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White Fish & Nectarine Salad
Do you use fish and fruits together for making salads? I love to combine those ingredients and this white fish and nectarine salad is perfect for summer! Really fresh and tasty, I made this one with aneth but you can also change it for coriander or parsley. Ingredients: 200 g white fish (haddock is perfect) 8 cocktail tomatoes 5 muchrooms 2 carrots 1/2 cucumber 1 shallot 1 small salad (1/2 romaine lettuce here) 1 nectarine 2 tablespoons fresh herbs (coriander, aneth or parsley) 2 tablespoons seeds (sunflower, marrow, pine nuts) 6 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons Maggi Liquid seasoning 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon dry thyme 1 tablespoon black…
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Pulled Pork
Summer equals barbecue time and smoked meats. We love to use our smoker box for cooking our meats and fishes outside. For this recipe, you will need time, yes, it takes around 5 to 6h to prepare and cook! But it is soo good… You will also need a barbecue and a smoker box with wood chips. Ingredients: 2 kg Pork belly 4 tablespoons Mustard 1 cup red wine + 1 tablespoon 1/2 cup bbq sauce + more for the english muffins in the end 1 tablespoon Olive oil 2 tablespoons origan 2 tablespoons paprika 1 tablespoon black pepper 50 cl water 16 english muffins Recipe: Remove the ribs from…
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Poached Egg Salad
If you love salad, bacon and poached eggs, this recipe is for you. It is really tasty and fresh. Moreover,in this post, I give you my secret for perfect poached eggs! I tried many times before finding the perfect way to make it. Some people add white vinegar in the water but it gave strong taste to the egg, what I do not really enjoy. I finally found how to make it only with water and without using any complicated technique… Ingredients for 2 salads: 2 eggs 90 g basmati rice 8 salad leafs 5 bacon strips 2 tomatoes 1 spring onion or 1/2 shallot 6 tablespoons olive oil 2…
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Trout Puff Pastry Braid
For starter or aperitif, the trout puff pastry braid can be made quickly and easily. Perfect if you don’t have plenty of time to prepare a meal but want something nice. For the dill, I used fresh one but you can also use drained. Ingredients: 1 puff pastry 200 g smoked trout (8 slices) 100 g ricotta cheese 1 tablespoon light cream (4%) 1 tablespoon poppy seeds 3 tablespoons grounded fresh dill 3 tablespoons pepper 1 tablespoon salt 1 egg yolk Recipe: Preheat the oven at 374°F (190°C). In a bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, light cream, aneth, pepper and salt. Place a greaseproof paper in a drip pan…
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Melon & Cucumber Gazpacho
Gazpacho is a cold soup that Italians serve in summer. The original recipe is made with tomatoes but this one with melon and cucumber is really good too! Ingredients for 4 glasses: 1 melon 1/3 cucumber 1 spring onion 2 basil leafs 2 country ham slices 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar 2 salt pinches 4-5 grounds of pepper mill Recipe: Peel the cucumber and remove the melon from its skin. Cut in big pieces and place in a blender. Cut the spring onion in big pieces too but keep a little part of the green for the topping of your glass and chop it. Place the spring…
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Cupcakes
There is something I will always remember from Montreal: Itsi-Bitsi’s cupcakes! Unfortunately, they are closed now, but it remains a good souvenir… When I came back to France, I haven’t been able to find any place for cupcakes so I decided to do mine. Here is a simple recipe with butter icing that you can color the way you like. Ingredients for 6 cupcakes: Cakes: 1 egg 50 g sugar 50 g butter 60 g flour 6 g baking powder 6 g vanilla sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 40 g chocolate 2 tablespoons water Icing: 2.8 oz butter 9.8 oz icing sugar 2 teaspoons rice milk food colouring (the color…
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Bruschettas
Bruschettas are Italian toasts made with tomatoes and garlic that people use to have for aperitif or starter. Here is how I like to cook them: topped with meat, fish or cheese… For the bread, select a farmhouse bread or ciabatta, you need big slices with a lot of crumb (you can also make your own as we did). For topping, I made this recipe with Serrano ham which is a country ham but it is also very good with anchovy or only mozzarella cheese if you want a veggie version. Ingredients: 8 slices of bread 4 tomatoes 3 garlic cloves 5 basil leafs 1/2 shallot 4 country ham slices…
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White Bread
What is better than home-made bread for breakfast? When it is still warm just out of the oven… My husband made some a few days ago and I have been lucky to watch him preparing and help for topping! For the flour, we used a fluid one and for the yeast, we have chosen a fast one. Ingredients: 250 g flour 5 to 7 g salt 160 g water 5 g yeast Recipe: In a mixing bowl, place de flour and salt. Add the yeast and mix it. Add the water bit by bit kneading but keep a few for later (0.5 fl oz). Knead for 20-30 minutes, then, add…
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Strawberries Milkshake
Easy and quick to realise, milkshakes are a good way to eat fruits and dairy produces. My favorite one is made with Strawberries… Chose mature fruits for better taste and whole milk for creamy texture. Ingredients for 2 glasses: 1 cup strawberries 18 cl milk 2 tablespoons sugar 6 ice cubes Recipe: Add all the ingredients in your blender in this order: strawberries, milk, sugar and ice cubes. Blend for 30-40 seconds until everything is combined. Serve in glasses and drink! For foodies, you can also use whipped cream for topping and fresh fruits chopped…
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Vegan Matcha Maleines
I am not Vegan but I enjoy trying new recipes and tastes. So I looked for a Vegan recipe with Matcha and found one for a cake. I changed some of the proportions and ingredients a few times before finding the best way to make it. For example, the original recipe is sugar free so I added some. As you will see in the pictures, I tried with milk rice and sunflower oil, but let me advice you that it is not the better way to make it! Milk rice is tasteless and sunflower oil too strong. I changed it for coconut milk (sooo good) and grape seed oil (perfect…
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