Posts tagged coconut

An Asian twist – Coconut crêpes stuffed with shrimps, wood ear mushrooms and spinach
2314 years ago
Un petit air asiatique – Crêpes à la noix de coco farcies aux crevettes, champignons noirs et épinards
What I love most about those crêpes is the color, and no it’s not a corn pancake, the deep yellow color comes from turmeric. I ate something similar at a friend’s house from Cambodia a long time [...]

My romantic egg – Oeuf cocotte with salmon, asparagus and a cilantro-coconut pesto
2814 years ago
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 [...]

For pineapple lovers – Coconut-pineapple yogurt bouchées with pineapple-rum compote
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Très ananas pour les fans d’ananas – Bouchées à l’ananas et noix de coco, compote d’ananas et rhum
These last couple of days have been a little on the chaotic side, driving to one side of town to see my doctor, then rushing to the other part of town for a court appearance for a ticket that I [...]

The exotic panna cotta – Coconut panna cotta with pineapple, rum and mint chilled soup
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Una panna cotta esotica – Panna cotta con noce di coco, e zuppa fredda di ananas, rum e menta
I have been on a strange coconut cravings lately, coconut and more coconut, if it was not as high in calories, I would eat it all day long and that goes the same for panna cotta which I absolutely adore. [...]

Pudding or not pudding? – Mini mango, coconut and brioche pudding with caramel
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Pudding or not pudding? – Mini pudding à la mangue, noix de coco et brioche au caramel
I am not sure this can be called pudding, but a friend of mine came for dinner some time ago and I served her this as a dessert, and she said with enthusiasm “Oh Silvia! j’adore ton pudding!!”, so I figured she [...]

Simply Irresistible – Coconut bouchées or mini macarons?
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Simplement Irrésistibles – Bouchées à la noix de coco ou macarons?
The weather is getting a little warmer than the past days and the snow is melting which did not prevent me from going shopping today for warm clothes since I realized that my suitcase is filled with summery clothes. Eh oui, [...]

As pretty as pearls – Coconut tapioca cream with mango compote
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Aussi jolies que des perles – Crème de tapioca à la noix de coco et compote de mangues
I was reading a French Elle magazine, I like Elle because they always have a great food/recipe section at the end called “Elle à Table” with fresh and modern recipes and tons of flavors. I got stuck on a tapioca [...]

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 [...]

Papillotes meli-melo – Mixed fruits with honey, raisins, pistachios and coconut in parchment paper
615 years ago
Méli-mélo de papillotes – Pommes, poires et bananes au miel, raisins, pistaches et noix de coco en papillotes avec glace vanille
Des pommes, des poires et des….bananes!! I have been thinking about those papillottes for so long. I thought about them kept thinking about them, and always made [...]

A taste from far away – Shrimps in a coconut colombo sauce on spiced vanilla basmati rice
815 years ago
by silvia
in Fish/Seafood
A goût qui vient de loin – Crevettes sauce colombo et noix de coco sur riz Basmati épicé à la vanille
The first interesting part of this dish is the rice…yes indeed. An Indian friend of mine who arrived straight from Cochin used to prepare this type of rice and I loved its subtle fragrance. So [...]