Cooking and Baking made easy
The Crème Brulee recipe was inspired by the famous Spanish Crème Catalane. The French basically copied the principle of the Spanish dessert and added a hint of vanilla and caramelised it. The term Brulee means “Burnt “in French. Hence, the dark brown colour of the burnt sugar on top that contrast the yellow soft cream underneath.
My raspberry coulis is often a sauce I used on my desserts. It is just goes with pretty much any sweet I make. You can also use it for your yoghurt, muesli and we will also use that for some jelly, insert of cakes.
My Steamed sticky date pudding is easy to make. Traditionally, people bake their pudding but I have decided to give it a try at steaming mine. Why that? Because it retains all the good nutrients into the pudding and make it so moist that it is nice and soft to the palate.
Make your own Toffee sauce in 5 minutes. The best recipe. Easy to make. This sauce goes very well with pudding, Apple pies, ice cream, pies anything you like to have it with 🙂
This recipe is a classic 101 of patisserie. All chefs and pastry chef must know how to make a pure, rich, vibrant “Crème Anglaise. It is often and by mistake called a custard. This has no form of starch in it and remain of a pouring viscosity has it is a sauce.
La teurgoule is Normandy’s best kept secret. Only there you will find this dish and only in really old bakeries. It is the best rice pudding ever made. So good you just need to try and it only takes 10 minutes to prepare
Crepes Suzette are a classical of French cooking and desserts. Even if you think it is an oldie, it is always a goodie… Check out my recipe and the legend behind it. I am sharing a modern version of this desserts flambed with Grand Marnier.
this week recipe is about a classic biscuit. We call it the “Palmier” and it represents the palm leaves of the palm tree. It is also called the “Coeur de France” the heart of France. Others name it Pigs or elephant ears.
this week recipe is about going back to basics. Often people ask me how do I make such a good sauce or soup or even what is the secret to your risotto? The Key is always to make a good stock (Broth). But what is a stock? Imagine a tea bag, you place some herbs in a liquid to infuse for a certain amount of time. Well this is the same concept with bones or shells with some herbs and vegetables to extract a maximum of flavour. I have been a head sauce chef for few years and perfected the art of sauce. This week I am sharing my recipe for a great lobster stock.
This week recipe is about an old recipe and a very easy one: The French Toast or as we call it “Pain Perdu”. It does mean literally Lost Bread. try my recipe, you will love it
