HONEY MOELLEUX

HONEY MOELLEUX

HONEY MOELLEUX
A quick glance in your kitchen...

In your fridge
Eggs
Butter


In your cupboard
Chestnut honey
Self-rising flour

HONEY MOELLEUX
Serves 4-6

COURGETTES AND GOAT CHEESE FLAN

COURGETTES AND GOAT CHEESE FLAN

I think it exists as many courgettes flan recipes as many French people. Everybody knows courgettes flan and I am not sure it is in a positive way for some...When I was a little girl, the courgettes flan was method of eating your greens in a different manner (not sure it worked for everyone though...). I tried my own version with my children and it worked, they liked it !!! The goat cheese add a subtle and smooth texture to the courgettes. Obviously very easy to do and healthy! If you wish a meaty note, you can eat this courgettes flan with some Parma ham...

COURGETTES AND GOAT CHEESE FLAN
A quick glance in your kitchen...

In your fridge
Eggs
Crème fraîche
Courgette
Goat cheese
Grated Emmental
Parma Ham

In your cupboard 
Flour
Onions

COURGETTES AND GOAT CHEESE FLAN
Serves 4-6

"ATTACK OF LA NINA"

"ATTACK OF LA NINA"

It is holiday time (again)..
I am going on holiday then (again).
I will fly above amazing landscapes.

APPLE, CUMIN AND MUNSTER CHAUSSON (TURNOVER)

APPLE, CUMIN AND MUNSTER CHAUSSON (TURNOVER)

APPLE, CUMIN AND MUNSTER CHAUSSON (TURNOVER)
A quick glance in your kitchen...

In your fridge
Puff pastry
Munster
Egg
Apples
Butter
Green salad

In your cupboard 
Brown caster sugar
Salt
Cumin seeds
Shallot

APPLE, CUMIN AND MUNSTER CHAUSSON (TURNOVER)
Serves 4

CHESTNUTS, CÈPES AND PARSLEY SOUP

CHESTNUT, CÈPES AND PARSLEY SOUP

This chestnut, Cèpes and parsley soup is gluten-free...if you use a gluten-free vegetable stock (Kallo).

CHESTNUTS, CÈPES AND PARSLEY SOUP
A quick glance in your kitchen...

In your fridge
Parsley

In your cupboard
Cèpes
Potatoes
Shallots 
Garlic
Vegetable stock 
Whole peeled chestnuts 

CHESTNUTS, CÈPES AND PARSLEY SOUP
Serves 8

HACHIS PARMENTIER (SHEPERD'S PIE)

HACHIS PARMENTIER

(SHEPERD'S PIE)

ORANGE BLOSSOM HOT CHOCOLATE (LIKE IN VERSAILLES...)

ORANGE BLOSSOM HOT CHOCOLATE (LIKE IN VERSAILLES...)

Yes, the former Queen of France loved her hot chocolate ! And Marie-Antoinette enjoyed it with orange blossom ...

"Chocolate was introduced into France in 1615, at the wedding of Louis XII and Anna of Austria in Bayonne. At Versailles, the delicacy became a culinary habit in all its forms under Louis XIV who popularized its consumption at the Court. In the following century, however, Louis XV was considered the greatest lover of the cocoa-based drink. Occasionally, the King himself would prepare his own beverage in the kitchens of his Private Apartments.

Louis XV’s favourites, including Madame du Barry, couldn’t resist the exotic cocktail either, valued particularly for its qualities as an aphrodisiac. At the same time, the first machines designed to manufacture chocolate were created and several specialized workshops were established in Paris.

In 1770, when Marie-Antoinette married Louis XVI, she arrived at the Court of Versailles with her own chocolate maker, who was given the very official title of “Chocolate Maker to the Queen”...
Source : "Château de Versailles"

I have attempted to recreate it then (lucky you, without the egg yolk and yeast they originally put in...).

For the chocolate I only used the Valrhona chocolate as it is absolutely exquisite. In addition, it is French and manufactured in a small town near Lyon. I advise you to use it if you can : your pastry or anything chocolaty will have such a better taste you have no idea...

ORANGE BLOSSOM HOT CHOCOLATE
A quick glance in your kitchen...

In your fridge
Milk
Crème fraîche

In your cupboard
Dark chocolate
Orange blossom
Honey

ORANGE BLOSSOM HOT CHOCOLATE
Serves 1