepper. Incorporate the coriander, capers, shiso sprouts, redcurrants and grated ginger. Mix delicately and reserve in the refrigerator.
Cut the avocado in half and remove the peel and pit. Finely slice the avocado and arrange the slices along the bottoms of four glasses. Remove the pith from the citrus chunks and arrange them on top of the avocado slices. Top with the fera and crushed crackers.
Garnish with fine slices of yellow tomato and finely chopped asparagus tips. Sprinkle with a dash of pistachio oil and serve immediately.
.Colourful salad
- 1 Green Meat radish
- 1 Blue Meat radish
- 3 carrots of different colours
- 1 pink radish
- 1 yellow beetroot
- 1 red beetroot
- 1 Chioggia beetroot
- 300 g cooked red lentils
- Mixed baby salad leaves
- Cherry tomatoes
- Scamorza shavings
- Cauliflower and romanesco cauliflower shavings
- A few raspberries
- Shiso sprouts
- 1 dl balsamic vinegar
- 1 dl olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Wash, peel and finely slice the vegetables.
Prepare the vinaigrette in a salad bowl and add the vegetables. Mix well.
Arrange the lentils in each dish and top with the seasoned slices of vegetables, baby salad leaves and cherry tomatoes, and sprinkle with cauliflower and romanesco cauliflower shavings.
Garnish with a few raspberries, edible flowers, Scamorza shavings and shiso sprouts. Sprinkle with a dash of olive oil and serve.
.Beef ribs with barbecue sauce
- 2 kg flat ribs
- For the marinade:
- 8 raspberries
- 8 mulberries
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 3 tbsp mustard
- 1 bunch of chopped flat parsley
- 1 tsp powdered garlic
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp curry powder
- Salt and pepper
- 1 dl olive oil
- 2 dl balsamic vinegar
- 2 dl soya sauce
Preheat the oven to 80°C.
Crush the raspberries and mulberries in a mixing bowl and add the ketchup and mustard, and stir. Add the parsley, spices, vinegar, olive oil and soya sauce. Mix well.
Generously brush the meat with the sauce and bake for 3 hours at 80° C. Chill the remaining sauce to reserve.
Cut the meat and serve with the remaining sauce. Accompany with grilled corn on the cob and a green salad.
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Rich pumpkin cakes with chestnut foam
- For the cakes:
- 150 g brown sugar
- 80 g icing sugar
- 150 g softened butter
- 350 g grated pumpkin
- 3 eggs
- 1 sachet of yeast
- 180 g wheat flour
- 3 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp sodium bicarbonate
- 1 dash of cane sugar syrup
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 knife tip of saffron
- For the foam:
- 3 dl thick cream
- 50 g brown sugar
- 100 g cooked chestnuts
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Combine the two sugars, corn starch and softened butter in a bowl.
Add the pumpkin, stir again, and then add the eggs, sodium bicarbonate, flour, cane syrup, a pinch of salt and a knife tip of saffron. Beat all the ingredients to obtain a smooth batter.
Pour the mixture into silicone muffin moulds. Bake in the oven for 12 minutes and leave to cool.
Pour the cream, sugar and chestnuts into a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stir, and leave to cool. Just before serving, pour the mixture into a siphon and fill a little bowl with mousse to accompany the cakes.
.Vanilla cupcakes
- 200 g wheat flour
- 130 g caster sugar
- 10 g yeast
- 2 knife tips of powdered vanilla
- 1 egg and 2 egg whites
- 120 ml milk
- 90 g melted butter
- For the icing:
- 200 g Philadelphia cream cheese
- 80 g icing sugar
- 2 knife tips of powdered vanilla
For the batter:
Place the flour in a large mixing bowl.
Combine the sugar, yeast, and powdered vanilla, and stir with a spatula.
Incorporate the egg and egg whites, as well as the milk and melted butter. Beat with an electric mixer.
Fill cupcake moulds to ¾ height and bake for 12 minutes at 170°C.
For the icing:
Place the Philadelphia cream cheese in a bowl and add the icing sugar and powdered vanilla. Mix well.
To serve:
For a successful presentation, ice the cupcakes using a piping bag.
Tip: If you dont have a piping bag, place the icing in a freezer bag. Cut off one of the corners of the bag and use as a piping bag.
.Vegetarian Bolognese sauce
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 small hot pepper
- 2 carrots
- 300 g crumbled plain tofu
- 150 g smoked tofu
- Italian herb mix
- 3 tbsp tomato concentrate
- 2 dl red wine
- 200 g tomato coulis
- 5 dl vegetable stock
- 1 small bunch of basil
- Parmesan (to garnish)
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
Peel the carrots, onion and clove of garlic. Finely chop the onion, garlic and hot pepper. Dice the carrot into a brunoise.
Cut the tofu into large cubes and crumble it with a fork.
Pour two tbsp of olive oil into a skillet. Heat the oil and add the onion, garlic and hot pepper. Cook until transparent, about 5 minutes.
Add the crumbled tofu and the herb mix and season. Cook for 5 minutes, then add the tomato concentrate and moisten with the red wine.
Allow the red wine to reduce, then add the tomato concentrate, finely chopped basil and vegetable stock.
Stir, then cook for approximately 45 minutes to one hour until the liquid evaporates.
Serve with pasta and top with parmesan shavings.
.Pumpkin and Parmesan cheesecake
- For the cheesecake:
- 220 g pumpkin
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 40 g wheat flour
- Salt and pepper
- 3 eggs
- 5 cl crème fraîche
- 200 g Philadelphia cream cheese
- For the crumble:
- 100 g softened butter
- 1 egg yolk
- 130 g wheat flour
- 100 g Parmesan
- Salt and pepper
Start by preparing the cheesecake batter. Bring a large amount of salted water to a boil.
Peel the pumpkin, remove the seeds and cut into large cubes. As soon as the water boils, immerse the pumpkin cubes and boil for 5 minutes until they are tender. Drain and leave to cool.
Place the pumpkin cubes in a salad bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add a tsp of curry, the flour and the eggs, and mix using a beater. Then add the crème fraîche and Philadelphia. Mix again and reserve.
Move on to the crumble. In a bowl, combine the egg yolk with the softened butter. Add the flour, salt, pepper and Parmesan. Combine with the fingertips to obtain a crumbly, grainy dough. Chill to reserve for 30 minutes.
Heat the oven to 180° C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and break up the crumble. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes at 180° C. Leave to cool.
Break up the crumble and add a teaspoon of Philadelphia to hold it together.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place 4 pastry circles of a diagram of 8 cm each on top. Prepare a crumble base (press down well) and pour the pumpkin mixture over it.
Bake in an oven heated to 180°C for approximately 20 minutes..
Delicately remove it from its mould and serve hot with the side dish of your choice.
.Hot chocolate with chestnut chips
- 50 ml milk
- 50 ml cream
- 50 g 70% cacao dark chocolate chips
- 1 scoop of chestnut ice cream
- Whipped cream
- Chestnut pieces
- 1 stick of spice bread
For the cream into a cooking pot and bring to a boil.
Place the chocolate chips in a pitcher and pour in the hot mixture. Mix well to melt the chocolate.
Place a scoop of chestnut ice cream in a glass and then pour the hot chocolate over it.
Top with whipped cream, chestnut chips and a stick of spice bread. Serve immediately.
