Blood Orange Crème Brûlée Prep time: Cook time: Total time: 1 hour Serves: 4 Blood Orange Crème Brûlée: Rich and creamy vanilla custard meets a brittle caramelized topping in this seductive and foolproof classic French dessert. Ingredients 200 ml or 3/4 cup heavy cream 50 ml or 1/4 cup milk 1/2 vanilla pod 3 egg…
French Apple Tart
French Apple Tart Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: 8 Easy recipe for a gluten-free French apple tart. Ingredients 125g brown rice flour 50g chickpea flour 50g ground almonds 25g arrow-root 2tbsp unrefined sugar 125g cold butter, cubed 1 egg, beaten 10tbsp apple sauce 2 firm apples, peeled and cored 2tbsp apricot jam Instructions…
Creamy Chestnut Soup
Creamy Chestnut Soup Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: Try chestnuts to make a unique and creamy soup! Ingredients 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil ½ cup finely chopped celery (about 1 stalk) ½ cup finely chopped yellow onion (about ¼ large onion) ½ cup finely chopped carrot (about 1 large) 3 sprigs of…
How to Make the Perfect Omelette
How to Make the Perfect Omelette Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: Learn my tricks for how to make the perfect omelette with a creamy, custardy texture, plus a simple recipe for mushroom omelette with goat cheese. Ingredients Extra virgin olive oil Shallot, finely chopped Garlic, minced Mushrooms, cleaned and chopped 3 large eggs,…
Winter tian
Winter tian (baked root vegetables) Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 45 min Total time: 55 min Serves: Tian is a traditional dish from South-East of France, and it is more or less a baked ratatouille: slices of tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant and onion are tightly packed in a dish, drizzled with olive oil and herbs,…
Classic Apple Tart Tatin
Classic Apple Tart Tatin Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: 10-12 Classic Apple Tart Tatin is the classic French upside down apple tart cooked in caramelized brown sugar. This is delicious, rustic dessert that will really wow the crowd! Ingredients flour salt butter ice water brown sugar apples Optional: heavy whipping cream sugar vanilla…
French Style Stuffed Eggplants
French Style Stuffed Eggplants Prep time: Cook time: Total time: 40 minutes Serves: 4 French Style Stuffed Eggplants: Claude Monet’s 5 ingredient easy vegetarian recipe. Elegant and healthy gluten-free appetizer, perfect for lunch or dinner. Ingredients 2 eggplants olive oil salt pepper 1 medium-sized onion 2 cloves garlic 250 grams mushrooms 6-7 medium-sized tomatoes 1…
Vegan axoa
Vegan axoa Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 30-35 min Total time: 40-45 min Serves: 4 Axoa (pronounce “ah-shoh-ah”) is a traditional dish from the Basque country, in South-West of France. It is a stew made with finely minced meat (usually veal) and mild peppers, flavoured with Espelette chili powder. Here I made it vegan,…
Pear & Ginger Clafoutis
Pear & Ginger Clafoutis Prep time: 8 minutes Cook time: 35 minutes Total time: 43 minutes Serves: 6 This healthier whole wheat pear & ginger clafoutis is a perfect easy autumn dessert! Ingredients 2 large ripe pears, peeled, cored and thinly sliced 2 tbsp brown sugar 1 tsp freshly grated ginger (from a small 1…
Yellow ratatouille
Yellow ratatouille Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 30 min Total time: Serves: 4 This slight variation on the traditional ratatouille (vegetable stew from South of France) uses yellow summer squash and white eggplants for a bright coloured dish with a delicate taste. You can use tellow peppers for an even yellow-er result. Ingredients 1…
Vegetarian Rougail Creole
Vegetarian Rougail Creole Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Total time: 60 minutes Serves: 4-6 Vegetarian Rougail Creole with meatless sausage. Ingredients For the Rice: 1 cup basmati rice, rinsed 2 tsp ground turmeric, or as desired 1/2 tsp fine sea salt 1 bay leaf, preferably fresh For the Rougail: 1 lb meatless…
Eggless French Toast
Eggless French Toast Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Total time: 20 minutes Serves: 6 pieces Sweet and savory vegan French toast, made possible (and delicious) with nutritional yeast. Ingredients 1 cup vanilla soy or almond milk (light or regular) 2 Tbsp flour (white or wheat) 1.5 Tbsp nutritional yeast 2 Tbsp brown…