10

January

2010

Chocolate Meringues with Chocolate Mousse Topping

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Preparation time: clock 2h45min.

This meringue recipe is easy to prepare although it takes a few hours. Since the topping is made of cream, you won’t be able to keep them too long and it’s better to save them in the fridge, or just eat them all very quick!!!

Chocolate Meringues with Chocolate Mousse Topping

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10

January

2010

Spring Pizza with Artichokes, Ham, Corn and Blue Cheese

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Preparation time: clock 30min.

This pizza I invented is my favorite of all. I know some people think it’s weird to add sweet corn on a pizza, but I really love it! I called it “Spring Pizza” and I hope the name was not already taken. Anyway it’s quite easy to prepare and you should try it!

Spring Pizza with Artichokes, Ham, Sweet Corn and Blue Cheese

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09

January

2010

Potatoes & Garlic Confit

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Preparation time: clock 40min.

This potatoes and garlic recipe is tasty but I’m guessing it’s not ideal for diets! You can serve it with some chicken or just enjoy it with a green salad like we usually do. It’s actually pretty easy to prepare because you don’t need to peel the potatoes or to chop up the onions and garlic. You just put it all there in the butter and wait. If you can use a small type of potatoes, it will taste even better!

Potatoes & Garlic Confit

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08

January

2010

Mini Orange and Chocolate Triangles with Hazelnuts

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Preparation time: clock 3h.

This recipe is based on the typical dough used for many kinds of cakes and cookies: 1 measure of icing sugar, 2 measures of butter and 3 measure of flour. The icing sugar makes it easier to knead the dough. The result was pretty good. The triangles tasted good and were very beautiful. Next time, I want to try with pistachios instead of hazelnuts, I think it will give it even more color and originality!

Mini Orange and Chocolate Triangles with Hazelnuts

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08

January

2010

Small French Chocolate and Coffee Cakes

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Preparation time: clock 45min.

I made the little cakes the other day to bring to Bouchon’s dad place. They actually seemed like a typical chocolate cake, but I really love the touch of expresso in them! I think it would taste even better served with an English cream.

Small French Chocolate and Coffee Cakes

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03

January

2010

Banana, Walnuts and Chocolate Cookies

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Preparation time: clock 45min.

This recipe is from a great book of pastries my sister got me for christmas. I intend on trying each one of the recipes from this book, but of course we HAD to start with a chocolate dessert. Well I really loved those cookies. I couldn’t notice the banana so much, but Bouchon could. Anyway I think it gives a great consistency to the cookies.

Banana, Nuts and Chocolate Cookies

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03

January

2010

Gruyère Cheese Mini Soufflés

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Preparation time: clock 45min.

This recipe is a classic, although I have to admit that it was the first time I tried it. I prepared individuals cheese soufflés, although you can just make one big one. I think they are great to serve with a green salad as a starter or appetizer, but you can also serve them with meat and sauce. A variant would be to use a different cheese, such as blue cheese.

Gruyère Cheese Mini Soufflés

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03

January

2010

Green Pepper Quiche

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Preparation time: clock 50min.

This is a variant of the traditional “Quiche Lorraine”. It’s a great recipe because you can eat it cold or warm and you can save it in the fridge until the next day. I also like to prepare appetizers from this quiche, but just cutting the pie in small squares and pinching a toothpick in each square.

Green Pepper Quiche

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27

November

2009

Creamy Leek Soup

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Preparation time: clock 50min.

Now that winter is coming, with Bouchon we both have this crave for hot soups and we also like soups because they are vegetarian and healthy. This one is a bit of a fatty one though I guess, with all the cheese, cream and oil… But hey you have to fight winter cold somehow!! By the way, I know it looks exactly the same as my Vichyssoise, but it’s different =)

Creamy Leek Soup

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26

November

2009

Baby Spinach Salad with Raisin, Parmesan and Cranberry Vinaigrette

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Preparation time: clock 5min.

Here is another salad recipe. Salads are really awesome because they literally take a few minutes to prepare, they are really healthy and tasty. I particularly like to prepare salads based on spinach, because the green color of spinach leaves is much brighter and it looks that much better. However, spinach can be really hard sometimes so you might want to buy baby spinach that is softer instead!


Baby Spinach Salad with Raisin, Parmesan and Cranberry Vinaigrette

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