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Pumpkin chai coffee
- 3 airtight jars of approximately 2 dl each
- Spice syrup (to reserve)
- 1.5 dl maple syrup
- 1 dl water
- 4 knife tip of cinnamon
- 3 knife tips of powdered ginger
- 1 knife tip of nutmeg
- 1 knife tips of powdered cloves
- Pumpkin purée (to reserve)
- 400 g red kuri or butternut squash
- ½-1 dl water
- Latte (1 serving)
- ½-1 espresso
- 2 tsp spice syrup
- 1-1.5 dl milk
- 3 tsp pumpkin purée
- ½ dl whipped cream
- 1-2 tsp pumpkin purée
For the spice syrup:
Bring the maple syrup, water and spices to a boil. Allow to boil.
Pour into a jar while hot and fasten the top.
Pumpkin purée:
Simmer the pumpkin or squash cubes in a cooking pot for approximately 30 minutes.
Reduce to a purée and fill the remaining jars with the purée while still hot. For the latte:
Warm the milk and espresso without boiling. Add a small amount of pumpkin purée and spice syrup. Pour into a tall glass.
Froth a small amount of hot milk using an immersion blender or milk steamer. Pour over the hot liquid. Sprinkle with cinnamon to serve.
Tip: The spice syrup and pumpkin purée may be stored for at least one month in the refrigerator. The quantity is enough to prepare 6-8 cups. For a sweeter latte, do not add espresso. Red kuri and butternut squash are among the pumpkins that contain the most starch and so they are particularly well-adapted to this recipe.
.Rack of venison with sweet potato and pear rösti
- For the marinade:
- 2 tsp honey
- 2 tsp tomato concentrate
- 1.5 dl soya sauce
- 1.5 dl balsamic vinegar
- 1 finely chopped shallot
- 2 crushed cloves of garlic
- 2 star anise seeds
- 2 cm minced ginger
- 1.5 kg rack of venison
- For the röstis
- 3 grated pears
- 200 g grated sweet potato
- Zest of 1 kaffir lime
- 2 tsp corn starch dissolved in a small amount of water
- Olive oil
- 1 pat of butter
For all the marinade ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir.
Brush onto the meat and leave to chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Then bake at 180°C for 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the rösti mixture by combining the grated pear and sweet potato in a mixing bowl. Add a few zests of keffir lime with the dissolved cornstarch. Mix well.
Pour a small amount of olive oil into a non-stick pan and add a pat of butter. Add the pear and sweet potato mixture and cook until golden brown.
Cut the venison rack, arrange with the röstis, top with the cooking juices, and serve with a hunters side dish.
.Crayfish and winter vegetables au gratin
- 16 Lake Geneva crayfish
- 1 small leek
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 2 thyme branches
- 1 tsp tomato concentrate
- 2 dl white wine
- 6 dl water
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 2 egg yolks
- 3 dl crème fraîche
- 5 cl Cognac
- 600 g vegetable spheres (courgettes, multicoloured carrots and turnips)
Immerse the crayfish in a pot of boiling water and cook for approximately 5 minutes. Drain and peel. Reserve the prawn meat and reserve the shells and heads.
Wash the leek and peel the carrot and onion. Finely chop the onion and cut the carrot and leek into large chunks. Sauté the vegetables in a soup pot with a small amount of olive oil and add the crayfish shells and heads.
Incorporate the tomato concentrate, white wine and water, and season. Cook, covered, for 15 minutes.
Pass through a fine sieve and reserve the bisque.
In a bowl, mix the egg yolks with ¼ of the bisque and the cream. Season and add a dash of Cognac, then mix well with a whisk. Place in a siphon and chill to reserve.
Pour the remaining bisque into the bottom of a baking dish, place the crayfish tails and vegetable spheres on top. Coat with the au gratin batter.
Bake in the oven for 10 minutes and serve hot.
.Spice bread
- 250 g honey
- 200 g water
- 150 g milk
- 50 g rum
- 180 g caster sugar
- 1 tbsp spice bread spice mix
- 50 g butter
- 400 g wheat flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 30 g yeast
- 1 egg
- 10 g cacao
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Heat the honey, water, milk, rum, sugar, spices and butter in a saucepan.
Mix the flour, salt, yeast and cacao in a mixing bowl. Crack an egg into the middle and stir again. Add the liquid mixture and mix well.
Pour the batter into a parchment-lined mould of approximately 40 cm and bake for approximately 45 minutes. Leave to cool on a rack before serving.
.Rhubarb and fruit panna cotta
- 2 dl cream
- 3 dl almond milk
- 6 g powdered gelatin
- 1 tbsp powdered vanilla
- For the topping:
- 150 g stewed rhubarb
- 50 g crumble
- 50 g crumbled biscuits
- 10 crumbled apple chips
- 10 crumbled banana chips
- 1 tbsp dried edible flowers
- 1 handful of strawberries
- 1 handful of blueberries
- 1 handful of redcurrants
- 1 handful of mulberries
- 2 small bananas
- 10 winter cherries
- Shiso sprouts
- Lime zests
For the cream, almond milk, diluted gelatin and vanilla into a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Once the mixture boils, pour it into a serving bowl and chill for 4 hours in the refrigerator.
When the mixture sets, cover with a fine layer of stewed rhubarb and chill to reserve.
Mix the crumble, crushed biscuits, and apple and banana chips in a bowl. Stir and arrange this crumble mixture on top of the stewed rhubarb. Garnish with the dried flowers and fresh fruits. Sprinkle with the lime zests and serve.
.Corn flake breaded tofu sticks
- 200 g basil-flavoured tofu
- 2 tsp mild paprika
- 2 eggs
- 50 g corn flakes
- 50 g wheat flour
- Sunflower oil
- Salt and pepper
Rinse and drain the tofu. Cut it into slices. Season with mild paprika and salt.
Beat the eggs and season. Prepare a bowl of flour and another bowl of corn flakes.
Dip each tofu stick into the flour, then the eggs, and then the corn flakes.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the sticks on every side over medium heat.
Serve hot accompanied with sweet-and-sour sauce.
.Aubergine hamburgers
- 3 aubergines
- 300 g low-fat ground meat
- 2 tbsp mustard
- 1 tsp powdered garlic
- 1 tsp mild paprika
- Italian herb mix
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
Wash the aubergines and cut them lengthwise. Make an incision in each aubergine and quarter each one without going through the skin.
Season with salt and herbs. Brush with olive oil.
Heat the oven to 180°C and bake the aubergines for approximately 40 minutes.
When the aubergines are cooked, remove the flesh using a spoon and chop.
In a mixing bowl, combine the ground meat, aubergine flesh, mustard and powdered garlic. Season. Form patties using a circle mould.
Heat oil in a frying pan and cook the patties for 5 minutes on each side.
Serve according to your taste on hamburger buns with your favourite toppings and a yoghurt sauce.
Serve immediately.
.Choco-courgette cake
- 100 g dark chocolate
- 150 g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- Salt
- 50 g ground almonds
- 200 g grated courgettes
- 150 g melted butter
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 200 g wheat flour
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.
Wash and grate the courgettes.
Pour the sugar, eggs and a pinch of salt into a terrine. Beat the mixture until it whitens.
Add the ground almonds, grated courgettes, butter and chocolate. Mix well and add the baking powder and flour.
Beat again and pour the mixture into a non-stick mould.
Bake for approximately 55 minutes.
Leave to cool on a rack.
Remove from the mould and serve.
