Recipes

  • Radish Asian Salad

    If you are gardening, did you ever missed your radishes? I mean, you had radishes but only greens and no roots? This is one of the problems I am facing in my garden, I have been trying to cultivate radishes since 2 years and I always harvest very thin roots and a lot of greens! Sometimes, I have a baby radish or a normal one, but it doesn’t really work for me. So I have been searching for different ways to cook their greens and here is one of them. You can also turn them into a delicious soup (here is the recipe, just replace the carrot tops by radish…

  • Spring Carrots Tart

    After the carrot tops soup recipe, here is another delicious recipe you can do if you have baby carrots in your garden with full of carrot tops: a Spring Carrots Tart! Ingredients: 1 shortcrust pastry 8-10 baby carrots 180 g crème fraîche 2 eggs 1 spring onion 1 shallot 1 mozzarella cheese 10 g grounded parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon Maggi liquid seasoning 1/2 teaspoon black pepper Recipe: Preheat the oven at 180°C. Peel and chop the shallot. Wash and chop the spring onion. Separate the carrots from the carrot tops. Wash and cut in small slices the carrots. Wash and cut the carrots tops in pieces…

  • Spring Salad

    Spring is one of my favorite seasons for food, there are a lot of green veggies  fresh from the market and the weather is always changing from cold to hot, so you can cook delicious soups or salads! With good fresh ingredients from the market and my garden, I have decided to prepare a tasty Spring salad. Here is my recipe… Ingredients for 2 people: 1 small Romaine lettuce 1/2 cucumber 2 purple plum radishes (or easter egg radishes) 1 mozzarella cheese 1 spring onion 1 garlic clove 4 chives flowers 150 g snow peas 50 g fresh peas (without pod) 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 1…

  • Almond Tuiles

    There is a particular cookie I really enjoyed when I was a child: almond tuiles. We used to have them with tea in the afternoon, most of the time when we were going to see our grand parents. It remind me all of those moments we shared together and I just realised that I never tried to cook some myself! So, here is my recipe for those little cookies that are perfect for tea time or breakfast… Ingredients: 50 g sugar 40 g all purpose flour 40 g butter 40 g flaked almonds 7.5 g vanilla sugar 1 egg 1 tablespoon sunflower oil 1 pinch of salt Recipe: Preheat the…

  • Radish Greens Pesto

    In my last post, I shared with you a delicious recipe to cook radish greens because I had plenty in my garden and didn’t want to waste them. Here is another one that is super easy and quick to cook: radish greens pesto. The taste is delicious and this is the perfect recipe if you are in a hurry. You can eat it with pastas or as spread, it’s up to you! Ingredients: 1 bunch radish greens 1 garlic clove 4 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons pine nuts 2 tablespoons grounded parmesan cheese pinch of salt pinch of black pepper Recipe: Peel the garlic clove. Wash your radish greens and…

  • Pea Pods Velouté

    In the Spring season, I really enjoy to cook peas! But since a few time, I have been looking for recipes that I have never done before because I didn’t want to waste a part of my vegetables: carrot tops, radish greens and now, pea pods! We have been facing rainy cold days since a few days so I have decided to cook a delicious pea pod velouté. Here is my recipe… Ingredients: 150 g pea pods 2 potatoes 1 onion 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons crème fraîche (use a vegetable crème fraîche the vegan version) 1 chicken stock cube 1 L water black pepper Recipe: Wash and cut…

  • Tunisian Mint Tea with Pine Nuts

    I will always remeber the tea I used to drink while traveling in Tunisia: a delicious mint tea with roasted pine nuts! This is partly why I have planted mint in my garden, to be able to do it at home. Here is everything you will need to make your own… I prefer to grill my pine nuts than to roast them but you also can roast them if you prefer. Ingredients: 4 fresh mint branches 60 g sugar 80 cl water 1 green tea bag 4 tablespoons pine nuts Recipe: Boil the water and wash the mint. Place the mint with sugar and tea bag in a teapot. Add…

  • Semla

    Tasty Swedish Brioche filled with almond paste and whipped cream, Semla is one of my favorite Nordic dessert…! Ingredients: 270 g flour T45 12 cl milk 5.5 g express yeast 25 g butter 20 g granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 pinch of salt 20 cl single cream 90 g icing sugar 100 g almonds powder 40 g sugar 1 teaspoon bitter almonds extract Recipe: In a bowl, combine the yeast with the lukewarm milk. Add the granulated sugar, butter and 1 egg. Using a pastry robot or kneading machine, combine them together adding the flour. Finally, add the salt. In the end, shape a ball with the dough and let…

  • Veal Blanquette

    Veal blanquette is a dish my parents used to cook on weekends when I was a child. I never did it myself before so I just realised why they only cooked this during the weekend: it takes 3h to cook! But it is so worth it… It is the perfect meal for the cold season, from the last days of Autumn, until the begining of Spring! Here is my recipe for 4 people. For the wine, I suggest you to chose one you will enjoy to drink with your meal, I choose a Chardonnay here. For the side dish, I cooked some rice (180 g cooked 10 minutes in the…

  • Beetroot Verrine

    Something great about Beetroots is that you can eat them all year long. They are perfect for salads and starters but can also be used for main courses or even cakes! Here is my recipe for a delicious starter or aperitif. Ingredients for 2 verrines: 250 g beetroot (2-3 beetroots depending on their size) 1/2 shallot 10 ml olive oil 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1/2 teaspoon Maggi liquid seasoning 2 tablespoons fresh parsley 1/2 tablespoon black pepper Recipe: As a reminder, it is way better when your beetroots spent a fex hours in the fridge before doing this recipe (it will be really fresh). Peel the shallot and use only…