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Apple Pie
Autumn equals apple season! So many ways to cook them, salted or sweet and one of my favorite recipe is my husband’s apple pie…He uses Granny Smith apples for getting more sourness in the pie, moreover, the texture is better after cooking and remain easy to handle for creating a beautiful pie decoration. Ingredients: 5 Granny Smith Apples 1 puff pastry 1 egg yolk 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon cinnamon 2-3 tablespoons sugar Recipe: Peel your apples and cut them in slices removing the core. Place a sauce pan on the burner at medium temperature. Add the butter and then, the apple slices. Stir in the apples in the butter…
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Seasonal Vegetables & Fruits
I really appreciate to cook seasonal vegetables and fruits. This is how things should be, we shouldn’t be able to have strawberries in Winter and chestnuts in Summer. So here is a list of a large amount of seasonal vegetables and fruits month by month. You can click on the links below to discover my recipes and posts about them. Avocado – Beetroot – Chard – Broccoli – Carrot – Celery – Mushroom – Brussel Sprout – Cauliflower – Butternut Squash – Watercress – Endive – Fennel – Turnip – Parnsip – Sweet Potatoe – Leek – Potatoe – Onion Squash – Black Radish – Rutabaga – Lettuce – Sunchoke…
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The Wheel of the Year
This blog post is a little bit different from the others I made before but it is an important one if you are gardening or even just curious about our history. Our Celtic & Scandinavian ancestors used to celebrate 8 important pagan events that are part of the Wheel of the Year, I wanted to write about them and explain why you should celebrate them or just remind them nowadays. What we know today, thanks to archeology, is that the Scandinavians used to celebrate the solar events (solstice and equinox) and the Celts the events linked to the light (they celebrated the begining of the different seasons during those dates…
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Foie Gras Tapas
I am lucky to live at only 4 hours of driving from Spain border. And luckily, from the East Spain border so San Sebastian, the city known for its delicious tapas!!! A few years ago we had a fantastic road trip in North Spain where we discovered those incredible tapas in Pamplona: Foie Gras tapas… We enjoyed them so much that we decided to cook them at home and it was a success. Finally, I am now sharing this incredible recipe with you, perfect for a starter! Ingredients for 4 tapas: 4 frozen Foie Gras escalopes 1 Green Apple (Granny Smith) 1 brown onion 4 slices of bread French Baguette…
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Celeriac Remoulade
When I was a child, I always enjoyed when my mother was cooking celeriac remoulade but I never did some at home. Since we are still in winter (celeriac season), I decided to prepare some celeriac remoulade with an apple and the taste was really good! Here is my recipe for an home made well known salad… Ingredients: 1/2 celeriac 1 apple 1 egg yolk 15 cl sunflower oil 1 tablespoon mustard 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 1/2 teaspoon Maggi liquid seasoning 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1 handfull of fresh parsley Recipe: Cut your celeriac in two parts and only keep one (you can use the other one for another recipe).…
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Smoked Herring Salad
I really enjoy smoked herring and wanted to create a tasty autumn-winter salad to eat some. So, I have decided to mix quinoa with potatoes and an apple to add to my smoked herring and it was a total success! This recipe is for 2 people for a small starter salad or 1 individual big salad. Ingredients: 1 smoked herring fillet 3 potatoes 1 apple 50 g quinoa 1 shallot 1 tablespoon pine seeds 1 tablespoon olive oil a few fresh parsley black pepper Recipe: Peel and cut your potatoes in cubes. Wash them and place them in a saucepan with a large amount of water. Make it boil on…
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Autumn Salad
You already know how much I enjoy salads and in autumn, a lot of tastes are delicious to combine together. Here is a recipe I have created during the second lock down and that you should really try if you like bacon and apples. Ingredients for 2 people: 170 g salad 1 apple 1 shallot 4 brown mushrooms 5 bacon slices 4 tablespoons rice 2 tablespoons seeds (pine, flax, sunflower, squash, sesame and chia) 2 tablespoons grounded parmesan cheese 8 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 1 tablespoon mapple syrup 5 parsley branches black pepper Recipe: Wash and cut your salad. Cook your rice (10 minutes in boiling water,…
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Canadian Sugar Pie
The Canadian Sugar Pie comes from the French part of the country and is a traditionnal dessert during Christmas and in sugar shacks in springtime… I didn’t eat one since my last trip to Canada in 2016, so almost 4 years now! Since I had some mapple sugar at home, I have decided to make some for the first time! If you don’t have maple sugar, don’t worry, you can also use brown sugar (or sucre vergeoise in France). Ingredients: 270 g flour 155 g soft butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 5 cl water 1 egg 180 g maple sugar 25 cl liquid cream Recipe: Preheat the oven at 355°F (180°C).…
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Périgourdine Salad
The Périgourdine Salad comes from Périgord in France in an region called Dordogne. The place is well known for its beautiful nature, old stone towns and castles, but also very good food. Typical products here are strawberries, walnuts, chestnuts, apples, boletus mushrooms, truffles and all products from duck (foie gras, preserved duck gizzards, smoked duck fillet…). The original recipe includes preserved duck gizzards, smoked lard, salad, potatoes, green beans, pine nuts, walnut oil and red wine vinegar. Here is my recipe, my own Périgourdine Salad… Ingredients for 2 people: 200 g lamb’s lettuce 115 g preserved duck gizzards 85 g smoked duck breast fillet slices 6 cocktail tomatoes 1/2 shallott…
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Where to eat in Amsterdam?
Looking for a place to eat in Amsterdam? This is my 10 favorite places to eat and drink all day long in Netherlands’ capital city! I have been lucky to travel there this January and I can tell you that this is probably one of the best cities for foodies! Many cool places to eat or drink all day long, nice and friendly people, good food and a lot of choice for every taste… Park Café: Park Café, is Hotel Arena’s bar and restaurant (where I was staying) and is open to everyone, even if you are not staying at the hotel. The menu is simple but delicious and I…
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