.Ham and vegetable muffins
- 300 g wheat flour
- 15 g yeast
- 25 ml milk
- 10 ml colza oil
- 2 eggs
- 20 minced leaves of basil
- 100 g cooked button mushrooms
- 100 g diced ham
- 100 g cooked grated carrots
- 60 g grated cheese
- Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
In a mixing bowl, mix the flour, yeast, milk, oil and eggs to obtain a supple dough.
Add the basil, mushrooms, diced ham, carrots and 2/3 of the grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper and mix well.
Pour the mixture into muffin tins and top with the remaining grated cheese.
Bake for 25 minutes until the muffins are golden brown.
.Roasted mandarines
- 1 l water
- 500 g caster sugar
- 1 vanilla pod
- 4 mandarines
- 1 star anise seed
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Crushed biscuits
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Peel the mandarines and remove the central pith without damaging the segments.
Heat the water in a saucepan with the sugar.
Cut the vanilla bean in half and scrape it to recuperate the grains.
When the water boils, add the star anise, vanilla and cinnamon. Delicately immerse the mandarines and leave them to cook over low heat for approximately ten minutes.
Remove the mandarines from the water, place them in an oven dish, and bake for approximately ten minutes.
Reduce the liquid to reach a syrupy consistency. Generously baste the mandarines once they are baked.
To serve, place crushed biscuits at the bottom of each of 4 bowls and arrange the mandarines on top. Coat with syrup and serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and the topping of your choice (such as redcurrants).
.Fried white asparagus, Parmesan coating and wild garlic coulis
- 500 g white asparagus
- 70 g butter
- 50 g Parmesan
- 50 g wild garlic
- 50 g parsley
- 100 g spinach
- 1 shallot
- 2 dl white wine
- 2 dl liquid crème fraîche
- Salt and pepper
Wash the herbs. Blanch them for 20 seconds in boiling water. Plunge them into iced water to stop the cooking process.
Drain and blend in a blender. Chill to reserve.
Wash and peel the asparagus with a vegetable peeler. Cook them in salted boiling water for 12-15 minutes depending on the thickness (3 X volume of water compared to the volume of asparagus).
When the asparagus is cooked, remove them using a slotted spoon. Drain.
In a frying pan, heat 50 g of butter until frothy and delicately brown the asparagus.
Sprinkle a coat of Parmesan over the asparagus.
Reserve on plates or on a serving dish.
Prepare the herb coulis: Begin to sweat the chopped shallots with 10 g of butter, then incorporate the remaining butter.
Deglaze with the white wine and add the liquid crème fraîche.
Reduce the sauce slightly before incorporating the herb purée into it.
Whisk the mixture to form the herb coulis. Season and serve immediately.
Strawberry soup flavoured with citronella and speculoos and cookie crumble
- 250 g strawberries
- 15 g citronella
- 50 g icing sugar
- 1 lemon (juice)
- 100 g speculoos
- 100 g cookies
- 50 g salted butter
Wash the strawberries and remove the stems. Reserve.
Pour the juice of one lemon, the icing sugar, 2 dl of water and the citronella into a cooking pot.
Add the strawberries and stew over low heat for 3 hours. Stir regularly and delicately.
Chill to reserve.
Prepare the crumble by crushing the speculoos and cookies. Incorporate the softened salted butter to the biscuit crumbs.
Ladle the stewed strawberry soup into dessert dishes to serve. Top with a 2 cm coat of crumble.
Garnish with a scoop of ice cream.
.Zero waste springtime vegetable soup
- 2 small leeks
- 2 new carrots
- 1 purple carrot
- 4 small turnips
- 1 Burpees Golden beetroot
- 1 Red Meat radish
- 4 small patty pan squashes
- 1 green radish
- 1 blue radish
- Cherry tomatoes
- 3 dl liquid crème fraîche
- 2 egg yolks
- 50 g Parmesan
- Oil
- Salt
Wash and peel the vegetables. Reserve the peel in a bowl.
Slice the vegetables into thin strips. Cook them in salted water, then drain.
Put the vegetable peelings into the hot water, add the liquid crème fraîche and mix well.
Pass the contents of the pan through a sieve, keeping only the liquid.
Fry the vegetable peelings in a little oil. Drain on kitchen paper.
Pour half the liquid into a pot, then add the egg yolk to the remainder.
Pour the second half of the liquid back into the pan and bring to a boil.
Add the Parmesan and remove from the heat.
Sauté the vegetables and add salt and the fried vegetable peelings.
Ladle the soup into bowls, and arrange the vegetables and peelings on top. Finish with cherry tomatoes.
.Energy balls
- 100 g shelled almonds
- 100 g cashew nuts
- 100 g dates
- 30 g grated coconut
- 10 g powdered cacao
- 2 tbsp colza oil
- Cacao and grated coconut for the coating
Place the almonds and cashew nuts in a mixer and reduce to a coarse powder.
Add the diced dates, 30 g of grated coconut, the cacao and the oil. Blend to obtain a dough.
Shape small balls. Roll them in the cacao or grated coconut and serve.
.Revisited Malakoffs
- For the bechamel sauce:
- 30 g butter
- 2 tbsp flour
- 30 cl milk
- 2 egg yolks
- 50 g diced gruyère
- Salt and pepper
- To cook:
- 5 slices of sandwich bread
- Oil
- Butter
Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the flour, and stir with a wooden spoon. Progressively pour the milk in, continually stirring until the sauce thickens.
Add the diced Gruyère and stir. Incorporate the egg yolks. Slightly melt the Gruyère. Season with salt and pepper and leave to cool.
Flatten the pieces of bread using a rolling pin and cut the crusts off.
Using a cookie cutter, cut out small circles of approximately 2.5 cm in diameter.
Place a generous spoonful of bechamel sauce on each slice of bread and form a cylinder. Plug up the ends of the cylinder with two flattened circles of bread.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and add a small amount of butter.
Fry the Malakoffs on every side until the bread is golden brown.
Serve hot accompanied with pickles, pearl onions and a salad of baby salad leaves.
Chicken skewers marinated in barbecue sauce
- 600 g chicken fillet
- For the marinade:
- 2 tbsp Savora mustard
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 2 pinches of aromatic (herb and flower) mixture
- 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsp chilli sauce
- 2 cubed red peppers
- 2 red onions
Cut the chicken and slip it onto skewers, alternating with pepper and red onion.
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and brush every side of the chicken skewers with the mixture. Leave to chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
Sear the skewers on a griddle for 15 minutes, turning them over regularly.
.Asian-style marinated pork skewers
600 g pork brisket
2 mangoes cut into large cubes
For the marinade:
3 tbsp sweet-and-sour sauce
Lemon and lime zests
3 cm fresh grated ginger
3 tbsp soya sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
3 tbsp fish sauce
Italian-marinated beef skewers
- 600 g rumpsteak
- 2 tbsp red pesto
- 3 tbsp green pesto
- 5 tsp whole-grain mustard
- 1 basket of cherry tomatoes
- 1 bunch of basil
Cube the beef and slip it onto skewers, alternating with cherry tomatoes and basil leaves.
Mix the green pesto, red pesto and mustard in a bowl.
Brush every side of the beef skewers with this marinate and chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
Sear rapidly on both sides on a griddle.
.Seared mixed vegetables
- 1 aubergine
- 2 carrots
- 7 mushrooms
- ½ cauliflower
- 1 courgette
- 1 fresh onion
- 1 red onion
- 1 orange
- 1 peach
- 2 peppers
- 7 radishes
- Rosemary
- Thyme
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Wash and cut the fruits and vegetables into pieces.
