The naked ravioli – Malfatti “gratinés” in a spicy tomato sauce
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I ravioli nudi – Malfatti gratinati con salsina di pomodoro
After this Thanksgiving celebration, it’s good to go back to a healthier kind of cuisine. The turkey ended up so dry, due to a guest arriving over an hour late, and my new oven with circular heat that cooks three times faster than [...]
Bitter and sweet and not for Thanksgiving – Scallops with mandarin sauce on sauté radicchio
1615 years ago
Amer et sucré – St Jacques à la mandarine sur lit de Trévise
One day before thanksgiving and I am so not in the mood for turkey, but fish, seafood, and more seafood. I think my guests would be disappointed, if I serve them a seafood dinner.
Thanksgiving dinner will be a non-American Thanksgiving [...]
Little corks for little hunger – chocolate and coconut "corks"
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Petits bouchons pour une petite faim – bouchons au chocolat et noix de coco
Originally this dough was made to bake chocolate madeleines, then I changed my mind and decided to use some other molds instead. So if you wish, you can use them as madeleines. Those days, I just cannot help changing my [...]
Not that "bête" – Verrines of golden beets with herbed ricotta
1515 years ago
Pas si bêtes que ca – Verrines de betteraves, ricotta aux herbes
I went for a little walk downtown today since my car did not run, the internet and the phone were completely dead, so I decided to take a day off rooming around the city. It had been a while I did not get the chance to do so and [...]
Quick, light and refined – Pineapple carpaccio with a mint and rum marinade
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Rapide, léger et raffiné – Carpaccio d’ananas à la marinade de rhum et menthe
I had this dessert at the Brasserie Lutèce in Paris after a huge plateau de fruits de mer (seafood platter), the carpaccio was served with a pineapple sorbet, and it was the perfect sweet touch to that wonderful dinner. [...]
A soothing trio – Shrimps chermoula with mung beans and red kale, red bell peppers
915 years ago
by silvia
in Fish/Seafood
Un trio appaisant – Crevettes en chermoula, haricots mungo et chou frisé aux poivrons
Some days, you just feel like something hearty, healthy with lost of flavors…so I decided to finally cook those mung beans I had for a while in my pantry. They’re round with a bright green color, they’re very [...]
Black is black – Homemade squid ink tagliatelle with spicy calamari sauce
1715 years ago
Il nero è nero – Tagliatelle con nero di seppia e salsa piccante di calamaretti
Here is my favorite pasta, that I had been thinking to make for months. I had two tiny squid ink bags in my refrigerator and was obsessing about them. Today, I finally decided to go ahead with my project. I can no [...]
Oeufs à la neige for Marillyn – Sweet Wholesome Wednesday
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Lovely Marillyn from “Just Making Noise” and living in Costa Rica with her family asked me to be her Sweet Wholesome Wednesday special guest and I proudly accepted, no one has ever asked me to be a guest on a blog, so I was very flattered. I really wanted to make something that would fit her [...]
No I did not miss you – Roasted chicken thighs with lemon, herbs, olives and sunburst squash
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Non, tu ne m’as pas manqué - Cuisses de poulet rôties aux herbes, citron et olives à la courge
Since I don’t really eat meat, I know my blog lacks meat recipes, I figured that when I cook for some non-vegetarian people who do eat meat, I take the opportunity for putting up the recipe on the blog. [...]
In the world of vegetable galettes – Zucchini galettes with feta, chili and thyme
1715 years ago
On ne se lasse pas des galettes de légumes – Galettes de courgettes à la feta, piment et thym
I have been thinking lately about Thanksgiving menu and I am not sure what to make yet. Last year was mainly a “French” Thanksgiving with of course a Turkey but prepared the French way since the guests [...]
