Korean stir-fry pork and leeks salad - Stir fry de porc et salade de poireaux crus

This dish is adapted from Mac-Jeok pork, a Korean grilled pork coated

Christmas sweeties - Petites attentions pour Noel

Macaron à la rose

Demain matin j'embarque ma petite famille pour un voyage de 4 semaines

Rogan josh - Curry d'agneau

 

 

This dish gets its name from the paprika-like Kashmiri chillies

Bagels

 

Another recipe from P. Reinhart. I don't know why I choosed that day to make his water-bagels

Vanilla cupcake - Cupcakes à la vanille

 

 

Whenever I look for a recipe for cupcakes, I always start my search at

Cranberries and cream cheese bread - Pain brioché aux canneberges et cream cheese

 

 

 

Pai Bao, or "bread arranged in line" is commonly seen in bakeries all over Hong

Pumpkin and prawn risotto - Risotto à la courge et aux crevettes

 

Here is another recipe from my book Simple Italian Cookery by Aldo Zilli. After all the rage

Tiramisu tartlets - Tartelettes tiramisu

 

A delicious variant for all the fans of tiramisu. These tartlets carry all the ingredients

Orange blossom friands - Financiers à la fleur d'oranger

Friands are one of the easiest things to do in bakery. Really. I am nothing like an

Thai beef nooddles - Nouilles de boeuf thai

 

 

This recipe is adapted from the book homestyle thai cooking. Delicious, fast and quite easy to cook, these rice noodles will delight your family or guests.  

Chocolate french toast - Pain brioché chocolat perdu

Here is my favourite use of the chocolate bread I presented recently. I love this variation of traditional lost bread (french toast). Using cream instead of milk just brings more onctuosity to this pan fried pain brioché.

Chocolate bread - Pain brioché chocolat

 

 

 
This slightly sweet chocolate bread from Italy is often served with creamy mascarpone cheese as a dessert or snack. The dark chocolate pieces add texture to this light loaf. I present the bread here as muffins size buns, this is simply because I prefer eating them as French toasts. The recipe for making chocolate French toasts will follow shortly.

Brioches triangles and lavender pastry cream - Triangles briochés et crème à la lavande

This is the first recipe From Pâtisserie by French pastry chef Christophe Felder that I tried. For those who know this renowned French pastry chef, chocolatier, ice cream and candy maker, there realy isn't anything I need to say, for you to know how amazing his creations can be. For others, who either don't know much about or, like me, just got to know him recently, I will simply mention that CF has received numerous awards throughout his career of a pastry chef.

Smoked mozzarella and mascarpone spaghetti - Spaghettis à la mozzarella fumée et mascarpone

 

 

 

Simple, quick, easy to make and delicious vegetarian pasta. This was my first experience with smoked mozzarella and I looved it!

No-knead baguettes - Baguettes sans pétrissage

 

 

I discovered these baguettes in

Mascarpone and strawberries in vinegar verrines - Verrines de mascarpone et fraises au vinaigre

 

 

A real treat, that's what this dessert is. Very refreshing

Satay prawns - Crevettes à la sauce satay

 

Peanut sauce, or satay sauce is a sauce widely used in the

Coconut and matcha bread - Pain à la noix de coco et au matcha

 

Matcha is a very fine powder from ground green

Red velvet cupcakes - Cupcakes velours rouge

 

According to dear Wikipedia, red velvet cakes and

Hot dog buns - Pains à hot dog

 

In my previous post, I shared a recipe of burger buns, and here I share pictures of hot dogs buns, using the same recipe.

Burger buns - Pains à burger

 

I finally got my hands a few weeks ago on the famous book The bread baker's apprentice by

Cured ham quiche - Quiche au jambon cru

Another simple and quick recipe for a light lunch. Works fine with a green salad.

Caramelle

 

 

 

If you like chocolate and caramel, then you'll like this cake. It looks difficult to make at first glance,

Espresso cupcakes - Cupcakes expresso

 

 

Here is a simple and quite straightforward recipe of espresso cupcakes. These little cakes have a strong chocolate flavour, with a hint of coffee at the back of the tongue.

Chicken Kung Pao - Poulet Kung Pao

 

 

Kung Pao or Gong Bao chicken originates from the chinese province of Sichuan. It is said it has been named after a late Qing Dynasty (late nineteenth-century) governor of Sichuan,

Raspberry cheesemoelleux - Cheesemoelleux framboise

 

Here is a simple, very simple yet delicious combination of cheesecake and raspberries moelleux which is a very, very moist cake. You can use any fruits, such as strawberries, apricots, blueberries... There is no butter here, the cake is not too sweet (I don't love too sweet cakes anyway) but flavourful and very moist. It's quick and very simple to make as well; try it and you won't regret!

Madeleines

 

 

"Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine que le dimanche matin à Combray (parce que ce jour-là je ne sortais pas avant l'heure de la messe), quand j'allais lui dire bonjour dans sa chambre, ma tante Léonie m'offrait après l'avoir trempé dans son infusion de thé ou de tilleul.