Place them on a sheet of parchment paper. Season with salt, pepper and a dash of olive oil. Add the aromatic herbs.
Fold the parchment paper to form a parcel.
Place on the griddle and cook for 20-25 minutes.
Open the parcel to serve.
.Seared teriyaki aubergines
- 1 large aubergine
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- For the dressing:
- 3 tbsp soya sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- To serve:
- 1 handful of mung beans
- 1 tbsp coarsely ground salted peanuts
- 2 hot peppers (1 green and 1 red)
- 2 cm fresh grated ginger
- Fresh coconut shavings
- Lemons and limes
Wash the aubergine and cut it in half lengthwise. Make an incision in the aubergine using a sharp knife and quarter it without going through the skin.
Brush with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place on the griddle and sear for 35 to 45 minutes depending on the size of the aubergine. Turn over regularly.
When the cooking process is complete, remove the skin using a soup spoon.
Prepare the dressing by mixing the soya sauce with the sesame oil.
Cut the hot peppers into thin strips and cut shavings off the coconut.
Arrange the aubergine on a plate. Sprinkle with mung beans, hot pepper strips and crushed peanuts. Garnish with lemon and lime zests, grated ginger and coconut shavings.
Add the dressing and serve with a bit of pickled ginger and wasabi paste.
.Seared aubergine with summer fruits
- 1 aubergine
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- For the dressing:
- 2 tbsp liquid honey
- Juice of half a lemon
- Olive oil
- For the topping:
- 1 lime
- 6 strawberries
- 6 raspberries
- 6 mulberries
- 1 handful of blueberries
- 1 bunch of redcurrants
- 1 fresh onion
- 30 g de kasha (toasted buckwheat)
- 1 sprig of dill
- Fleur de sel
Wash the aubergine and cut it in half lengthwise. Make an incision in the aubergine using a sharp knife and quarter it without going through the skin.
Brush with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place on the griddle and sear for 35 to 45 minutes depending on the size of the aubergine. Turn over regularly.
When the cooking process is complete, remove the flesh using a soup spoon.
Prepare the dressing by combining the honey, lemon juice and olive oil.
Wash the red berries. Cut the strawberries, raspberries and mulberries in half. Remove the redcurrants and cut the onion into strips.
Arrange the aubergine on a plate. Garnish with red berries, lime quarters and fresh onion. Sprinkle with kasha, sprigs of dill and fleur de sel.
Add the dressing and serve immediately.
.Seared apricots and creamy Burrata
- 3 apricots
- Olive oil
- 12 Taggiasca olives
- 1 Burrata
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1 vanilla pod
- 1 lemon
- 1 lime
- Balsamic vinegar cream
- Fleur de sel
- Basil
Wash and halve the apricots. Place them on a hot griddle with a dash of olive oil.
Flatten the vanilla bean on a board. Half it lengthwise and scrape it with the back of a knife to remove all the grains
Mix the honey with the vanilla grains in a bowl and brush the mixture onto the apricots as they cook.
Add the olives to the griddle, sprinkle the mixture with the lemon and lime zests, and cook.
Delicately arrange the Burrata in a dish and add the apricots and olives. Garnish with a few spoonfuls of balsamic vinegar cream, a dash of olive oil, a pinch of fleur de sel, and basil.
.Cyclops' eyes Halloween
- 300 g concentrated milk
- 200 g grated coconut
- 20 g grated coconut to garnish
- Red food colouring
- Smarties
- 30 g dark chocolate
In a bowl, mix the grated coconut with the concentrated milk and chill for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
Once the mixture has chilled, scoop up a ball with a soup spoon and shape it into a ball with your hands.
Add a Smarty and draw veins using an edible red pen.
Melt a bit of chocolate in a small saucepan. Once melted, use a toothpick to draw a pupil on the Smarties.
.Vampire teeth Halloween
- 2 Pink Lady apples
- Speculoos spread
- Pine nuts
Wash the apples without peeling them.
Cut the apples into quarters and remove the cores and seeds.
Cut a slit into the middle of each quarter on the skin side without cutting all the way through.
Scoop up a spoonful of Speculoos spread and fill the slits.
Arrange the pine nuts one by one to make the teeth.
.Witch fingers Halloween
- 80 g softened butter
- 75 g caster sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- Lemon zests
- 170 g wheat flour
- Blanched almonds
- Redcurrant jelly
Beat the softened butter in a mixing bowl.
Add the eggs, sugar and lemon zest, and beat until the mixture whitens. Incorporate the sifted flour and knead to obtain a homogeneous dough. Wrap tightly with plastic film and chill for 2 hours.
Take the dough out 10 minutes before use.
Scoop up a small amount of dough with a spoon and shape it into a witchs finger.
Using the back of a knife, trace the wrinkles of the knuckle joints to make the biscuit appear realistic.
Take an almond and press it gently into one of the ends to give it the shape of a fingernail. Cover the shape left behind by the almond with redcurrant jelly and stick the fingernail onto it.
Place the witches fingers on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for approximately 10 minutes in an oven preheated to 200°C.
.Mummies Halloween
- 1 rectangular roll of puff pastry dough
- 8 Vienna sausages
- Mustard
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Cut the dough into strips of a thickness of 1.5-2 cm.
Roll the sausages in the strips, taking care to leave a space for the eyes.
Bake for 15 minutes in the middle of the oven.
Using a toothpick, place two dots of mustard on the sausage to represent eyes.
.
Evil potion Halloween
- 1 tin of lychees
- 1 pack of Dragibus
- Grenadine syrup
- Caster sugar
- Mint syrup
Drain the lychees and separate the black Dragibus candies from the packet.
Insert a Dragibus into each lychee to represent an eye and reserve.
Prepare 1 l of mint syrup and chill to reserve.
Pour a bit of grenadine syrup into a saucer and place a small amount of sugar in a bowl.
Dip the rim of each glass into the syrup, then in the sugar.
Fill the glasses with mint syrup, then immerse two eyes in it.
.Potato tatin, kuri squash chutney and sautéed chanterelles by Sébastien Jouniaux
- 150 g fine flour
- 80 g salted butter
- 80 g grated Parmesan
- 2 egg yolks
- Salt and pepper
- ½ sachet of baking powder
- 80 g bacon dried with absinthe
- 3 Agria potatoes
- 3 dl chicken stock
- 40 g butter
- 200 g shallots
- 2 dl red port wine
- 2 dl red wine
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- 2 tbsp colza oil
- 40 g shallots
- 200 g kuri squash
- 100 g quince
- 50 g honey
- 5 tbsp sherry vinegar
- 1 dl apple juice
- ½ mild hot pepper
- 300 g button chanterelles
- 1 clove of pink garlic
- 1 handful mizuna leaves
- Salt and pepper
- 3 tbsp grapeseed oil
- 1 tbsp cider vinegar
Mix the flour and yeast. Form a well and add the butter cut into small pieces. Work with the fingertips for a few instants, then add the fine salt, pepper, grated Parmesan and egg yolks. Form the short crust pastry into a flattened ball. Chill to reserve for one hour.
Cut the potatoes into wide cylinders (approximately 6 cm wide and 5 cm high) using a metal cookie cutter. Precook the potatoes in a chicken stock for 10 minutes over low heat. Reserve in the stock.
