Tea & Prune Flan
An improvisation around the classic “flan pâtissier” and “far breton”. Ingredients 4 eggs 150g sugar 1 vanilla pod (or vanilla extract, or vanilla sugar) 150g flour 1 litre milk (opt.) prunes (opt.) 1 teabag of strong flavoured tea (I used Earl Grey tea) Instructions Whisk the eggs with the sugar, add the flour. Boil the milk with the vanilla pod, and let the tea brew in the milk. Add this to the preparation. Pour into a non sticky cake pan (you can also butter and coat the pan...
Read MoreChococo Cake & Gingerbread (Pain d’épice)
Two cake recipes today, relatively easy and quite yummy alone or topped with some “crème anglaise”: Photo by Eschraiel Orange Blossom Chococo Cake Ingredients 3 eggs 150 g sugar 180 g flour 150 g butter some baking powder (half a dose) a pinch of salt some vanilla sugar 150 g dark chocolate (optional) 25 g grated coconut and 5 cl of orange blossom water (opt.) 25 g almond powder (opt.) 5 cl rum or other appropriate spirit (I used some chouchen) you can also add other ingredients...
Read MoreRecipes made in Vermont
See pictures here Chocolate mousse what you need (there are many other variations, but it’s basically chocolate+eggs): 200g (7 oz) of dark half-sweetened chocolate (the one we took at the store was a good blend of dark/sweet, and we used the whole tablet, even if that was perhaps slightly more than 7 oz?) 4 to 6 eggs (depends on the size and your tolerance to food richness; given the smaller size of the eggs we had, I think Jib used 6) what you do: - separate the whites/yolks...
Read MoreBanana cake
3–4 ripe bananas juice of 1 orange 150g sugar 3 eggs 60g butter 120g flour (optional) vanilla extract, baking powder, chocolate chunks, chocolate powder, nuts… Pre-heat the oven at 210°C Mix the puréed bananas with the juice, then add the sugar, then mix with the eggs, then add the melted butter, and the flour. Cook 45 min at 120–150°C depending on your oven. (if needed, see...
Read MoreVariations on a Cheesecake
As I’ve been doing some variations on the traditional cheesecake recipe, with more or less success, this post will help remind me of some of the successful variations. One of the reason for all of these testings, apart from a taste in exciting new culinary experiments, is that the typical ingredients to make those yummy New-York style cheesecakes are not that easily found in France. The Crust Experiments To do a tasty crust, many recipes use cookies crumbs, convenient ones are “biscuits...
Read MoreFirst-aid Chocolate Tart
To chase away moodiness and restlessness, there is nothing like some gorgeous decadent chocolate dessert. Here’s an easy one to make. And quick too. It can be a matter of life and death Dosage: Eat till all symptoms of moodiness have disappeared Known side-effects: Varies. Depends on degree of moodiness and beliefs alignments Buy an already made crust, “pâte sablée” is best. Bake it for about 21 min. at 210 °C until cooked ~ tip: you can put another pie pan over it (instead of the...
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