This recipes makes for 12 servings. Takes 1hr30 for the preparation and at least 2hr for cooling Ingredients: For the crust 85g butter melted, plus extra for the pan 140g digestive biscuit, made into fine crumbs 1 tbsp sugar, granulated or golden caster For the cheesecake filling 3 x 300g/11oz pack Philadelphia cheese, or other full-fat soft cheese 250g golden caster sugar 3 tbsp plain flour 1½ tsp vanilla extract finely grated zest of 1 lemon (about 2 tsp) 1½ tsp lemon juice 3 large egg, plus 1 yolk 200ml sour cream For the sour cream topping 226ml sour cream 1 tbsp golden caster sugar 2 tsp lemon juice Position an oven shelf in the middle of the oven.…
This recipe makes for 10 servings. Total recipe time : 2 h 45 Ingredients: 1 kg potatoes 3⁄4 liter milk 75 cl cream 200 g butter salt, pepper Peel the potatoes, wash them one by one under the tap without soaking. Cut into thin slices (I used a mandolin). Butter an earthenware dish and arrange the potato slices in layers. Add salt and pepper (I also put nutmeg) and pour the milk on top.…
This recipe makes for 10 servings. Total time for the recipe : 4 h 45 Ingredients: 2 kg beef (“gîte”, a part of the leg) 500 g carrots 300 g smoked bacon 500 g pearl onions butter 1 cup of oil For the veal stock 1 veal’s foot 200 g smoked bacon 2 kg onions 500 g carrots 1 garnished bouquet(parsley, thyme, bay) 1⁄2 bouquet chervil 1 head of garlic 1 liter full-bodied red wine (like burgundy) butter salt, pepper Preparation Peel and chop roughly the 2 kilos of onions and 500 grams of carrots.…
This recipe makes for 20 servings. Ingredients: 1 pound skinless fresh salmon fillet 1⁄2 pound smoked salmon, thickly sliced 1⁄3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (3 limes) 1⁄3 cup minced shallots (2 shallots) 2 tbsp good olive oil 1⁄4 cup minced fresh dill (I couldn’t find dill, so I used chives) 2 tbsp Dijon mustard 2 tsp salt 1 tsp coarsely ground black pepper Mix all the ingredients grossly, it shouldn’t be a paste, cover with a plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few hours for the salmon to marinate.…
This is a very simple recipe for home made chips, it may require some cooking utensils, unless you can find a way to replace the ones I used : a microwave support and a kitchen mandolin(see photo). Peel a couple of potatoes and sweet potatoes(you can also try with beets, celery and other root vegetables), cut them with the mandolin and put them in a bowl, add some olive oil, salt pepper and spices (i’ve tried cayenne pepper and paprika).…
This recipe makes about 25 crabcakes. Ingredients: 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise (I made the mayonnaise myself, see Sauces) 1 large egg, beaten 1 tbsp Dijon mustard 1 tbsp Worchestershire sauce 1⁄2 teaspoon hot sauce 1 pound crab meat 20 saltine crackers, crushed 1⁄4 cup canola oil lemon wedges, for serving In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise with the egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce until smooth. In a medium bowl, lightly toss the crabmeat with the cracker crumbs.…
Here is the dinner menu I have tested for a dinner with friends a month ago, I think it is perfect as a holiday menu. Appetizers: Crabcakes Homemade chips sweet potato and potato Entrée: Salmon tartare, sprouted seeds(need to be set-up for sprouting 3 days before) and toast Main course: Beef Daube(a sort of stew) Side dishes: Gratin dauphinois Leek fondue Dessert: New York cheesecake Chocolate “coeur coulant” and vanilla custard In order to consult the recipes, click their names in the menu.…
Why am I writing about food and why do I love cooking? The answer to this question starts in my great aunts Romanian country house, during a host summer i n 1993 when I was 6. We used to always spend our summer holidays here, we had a huge garden, full of everything, from cherries in the spring, to watermelons, salads, eggplants, all the vegetables and almost all the fruit you can find in summer, and pears, apples and grapes in the autumn.There was a small flower garden bordering the front of the house, with red roses, I still have a small scar on my leg from playing in the roses.…