In a saucepan, cook the shallots with the butter and snipped bay leaves. After it becomes golden brown, add the port wine and red wine. Cook gently, covered, until the liquid completely evaporates. Chill to reserve.
Boil the quince in water until it is tender before cubing it and the squash. Sauté the shallots and hot pepper over low heat in the oil, then add the honey. Allow to caramelise before deglazing with sherry vinegar. After slightly reducing the mixture, add the apple juice and quince cubes. Allow the mixture to stew, covered, over low heat. Season. Remove from the heat and chill to reserve.
Butter the interior of four circles and add the dried bacon slices.
Hollow out the potato cylinders using a small melon baller and insert the shallots into them. Place the potatoes in the mould, making sure to keep the bacon in place.
Roll out the parmesan short pastry, cut it into a circle of the size of the mould, and top the potatoes with it.
Bake on a parchment-lined baking sheet for 20 minutes at 160°C, potato side down.
Serve hot with the chanterelles sautéed with pink garlic, as well as the chutney, a few minuza leaves and the grapeseed oil vinaigrette.
.Scottish smoked salmon fillet in potato crust by Tony Guilloux
- 320 g Scottish centre-cut smoked salmon fillet
- 60 g Aquitaine caviar
- 300 g firm potatoes
- 70 g potato flakes
- 50 g clarified butter
- 200 g leeks + 2 miniature leeks
- 2x 100 g white onion
- 200 g 35 % fat cream
- 40 g butter
- 2 sheets of gelatin
- 10 g dried blue pea flowers
- Salmon eggs
- Salt and pepper
- 250 g artichoke cooking water
- 100 g carrots
- 10 cl whole milk
- 10 cl 35% fat cream
- 1 whole egg + 1 white +1 yolk
- 1 pinch ground coriander
- Zest of one lemon
- Aromatic bouquet
- Borage flowers
- Potato chips
- Dill
- Chervil
Thickened leek cream: in a stock pot, gently cook the minced leek and onion in butter. Season with salt and pepper and moisten with the thick cream. Simmer for approximately 20 minutes.
Blend with a blender and pass through a fine sieve.
Add the rehydrated and drained sheets of gelatin and the dried blue pea flowers. Allow to infuse to obtain a pretty colour, and pass the mixture through a cheesecloth sieve. Chill to reserve, and when the cream is very cold, beat it to thicken it.
Peel and wash the miniature leeks. Slice them on the bias and blanch them in salted boiling water. Chill them in iced water to keep them crunchy.
To prepare and cook the salmon: cut the salmon into thick pieces of 40 g each.
Peel, wash and cut the potatoes into cylinders of 4 cm of diameter using a cookie cutter.
Using a mandoline, finely slice the potatoes and coat each slice with the potato flakes. Line them up in rows on a plate covered with plastic film and cover with another sheet of plastic film. Cook for 1 minute in the microwave and reserve.
Brush each piece of salmon with egg white and stick the potato bands to the back of the salmon. In a non-stick pan, heat the butter and brown the salmon pieces, potato sides down.
Reserve at room temperature.
Royale of artichoke: dice the onions and carrots. Sauté the artichokes in a cooking pot with a dash of olive oil and the diced onions and carrots. Add the aromatic bouquet. Moisten with water and simmer, covered, for approximately 20 minutes.
Remove the artichoke pieces, blend the cooking stock with a blender, and pass it through a cheesecloth sieve.
Leave to cool and add the milk, cream, eggs and seasoning.
Pour approximately 10 cl of this mixture into each of four Martini-style glasses, cover individually with plastic film, and cook in a steam oven at 80°C for 10 minutes. Chill to reserve.
To finish and serve: Arrange a fine layer of Aquitaine caviar on the royale of artichoke and pipe out the thickened leek and blue pea flower cream to form a pretty dome.
Place the mini leek segments on picks and garnish with a few salmon eggs.
Finish with the decorative garnish.
Stand the glass on a flat plate and arrange two slices of smoked salmon on the side.
Noisettes of venison with coffee and juniper-infused crème brûlée, glazed autumn vegetables and chanterelles by Eric Béchet
- 25 cl milk
- 25 cl 35 % fat cream
- 30 g ground coffee (Trieste Carasso organic)
- 10 juniper berries
- 5 egg yolks
- 20 g caster sugar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 carrot
- 1 parsnip root
- ¼ butternut squash
- 2 violet carrots
- ½ turnip
- 200 g Vitelotte potatoes
- 100 g chanterelles
- 50 g butter
- 600 g venison fillet
- ½ bottle full-bodied red wine
- 100 g carrots
- 100 g onion
- 1 shallot
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 celery branch
- 1 parsley branch
- 1 rosemary branch
- 1 thyme branch
- 1 bay leaf
- 5 cl Cognac
- 5 cl olive oil
- 1 tbsp white peppercorns
- Salt
The day before preparation: marinate the venison fillet with the onions and carrots diced into mirepoix and the whole shallots. Add the crushed garlic, herbs, celery and peppercorns.
Add the olive oil, Cognac and red wine (the fillet should be coated in liquid; otherwise turn over every hour). Cover and marinate for 6 hours.
The day of preparation: prepare the crème brûlée. Prepare a strong coffee and crushed juniper berry infusion. Filter and recuperate the liquid. Place the yolks in a terrine and beat with the sugar using an electric beater until the mixture whitens. Add the infused liquid and mix well. Spread this mixture into 4 oven-safe bowls and bake them in the oven for 30 minutes at 160°C. Remove from the oven and cool at room temperature before chilling in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Chop the vegetables on the bias and blanch them in boiling water before chilling them in iced water. Glaze them in butter with the chanterelles. Reserve, keeping warm.
Cut the venison into medallions. Pour a small amount of oil into a pan and sear the noisettes of venison 2 min on each side. Season with salt and pepper and cook, covered, 5 min over low heat. Reserve the noisettes, keeping them warm in a dish covered with aluminium foil.
To serve: warm the crème brûlées in an oven preheated to 160°C for 5 min. Sprinkle them with brown sugar and caramelise them under the broiler or using a kitchen blowtorch.
Arrange the medallions of venison in the centre of each plate and add the glazed vegetables and potatoes. Top with the chanterelles.
.Button mushroom carpaccio with toasted hazelnuts and kumquat vinaigrette by Morgan Mafioly
- 12 brown button mushrooms
- 12 white button mushrooms
- 1 dl hazelnut oil
- 1 dl olive oil
- 80 g toasted hazelnuts
- 50 g caster sugar
- 1 dl kumquat juice
- 1 shallot
- 2 scallions
- 50 g beetroot sprouts
- Fleur de sel, freshly ground pepper
Clean the mushrooms. Slice them with a mandoline or knife. Chill to reserve.
Heat the sugar to the point of caramelization, then deglaze with kumquat juice. Reduce to obtain a syrupy consistency. Leave to cool.
Arrange the mushrooms. Sprinkle them with finely chopped shallots and toasted hazelnuts. Add the kumquat juice reduction. Sprinkle the dish with hazelnut and olive oils. Season with fleur de sel and freshly ground pepper.
.Mushroom cappuccino with crispy bacon by Morgan Mafioly
- 1.2 kg white and brown button mushrooms
- 250 g common mushrooms
- 150 g sliced smoked bacon
- 3 dl water
- 3 dl 35 % fat cream
- 20 g chervil
- 20 g walnut oil
- 100 g sandwich bread
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 cl sherry vinegar
- Salt and pepper
Wash and mince 1 kg of button mushrooms. Steam, covered, until they release their water. Pass the cooking juice through a sieve and reserve it.
