Posts tagged Recipes

Artichoke heart – Artichoke and sundried tomato velouté with herbed ricotta tartine
316 years ago
Un coeur d’artichaut – Velouté d’artichauts aux tomates séchées et ail avec sa tartine de ricotta aux fines herbes
I bought too many artichokes so we are going to have an Artichoke fiesta for the next few coming days. Artichokes are wonderful in soups, salad, pasta, side dishes, they can be [...]

It's time for spring crumble – Mixed curry vegetable crumble
416 years ago
C’est le bon moment pour un crumble printanier – Crumble de légumes au curry
Another delicious crumble for the pleasure of everyone, adults and kids. For people intimidated by cooking vegetables that taste good, try this one, no one will be disappointed.
The world of crumble is infinite…start [...]

Caponata, we know it’s you – An eggplant caponata a little different
016 years ago
Caponata, lo sappiamo che sei tu – Una Caponata un pò diversa
Caponata is very ancient recipe, it’s a typical Sicilian dish with eggplants, onions, celeri, capers, tomatoes, olives. The eggplants are traditionally fried and the whole dish is sweet and sour due to the sugar/vinegar mixture. [...]

The fake tartine – Potato tartine with mushrooms and leeks, topped with fontina cheese
016 years ago
La fausse tartine – Tartine de pomme de terre aux champignons, poireaux, et gratinée à la fontina
Another one of those words that will be tough to translate…what is a tartine? A toast? When we talk about tartine, we think baguette or pain de campagne (country bread), so it’s a slice of bread [...]

We want it curly and tasty – kamut spirals with olive pesto and grilled zucchini
216 years ago
La vogliamo riccia e saporita – Fusilli di kamut con pesto di olive e zucchine
Kamut is also called Khorasan wheat, it’s an ancient wheat and is a part of organic agriculture, its does not need any pesticides or chemicals to grow unlike regular wheat. It’s also very rich in protein, it contains [...]

So tender – Soft rhubarb cake with honey and chestnut flour
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Un gateau tout doux – Moelleux à la rhubarbe avec miel et farine de marrons
I love baking with chestnut flour, it has such a wonderful smell, and its taste is so refined. When you start baking with all kinds of flours, such as quinoa flour, chestnut flour, coconut flour, etc… white flour seems so [...]

Summer treat – fava bean, roasted red peppers, feta salad on tomato carpaccio
416 years ago
Plaisir d’été – Salade de fèves, poivrons grillés, feta et menthe sur carpaccio de tomates
It looks like summer is coming…at least in San Francisco, it might be a false alarm, but I am in such a summer mood those days. Today is a very hot day, sunny, no wind (what a day for the city, the wind is [...]

Not that plain – Taboule with pistachios, cranberries and mint on grilled portobello
316 years ago
Pas si nature que ca – Taboule aux pistaches, airelles et menthe sur portobello grillé
I made this taboule as an accompaniment to a Tagine, so why not stuff some portobello with it.
I used portobellos just because I bought five of them for a dinner party, and I ended up not preparing them, so [...]

Pink and pinkier – Red lentils and carrot purée with almond milk, ginger and spices
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Rose et plus rose encore – Purée de lentilles corail et carottes épicee au lait d’amandes et gingembre
Deliciously smooth…I wanted to try making a purée with almond milk, which is lighter than coconut milk, and the light version has only 40 calories per serving. I found the regular almond milk to [...]

Simple and simplier! – Herbed tiger shrimps with sautés spinach and white beans
816 years ago
Simple, mais pas si simple que ça! – Gambas aux épinards sautés et cocos
More on the shrimp section…simple dish yet very tasty…
Sometimes I like to have a simple dish, just a few ingredients and not too much complexity in terms of flavors. This is one of those days. I had somehow a chaotic day [...]