Chinese mince pork puffs - Petits carrés de porc haché

This a slight variation of a dim sum dish that I absolutely love: char siu so or roast pork puffs. When I am in a hurry but still willing to enjoy these pork puffs

Choco-espresso macarons - Macarons choco-café

 

 

When I asked M which flavour I should make for my first macarons recipe, without a second of hesitation he said: chocolate! When asked why he choose chocolate,

Cherry clafoutis - Clafoutis aux cerises

Pitted or not pitted?

Today I'm sharing a classic french country dessert from the Limousin region. Clafoutis is traditionally made with cherries unpitted, in order for the kernels

Strawberry and mint salad - Salade de fraises et menthe

A summer fruit salad, just the way we like them. Quick, easy to make and so good!

Chicken Kebab with tabbouleh - Brochettes de poulet et taboulé

 

M and I love to prepare this meal when, usually on a Sunday, we don't feel like cooking a big meal , or even less going to the restaurant.

Apricot bavarois - Bavarois abricot

 

 

Ce bavarois abricot est délicieusement frais et léger. Essayez d'utiliser des fruits frais, mûrs et juteux, le résultat n'en sera que meilleur.

Zucchini and carrot bread - Cake sucré aux courgettes et carottes

 

 

 

 

J'avais au départ l'intention de faire un cake aux courgettes, mais au dernier moment je me suis rendu compte que je n'avais pas assez de courgettes.

Pancakes with cherries in red wine sauce - Pancakes et cerises à la sauce au vin rouge

 

Le week-end dernier, j'ai eu une furieuse envie de manger des pancakes. Et comme il me restait des cerises, j'ai eu l'idée de les associer,

Tiramisu

I don't know how many times in my life I made tiramisu. Many, many times. It's my sister's favourite dessert, and she always, always makes

Lemon bavarois - Bavarois citron

 

Léger, doux et délicatement fruité, cet entremet est idéal pour terminer un repas d'été.

Cambodian pork curry - Curry de porc cambodgien

I didn't know much about Cambodian cuisine until recently, when by Chance, looking for a simple porc Curry, yet something I have never tried, I

Limonade à la fraise - Strawberry lemonade

L’un des (nombreux) avantages de l’été est l’arrivée des fraises ! J’en raffole tellement qu’il n’en manque presque jamais dans mon frigo. Et ce n’est pas pour me déplaire. Lorsqu’il fait autant chaud qu’ici à Zurich (30° le week end dernier), rien ne vaut une bonne limonade maison bien fraîche, comme celle que je vous propose ici. Et en plus c’est prêt en moins de 20 minutes, top chrono ! J’aime beaucoup la petite note fraîcheur supplémentaire qu’apporte la menthe. Menthe + citron + fraises = j’adore.

Quantité : 500 ml

Ingrédients :

300 g de fraises
100 g de sucre
Jus de 5 citrons
1 à 2 feuilles de menthe, selon le goût
Eau minérale, plate ou gazeuse
Menthe, fraise, pour la décoration

 

1. Mixer les fraises, le sucre, le jus des citrons et la menthe dans un blender jusqu’à obtention d’une purée fine.

2. Passer la purée obtenue au tamis afin de retirer tous les grains de fraises.

3. Verser la purée dans une bouteille et réfrigérer.

4. Au moment de servir, ajouter l’eau minérale selon vos goûts.

 

* * * STRAWBERRY LEMONADE * * *
 

 

One of the many advantages of summer is finding strawberries easily everywhere! I so much love strawberries that I always make sure there is plenty in my fridge. Given how hot it has been in the past few days in Zurich, an old good homemade, fresh lemonade will always be very welcomed! Moreover, it’s ready in less than 20 minutes.

Makes: 500 ml

Ingredients

300 g strawberries

100 g sugar

Juice of 5 lemons

1 or 2 mint leaves, according to taste

Still or sparkling mineral water, to dilute

Mint and strawberries, to decorate

Preparation:

1. Put the strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and mint into a blender and pulse until smooth.

2. Strain the mixture through a sieve into a bowl.

3. Transfer to a jug and refrigerate.

4. When ready to serve, dilute the syrup with still or sparkling water according to your taste. Decorate with mint and\or strawberry.

 

 

Chocolate cupcakes – salted caramel mascarpone - Cupcakes chocolat - mascarpone caramel salé

After tasting these cupcakes, my friend said from now on, she should be my number one, accredited, official, blab la bla, “goûteur”

Fraisier cupcakes - Cupcakes fraisiers

One of my favourite desserts is fraisier. Traditionally fraisier is made from a génoise (a sponge cake), crème mousseline (or pastry cream

Brioche incroyablement moelleuse - Amazingly moist brioche

 

Je n’ai simplement trouvé aucun autre qualificatif pour cette brioche. Elle est étonnamment moelleuse, plutôt sucrée sans en faire trop