In a saucepan, reduce the cooking juice by half. Add the cream and reduce by a quarter. Season. Pass through a sieve and pour into a siphon. Add 2 gas cartridges. Chill in the refrigerator.
Fry the bacon until crispy. Drain on kitchen paper. Chop to form bacon bits.
Wash the remaining mushrooms. Cut them into quarters and sauté them in a hot pan. Deglaze with sherry vinegar.
Cube the sandwich bread. Sauté it in a pan with the oil and garlic.
Place the mushroom emulsion in soup bowls. Add the bacon bits, sautéed mushrooms, button mushrooms and croutons. Garnish with sprigs of chervil and a dash of walnut oil.
.Colovrex bison civet with Gamaret wine from the Cave de Genève, pears poached in vin jaune and spices By Florimond Chassagnon
- 800 g Colovrex bison stew meat
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 thinly sliced onion
- 50 g chopped 70% cacao dark chocolate
- Wheat flour
- 2 bottle of Gamaret wine
- 10 g juniper berries
- 1 bouquet garni
- 2 peeled onions
- 2 peeled carrots
- 600 g fresh spätzle
- 200 g finely chopped red cabbage
- 160 g small chanterelles
- 160 g Brussels sprouts
- 300 g cranberries
- 200 g orange and yellow carrot spheres
- 300 g cubed squash
- 1 large starchy potato
- 200 g chestnuts
- 4 small pears
- 1 bottle of Jura vin jaune
- 1 star anise seed
- 1 green cardamom seed
- Sunflower oil
- Butter
- Caster sugar
- Game stock
- Salt and pepper
A day in advance, prepare the marinade in a deep dish. Mix the red wine, 2 onions, 2 carrots and the bouquet garni. Season and immerse the bison pieces in the marinade. Chill to reserve for 24 hours.
The next day, drain the meat and filter the marinade. Heat a bit of oil in a stew pot and sauté the pieces of bison meat with the garlic and onion. Add the flour. Coat the meat well. Moisten with the reserved marinade. Simmer over low heat for 2 1/2 hours. At the end of the cooking process, add the dark chocolate and allow to melt. Set aside.
Sauté the spätzle in a small amount of oil.
Blanch the Brussels sprouts and carrot spheres in boiling water before chilling them in iced water.
Sauté the finely chopped red cabbage over low heat in a small amount of butter until it is tender.
Cook the squash and peeled potato in the seasoned water. Pass them through a potato masher, season and add a pat of butter.
Wash the chanterelles and sauté them in a stew pot with a small amount of butter.
Heat the vin jaune with 3 tbsp of sugar, 1 star anise seed and 1 crushed cardamom seed. Poach the peeled pears in this mixture. When the pears are tender, remove them from the heat.
Place the cranberries, water and 250 g of sugar in a sauce pan and simmer for 5 to 10 min. Stir well and bring to a boil. Cook over low heat for 20 min.
Place a small amount of water, the game stock, 1 tbsp sugar and the peeled chestnuts in a saucepan and heat over low heat. Cook for 15 minutes.
Serve this autumn dish with a good bottle of Gamaret from the Cave de Genève. Reheat the stew and side dishes. Arrange on heated plates.
.Cressin bagnarde by Gérard Michellod
- 100 g water
- 10 g yeast
- 4 g salt
- 270 g white flour
- 45 g fine sugar
- 50 g eggs
- 30 g fresh butter
- 1.5 g ground cinnamon
- 1 g ground anise seed
- 0.5 g ground nutmeg
- 50 g yellow sultana raisins
Mix the flour with the salt and spices. Add the yeast, dissolved in water, and the softened butter. Knead the dough and incorporate the raisins 2 minutes before the end of the kneading process to avoid crushing them.
Cover with a damp tea towel and leave to ferment for one hour.
Shape the dough into a ball and slightly flatten it. Place on a baking sheet and cover with plastic film. After the fermentation time has passed, brush with egg and make lozenge-shaped incisions on the loaf with a knife. Sprinkle with crystallised sugar.
Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for approximately 25 to 30 minutes.
As a festive or Sunday loaf, the cressin is to the natives of Valais what the madeleine was to Proust. The Michellod family prepares it fresh every day. Serve the cressin with butter. Gérard Michellod shares his fathers recipe with you. Try it at home!
.Chocolate cookies
- 150 g stale bread
- 100 g chopped dark chocolate
- 60 g chopped nuts (pecan, almonds, etc.)
- 90 g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 120 g softened salted butter
- 1 level tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp cacao
Cube the stale bread and blend it in a blender to obtain a fine powder.
Then incorporate the rest of the ingredients.
Blend to obtain a homogeneous mass and then shape small balls, squeezing the dough in the palms of the hands.
Arrange the balls on a baking dish covered with parchment paper and flatten them slightly.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes at 170°C.
.Cornettes au gratin
- 600 g leftover cooked pasta
- 150 g turkey ham, cut into strips
- A few seasonal vegetables, your choice
- 1 shallot
- 4 eggs
- 3 dl milk
- 50 g grated Gruyère
- 2 tbsp colza oil
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp HOLL colza oil
Quickly sauté the vegetables and shallot in a small amount of HOLL colza oil and set aside.
In a baking dish, combine the pasta, turkey ham and vegetables.
Beat the eggs with the milk, season, and pour over the pasta.
Sprinkle the grated Gruyère over the top and bake for 40 minutes at 180°C.
.Sautéed rice
- 500 g cooked rice
- 3 eggs cooked as an omelette
- 200 g peas
- 200 g cubed carrots
- 100 g mungo bean sprouts
- 30 g rehydrated raisins
- 30 g cashew nuts
- A few sprigs of coriander
- Lime juice
- Soya sauce
- 2 shallots
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 tbsp HOLL colza oil
Sauté the carrots, peas, shallot and crushed garlic with a small amount of HOLL colza oil.
Add the rice and sauté the rice with the vegetables for a few minutes.
Chop the omelette, incorporate it into the rice, and add the raisins and cashew nuts.
Season with the lime juice and soya sauce.
Add the sprigs of coriander and the mungo sprouts to serve.
.Smoked salmon rösti
- 500 g potatoes with their skins
- 100 g cream cheese such as Saint-Moret
- 120 g smoked salmon
- Chives
- Salt, pepper, Espelette pepper
- 1 grated beetroot
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Mesclun
- 2 tbsp HOLL colza oil
Peel and grate the potatoes.
Brown the potato rösti on both sides in a frying pan.
Combine the cream cheese with the chives, hot pepper and lemon juice.
To serve, shape a spoonful of cream cheese mixture on each section of rösti and top with a strip of smoked salmon.
Garnish with mesclun and grated beetroot to taste.
.Fried bananas
- 4 slightly overripe bananas
- 2 tsp butter
- 1 tsp coconut sugar
- Lemon juice
Peel and cut the bananas in half lengthwise.
Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the bananas for a few minutes on each side with 1 tsp coconut sugar. Deglaze with a few drops of lemon juice.
Serve warm as a dessert or to accompany a riz casimir.
