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An exotic gazpacho – Scallops with lychee gazpacho

15 years ago

by silvia in Appetizers, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish/Seafood

Un gazpacho exotique- St Jacques au gaspacho de litchis A good friend of mine is half Basque, so one day, while browsing through her cookbooks, I found a very interesting book on Basque cuisine, written by Gerald Hirigoyen, an amazing Basque chef who owns a few restaurants in San Francisco, among [...]

basque gazpacho lychees scallops sea food

Back to Provence – Tian Provencal and tapenade tartine

15 years ago

by silvia in Side Dish, Vegan, Vegetables

De retour en Provence – Tian Provençal et tartine de tapenade Tian is a traditional dish from Provence, and should be made in a clay dish…since I just broke mine, I had to use a Pyrex one. The vegetables are sliced thinly, placed upright and cooked in the oven for a long time. You can add goat [...]

eggplants herbs provence Side Dish tian provencal tian tomatoes Vegan Vegetables zucchini

The other grean bean – Curry Mung beans galettes and tofu-garlic dipping sauce

15 years ago

by silvia in Vegan

L’autre haricot vert – Galettes de haricots mung au curry, et sauce tofu à l’ail I don’t often cook with mung beans, but once in a while I like to eat them, they’re so cute and round and tiny with a little white eye staring at you. Of course, I didn’t grow up eating those beans since they’re [...]

crab mushrooms curry galettes mung beans mushrooms tofu tofu sauce Vegan

My romantic egg – Oeuf cocotte with salmon, asparagus and a cilantro-coconut pesto

15 years ago

by silvia in Appetizers, Fish/Seafood

Mon oeuf romantique – Oeuf cocotte au saumon et asperges, pesto de coriandre et noix de coco Thanks so much for all your kinds words on my previous post, you guys are really wonderful, kind and generous of your time. I do appreciate it a lot. I think this dish is perfect for a tête à tête dinner [...]

Appetizer asparagus cilantro coconut fish oeuf cocotte pesto salmon

Salad or not salad? – Salad of grain medley with cannellini, shrimps, artichokes in a herb-lemon dressing

15 years ago

by silvia in Grains, Salads

Salade ou pas salade? – Salade tiède de céréales et mélange aux haricots blancs, crevettes, artichauts, vinaigrette aux citron et herbes Lately I have not been too well, that’s why I haven’t been posting any recipe on a regular basis like I used to, and my desire and energy for cooking has [...]

artichokes cannellini beans chives Grains lemon lemon-herb vinaigrette parsley Rice salad shrimps tarragon

Peach folie – Peach-mint soup and peach-rosemary bouchées

15 years ago

by silvia in Desserts

Folie de pêches – Soupe pêches-menthe et bouchées pêches-romarin This is only for those days you have a lot of peaches in your kitchen, lots of mint in your garden and a huge desire to eat peaches…berries and peaches are some of the fruits I don’t get tired of eating. When my Greek grocer next [...]

Dessert herbs mint peach bouchees peach soup peaches rosemary vanilla

The crab lost his house – Soft shell crab with almond crust on grilled fennel and radicchio salad, cream of chick peas and capers

15 years ago

by silvia in Fish/Seafood

Le crabe a perdu sa maison – Crabes bleus en croûte d’amandes, sur lit de fenouil et trévise grillés, crème de pois chiches et câpres Pardon my ignorance, I thought the soft crabs were a particular kind of specie…They’re apparently not. When I found out that they’re basically regular crabs that [...]

Appetizer chick pea cream chick peas fennel radicchio seafood soft shell crab

A quiche unlike others – Cauliflower-camembert quiche with chili-poppy seed crust

15 years ago

by silvia in Appetizers, tarts and pizza, Vegetarian - dairy

Une quiche pas comme les autres – Quiche de chou fleur au camembert et pâte aux graines de pavot-piment A good friend of mine just had surgery on her foot, and is staying at home recovering, so when I asked her if she wanted me to bring her something, she responded “a vegetable quiche”! So here we [...]

Appetizer camembert cauliflower quiche french quiche vegetarian

Have you tried eating velvet? – Cream of fava bean and edamame with poached quail eggs

15 years ago

by silvia in Soups, Vegetarian - dairy

Avez-vous déjà mangé du velours – Crème de fèves et edamame aux oeufs de caille pochés Quail eggs are underused in my opinion…aren’t those adorable? l love those tiny and cute eggs, they’re so delicate with a very fragile shell, and certainly can enhance any velouté. I like anything that comes in [...]

edamame fava bean fava bean soup quail egg soup

Rillettes from the sea – Smoked mackerel rillettes with potato-cumin blinis

15 years ago

by silvia in Appetizers, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish/Seafood

Rillettes de la mer – Rillettes de maquereau fumé sur blinis de pommes de terre au cumin It’s been a while I ate mackerel…it’s one of those things you tend to forget it exists until you see it at the store. In France mackerel is a quite consumed fish, we eat it fresh and grilled, it’s [...]

Appetizers blinis fish fish rillettes mackerel potato blinis rillettes

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