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June
2010
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30min.
I thought I’d try a chocolate-free dessert for a change, so here is the recipe of a great and easy strawberry pie. If you’re not valiant enough, you can also prepare the pie crust, which is actually not as hard as it seems. It would just take longer to prepare!
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April
2010
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Preparation time: 10min
I don’t know if this “trick” counts as a recipe, since it is so easy and quick to prepare!!! Well I guess if you prepare the puff pastry it can take a while, but I usually don’t bother and buy pastries already prepared. I try to always keep some in the freezer, since I can use them in case of emergency to prepare many different recipes from appetizers to desserts…
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February
2010
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Preparation time: 1h
My mom sent me this recipe and what a great idea! The croissants were awesome, although it said on the recipe to use cottage cheese and I used grounded Gruyère instead. The only think I struggled with was the folding of the croissants so after a while I gave up and just made small pastries. It didn’t change the taste too much…
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February
2010
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Preparation time: 1h.
This zucchini gratin recipe contains bacon, but you can easily remove it if you prefer the vegetarian variant. It is pretty tasty - of course like everything with cheese - and quite easy. The only trick is to wrinkle the zucchinis, because after boiling them, they are full of water and will release it all while baking. So if you don’t want a zucchini soup for dinner, be careful with that and you should do great!
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February
2010
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Preparation time: 1h30.
I think this recipe comes from the French Alps, since it’s the typical dish you would have with a cold weather and after a hard day, similar to Tartiflette and Raclette. The original Gratin Dauphinois is really simple, with only potatoes cooked in milk and cheese. It is also very common to add bacon or more cheese such as Camembert on it. However, this recipe is pretty consistent already on its own, so you wouldn’t want to add more fat if you were trying to control your diet…
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February
2010
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Preparation time: 20min.
This was my first time preparing an apple pie ever, although I’ve seen my mom and many other people do it many times. I don’t know I usually think they taste a bit boring, but today I had a few apples to spare so I thought why not? To increase a bit the taste, I decided to add some apple compote and sugar, which is coincidently much easier than preparing the usual eggs and cream filling. The result was really tasty, bu the pie was a bit more wet than expected.
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January
2010
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Preparation time: 10min.
This chocolate crepe recipe is really easy to prepare. The only trick is in cooking the crepes, but it takes just one or two trials to master the technique. No matter how many times I tried, the first crepe is always useless (my mom always told me to throw the first out so it’s not just me…). Anyway the recipe described here is not only for sweet dessert crepes but also for salty “galettes“, as we call them in Brittany. You can fill them with whatever you like really, from ham and cheese, to strawberries and chocolate. If you prefer plain crepes, you can add sugar to the batter, and even a bit of Grand Marnier for the taste!
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January
2010
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Preparation time: 2h15min.
If you are tired of the same old dark chocolate, this recipe is ideal. It’s also really easy to prepare and you don’t need many ingredients. You just need a few spices… It’s actually not very elaborated either, it basically consists of making several chocolate sheets, with different forms, sizes and tastes. I especially like to add red hot chili pepper, but you can add anything you like. The anise one was really great too!
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January
2010
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Preparation time: 2h.
Those cookies were really awesome. I love the shortbread texture and they tasted good too. I guess if you are not used to it, they might seem a bit dry, but they are ideal to be served with tea or coffee. You can try to add more or less chocolate on the cookies too. I usually like to prepare a really intense chocolate icing, but it’s up to your taste. Let me know how you liked them!!
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January
2010
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Preparation time: 15min.
Recently I have been trying to make more desserts because I realized that I only added a few up to now and since we love chocolate, it’s been my first choice. But then since they all seem a bit the same, I thought to try today a recipe with white chocolate for a change! It was pretty awesome, but you have to like kiwis!
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