.Stuffed mushrooms
- For the stuffing:
- 10 g butter
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 onion
- 50 g shiitake mushrooms
- 80 g button mushrooms
- 1 bunch of parsley
- Salt and pepper
- 250 g ground veal
- To assemble:
- 8 whole button mushrooms
- Parmesan shavings
- 4 tbsp red lentils
- 2 dl liquid cream
Slice the onion and sweat it in a non-stick pan with a pat of butter.
Add the sliced shiitakes and button mushrooms as well as the chopped parsley. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for 10 minutes.
Delicately clean the 8 whole button mushrooms with a tea towel. Remove their stems and reserve them on a plate.
Mix the cooked mushrooms with the ground meat in a bowl, and stuff the whole mushrooms with the mixture.
Pour 4 tablespoons of lentils into 2 small baking dishes, place the mushrooms on top, and coat with a small amount of liquid cream.
Add a parmesan shaving to each mushroom. Cover and bake 30 minutes at 180°C. Serve with a green salad.
.Chestnut crème brûlée
- 8 egg yolks
- 100 g caster sugar
- 150 g chestnut paste
- 1 vanilla pod
- 250 ml liquid cream
- 250 ml whole milk
- Brown sugar
Preheat the oven to 100°C.
Beat the egg yolks energetically in a bowl with the sugar, chestnut paste and vanilla grains to obtain a frothy mixture. Add the cream and milk. Mix.
Pour into a baking dish and bake for 1 hour.
Remove from the oven and chill in the refrigerator.
Top with brown sugar and caramelize using a kitchen blowtorch.
Garnish according to your taste with chestnut chips before serving.
.Poke bowl
- 240 g sushi rice
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- ¼ chopped red cabbage
- 1 handful of grated celery root
- 1 Chioggia beetroot
- 1 handful of grated carrots
- 1 avocado
- 5 pink radishes
- 2 spring onions
- 200 g fresh salmon
- 200 g smoked haddock
- 1 sprig of coriander
- 2 tsp red flying fish eggs
- 2 tsp green flying fish eggs
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- For the dressing:
- 1 tbsp wasabi
- 1 dl soya sauce
- 1 dl sesame oil
- 1 dl olive oil
- 5 cl sweet-and-sour sauce
Prepare the dressing by combining the sweet-and-sour sauce, wasabi, soya sauce, sesame oil and olive oil in a bowl.
Rinse the rice thoroughly under cold running water in a colander. Drain it well and boil it in a large volume of salted water according to the instructions on the package. When the rice is cooked, allow it to cool and add the vinegar. Chill to reserve.
Wash and dice all the vegetables.
Arrange the rice in four bowls and top with all the ingredients.
Add the dressing and serve immediately.
.Crumble of old-fashioned vegetables
- 100 g pumpkin
- 100 g orange and yellow carrots
- 100 g rutabaga
- 2 Williams pears
- 40 g almonds and walnuts
- 100 g Brussels sprouts
- 50 g parsnips
- 50 g white radishes
- 100 g celery root
- 1 red onion
- Salt and pepper
- 1 dash of olive oil
- Chives
- Parsley
- 1 dl water
- 300 g wheat flour
- 150 g butter
- 100 g de Chavroux
- 3 figs
Heat the oven to 200°C. Wash, peel and dice the vegetables.
Place all the vegetables in an oven dish. Season with salt, pepper and a dash of olive oil. Add the finely chopped herbs and water and mix well. Bake for approximately 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the crumble by combining the softened butter, flour and Chavroux in a bowl. Combine with the fingertips to obtain a crumbly, grainy dough. Chill to reserve.
Take the vegetables out of the oven and top with the refrigerated crumble. Garnish with fig quarters and bake for another 15 minutes.
Serve with green salad.
.Crepe batter
- 450 ml milk
- 250 g wheat flour
- 50 g caster sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 sachet vanilla sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp rum
- Oil for frying
For the milk into a saucepan and heat until tepid.
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt and vanilla sugar, and form a well in the centre. Add the eggs, oil and a small amount of milk to it. Mix well and gradually add the milk to obtain a very smooth batter. Add the rum and mix again.
To cook the crepes:
Heat a few drops of oil in a non-stick pan, then add a small ladleful of batter and cook the crepes over low heat on each side. Continue until there is no batter left.
Chefs tip
For a touch of originality and to keep it interesting, feel free to use different kinds of flour (buckwheat, common wheat, spelt) and to add various flavours to the basic recipe. Orange blossom water, vanilla or lemon zests add a little something special to the recipe.
.Frangipane with Toblerone
- 2 round puff pastry dough rolls
- 150 g Toblerone
- 1 egg yolk for browning the pastry
- For the pastry cream
- 1 egg yolk
- 30 g caster sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 20 g wheat flour
- 25 cl milk
- 1 vanilla pod
- For the almond cream:
- 40 g softened butter
- 1 egg
- 50 g caster sugar
- 75 g ground blanched almonds
- 30 ml brown rum
Preheat the oven to 180°C and coarsely chop the Toblerone.
For the pastry cream:
Bring the milk up to a boil with the split vanilla bean. Meanwhile, whiten the egg yolk with the sugar and add the flour. Mix well. When the milk simmers, remove the vanilla bean and pour the milk over the whitened yolk.
Mix well and pour the mixture into a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes from the time that it begins to boil until it thickens into a cream. Pour it into a dish, cover with plastic film and chill rapidly.
For the almond cream:
In a bowl, mix the softened butter with the sugar and then add the whole egg, almond powder and rum. Mix well and reserve.
For the frangipane:
Mix the custard and the almond cream until the blend is homogeneous.
To make the frangipane kings cake:
Roll out the puff pastry dough and cut out two circles using a cake mould. One may be slightly larger than the other. Place the smaller disk on a lined baking sheet. Spread the frangipane cream over the disk, leaving a margin of 2 cm around the edges. Insert a lucky charm and generously sprinkle with chopped Toblerone.
Cover this disk with the second disk of pastry dough and fold the edges down around the first disk (be careful to seal well). Lightly trace a decoration with a knife tip and brush the dough with egg yolk. Bake for approximately 30 to 35 minutes in the lower part of the oven.
.Wontons Chinese New Year
- 1 pack of wonton dough sheets
- 250 g ground pork
- 1 egg
- 100 g water chestnuts
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 30 ml soya sauce
- 30 g grated ginger
- 2 spring onions
- 1 l chicken stock
- 1 carrot
- 1 small leek
Mince the water chestnuts and finely chop the spring onions, leek and carrot.
In a mixing bowl, combine the meat, egg, water chestnuts, garlic, ginger, onion and soya sauce.
Prepare each wonton by spreading a bit of stuffing onto a sheet of dough. Moisten the edges with a bit of water and fold the dough over itself to seal each ravioli. Press the edges down firmly to keep them from opening during the cooking process.
Place them in a steamer basket and steam for 4 to 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook the leek and carrot in the stock. Pour the stock into a bowl, arrange the wontons, and garnish with the chopped spring onion.
.Detox smoothie After the holidays
- 4 Golden apples
- 3 kiwis
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 3 kale leaves
Peel the apples and kiwis and chop into cubes.
Wash the three kale leaves and remove the central stalk.
Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend to obtain a smooth texture (add some water if the smoothie is too thick for your taste), then serve.
.Salmon gravlax Starter
- 500 g centre-cut salmon
- 1 kg sea salt
- 20 g caster sugar
- 2 lemons
- 2 limes
- 2 star anise seeds
- 1 handful of pink peppercorns
- 10 g ginger
- 1 bunch thyme
- 1 bunch dill
- Olive oil
- Wasabi-toasted sesame seeds
- Black sesame seeds
- 100 g mayonnaise
- 1 tsp wasabi paste
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 avocado
- 1 orange
- Salt and pepper
Wash, peel and finely slice the lemon and lime. Chop the ginger.
