Archive for December, 2010
Tomato and onion Tart Tatin
Dec 29th
Here is a savory tart tatin both simple to perform while being very tasty
Ingredients for 4 people :- 1 Ready-rolled puff pastry
- 10 plum tomatoes cut into 2
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 20 g butter
Preheat the oven gas mark 6 (180 ° C). Arrange tomatoes, cut into 2 on a baking sheet in single layer, bake 20 minutes in theoven until they are tender and golden.
Cook the onion with butter until it turns light brown, add 3 tablespoon caster sugar and balsamic vinegar, cook until the onion caramelize.
In a pie plate place a disc of greaseproof paper (the diameter of the mold), oil More >
French Genoise with pear
Dec 27th
Génoise is an all-purpose cake that I use in many recipe such as this “Bûche de Noël” (the 1st layer) Basically a génoise is a sponge cake made with butter, its firm texture allows it to be cut into many shapes. Usually there is no fruits in the recipe, but More >
Frenchy’s Vegetable Soup
Dec 22nd
A few days before Christmas, you’d better eat light and warm. Here is an example of a french “potage” you could do with seasonal vegetables.
Ingredients for 4 people :- 3 leeks
- 3 potatoes
- 4 carrots
- 1 turnip
- 1 onion
- 50ml olive oil (1 3/4 ounces)
The recipe is quite simple :
one : Peel vegetables and cut into small cubes. two : Brown the onion in olive oil. three : In a pressure cooker, More >
Creole Styled Cantonese rice
Dec 20th
Want to try a new rice recipe ? Come along and let me show you the rice based famous Chinese recipe ! But we gonna do the Creole’s version.
Ingredients for 4 people :- 200gr rice (7 ounces)
- 6 eggs
- 4 slices of ham
- 200gr bacon (7 ounces)
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 250gr peas (9 ounces)
- a bunch of parsley
- 3 green onions
- a More >
La Papillote, the french Chocolate wrapper
Dec 19th
Noël… hum sorry Christmas is getting close and I have to show you what frenchs eat beyond any limitation ! I didn’t find any english word for those Chocolate wrappers so lets call them as Frenchmen call them, Papillotes !
The papillotes are from Lyon, our town (south east of France) and are one More >
Polenta and its two Bell Peppers
Dec 19th
Tired of having the classic polenta ? You might want to try this light and new recipe !
Ingredients for 4 people :- 1/2 red Bell pepper
- 1/2 yellow Bell pepper
- 200 g tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 600 ml vegetable broth
- 100 g polenta
- 2 eggs
- 10 cl soya cream or single cream
- salt, pepper
Preheat oven T5 (150 ° C). Clean, seed and cut the bell peppers into More >
The Star Anise
Dec 17th
Badiane is the fruit of badianier (“star anise tree”), Illicium verum, tropical tree of the family Illiciaceae.
Little History : Originally from Southeast Asia, the badianier is present in China, Cambodia, Vietnam,Japan and the Philippines. Close to the Magnolia, the badianier is a beautiful tree – or shrub – evergreen which can reach 4-18 feet in height depending on the climate (rather More >