Mix the sea salt, caster sugar, lemon and lime, peppercorns, ginger and herbs in a large mixing bowl. Add a dash of olive oil. Stir again.
Place the salmon in a large dish and completely coat with the seasoned salt mixture. Leave to marinate for 4 hours in the refrigerator, then rinse.
Prepare the sauce by mixing the mayonnaise with the wasabi.
Wash and peel the cucumbers, remove their seeds, and cut them into 4 cm slices.
Cut the avocado into small cubes and cut the rind off the oranges and limes.
Finely slice the salmon and coat some of the slices with the grilled sesame seeds and some with the wasabi sesame seeds.
On each dish, arrange a slice topped with black sesame seeds, a slice with no sesame seeds, and a slice coated with wasabi sesame seeds alongside each other. Add three slices of cucumber. Fill the first one with wasabi mayonnaise, the second with cubed avocado, and the third with citrus segments.
.Centre-cut beef in a puff pastry case with truffle shavings Main dish
- 800 g centre-cut beef fillet
- 200 g ceps
- 1 shallot
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 bunch thyme
- Butter
- 1 dash of olive oil
- 5 green cabbage leaves
- 1 rectangular roll of puff pastry dough
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tbsp mascarpone
- Truffle
- New potatoes
- Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Boil a large amount of salted water and immerse 5 large cabbage leaves for 3-4 minutes. Drain well.
Pour a small amount of olive oil into a frying pan and add a pat of butter. When the oil and butter mixture is hot, sear the meat on each side with 3 cloves or garlic and the thyme. Add the ceps and finely chopped shallot. Remove the meat and leave the mushrooms to simmer for a few minutes longer. Finely chop the mushrooms.
Roll out the puff pastry on the work surface and brush it with egg yolk. Coat the pastry with the blanched cabbage leaves and then spread them with the chopped mushrooms. Arrange the meat at the centre of the pastry. Fold it over to encase the meat. Cut the edges and brush again with egg yolk. Using the tip of a knife, score the pastry and bake for approximately 20 minutes until the pastry is golden brown.
Pour the mascarpone into a bowl and grate the truffle. Mix well and reserve in the refrigerator.
To serve, arrange two shaped spoonfuls of mascarpone on a plate. Accompany slices of the meat with roasted potatoes and lambs lettuce.
Chocolate-passionfruit lava cake Dessert
- 180 g passionfruit pulp (6 fruits)
- ½ lemon
- 50 g caster sugar
- 160 g dark chocolate
- 3 eggs
- 50 g wheat flour
- 90 g caster sugar
- 100 g butter
- Edible gold stars
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Begin by preparing the coulis. Pour the sugar and fruit pulp into a saucepan. Cook, covered, for approximately 10 minutes.
Blend the coulis with a blender and then pass it through a sieve to remove the seeds.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Gradually incorporate the butter, cut into pieces, to obtain a smooth batter. Add the sugar, sifted flour and eggs. Mix well.
Butter and flour 6 moulds. Pipe half of the preparation into the moulds using a piping bag. Using a spoon, make a well in the chocolate and add 2 tsp of coulis. Add the remaining chocolate mixture.
Bake for 10-11 minutes. Serve hot, garnished with edible gold stars and a curried custard cream.
.Pinch of love bisque Valentines Day / Starter
- 250 g crab trimmings (available in the seafood aisle)
- 2 cooked crab claws
- 1 carrot
- 100 g celery root
- 2 shallots
- 1 citronella bulb
- 1 tbsp tomato concentrate
- 5 cl Cognac
- 5 dl fish stock
- 2 dl dry white wine
- 2 dl cream
- 1 pinch of Espelette pepper
- Salt and pepper
- 3 tbsp of olive oil
Peel the vegetables and chop them into large pieces.
Heat the oil in a stew pot and sauté the crab claws.
Add the shallots and vegetables, as well as the crushed citronella. Stir well.
Incorporate the tomato concentrate. Cook gently. Moisten with the Cognac and flambé.
Add the stock, white wine and 2 dl of water, and simmer for approximately twenty minutes. Remove from the heat.
Pass the liquid through a fine sieve, pressing well to extract all the juices.
Return to the heat. Incorporate the cream and Espelette pepper. Serve topped with a crab claw and perhaps a nest of crispy angel hair pasta.
Angel hair pasta, or kadayif, is available in Oriental food stores. It is very fine, fresh pasta. Soak it in liquid butter and bake for 15 minutes to make it irresistibly crispy.
.Nordic parcel with chimichurri Valentines Day / Main dish
- 300 g wild salmon
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 tsp parsley
- ½ shallot
- Salt
- 1 pinch of dried hot pepper
- Coarsely ground pepper and pink peppercorns
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Slice the slab of salmon into three segments of equal width. Lightly oil the fish with a brush. Place on a sheet of parchment paper. Form a parcel. Place in a baking dish and bake for 25 minutes.
While the fish is baking, prepare the chimichurri. Press the garlic into a small bowl. Finely mince the shallot and parsley. Combine. Incorporate the oregano, dried hot pepper, lemon juice and olive oil. Mix well. Add a few twists of the pepper mill to season with pepper and pink peppercorns.
Serve the salmon with the chimichurri and the side dish of your choice.
.Tiramisu Valentines Day / Dessert
- 80 g sponge fingers
- 125 g mascarpone
- 1 very fresh egg
- 25 g sugar
- 10 cl black coffee (sweetened to taste)
- 1 tbsp Amaretto
- Powdered cacao
Carefully separate the egg white from the yolk.
Using an electric beater, beat the yolk with half the sugar until the mixture whitens. Gradually add the mascarpone to obtain a dense cream and reserve.
Prepare a large cup of coffee, sweeten, add the Amaretto, and leave to cool.
Beat the egg white to stiff peaks, gradually incorporating the rest of the sugar until very firm (turn the bowl upside-down to test).
Add a spoonful of stiff egg whites to the egg and mascarpone mixture and combine energetically with a spatula.
Then delicately, gradually add the rest of the egg white, folding gently from bottom to top.
Pour one tablespoon of this mixture into a verrine. Soak sponge fingers in the coffee and place on top of the mixture. Repeat the operation to fill all the verrines.
Sprinkle bitter cacao over the desserts and leave to chill for 2 hours in the refrigerator before serving.
.Carnival fritters Mardis Gras
- 250 g wheat flour
- 75 g butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- Oil for frying
- Icing sugar
Remove the butter from the refrigerator, cut it into pieces, and allow it to soften at room temperature.
Beat the eggs, butter, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl. Gradually add the sifted flour, beating energetically with a spatula. Chill to reserve for two hours.
Flour the work surface and divide the dough into 15 equal portions.
Roll the dough out very finely using a rolling pin, or stretch it with the fingertips until it becomes translucent, and then cut it into rectangles.
Heat the oil to 180°C in a large pot. Verify the temperature of the oil using the handle of a wooden spatula. If the oil bubbles, the temperature is ideal. Fry the fritters one by one, taking care to turn each one over. Fry until golden brown, then drain on kitchen paper.
Let cool and sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.
Chefs tip:
Add citrus zest to the dough, as well as a bit of kirsch or white wine.
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