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Lastminute Thanksgiving Gravy Recipe
I don’t know who had the brilliant idea of placing Thanksgiving in the middle of the week: who has the time to go shopping for loads of fresh ingredients mid-week? Luckily I don’t have this problem (in France we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving) but you might so… good luck with the Big Preparation, you have less…
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Smoky glazed ham recipe
When you have to feed a large group of hungry people, meat always serves you well so it’s important to choose a very good quality meat, preferably coming from higher welfare farming. That’s why it’s primordial to befriend and trust your butcher: he/she’s the only one able to suggest you the right cut for your…
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French Pot au Feu Recipe (French Beef Stew)
If sharing is caring there is absolutely nothing better to share than a family meal, especially if it’s cheap, easy to make and deliciously filling. A French Pot au Feu fits the bill with flying colours: this simple beef stew will give you a savoury broth, plenty of super-tender meat and healthy veggies. The beauty of this recipe is that requires…
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12 cooking herbs every cook should know about
Herbs are that wonderful thing that can transform a dish from dull to extraordinary with just a few leaves. Think of a boring tomato sauce, then mentally add a bunch of basil leaves and you have the most delicious pasta sauce you could ask for. Substitute the basil with oregano and you’re halfway to an…
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Three Cheeses Quiche Recipe
Cheese is one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen: you can use many varieties solo or mixed together to create wonderful dishes. I was invited to Caws Cenarth Creamery – in West Wales – to check out their amazing assortment of dairy products and I was impressed by the varieties. I decided to…
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Cheat’s on Béchamel Sauce
Do you want to impress your friends with a posh-looking sauce but can’t be bothered with the fuss to make it? Try my cheat version of the Béchamel sauce, a French cuisine staple: you’ll only need a microwave and a couple of heat proof mugs and you will fool them all. This white sauce is…
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How to pick a real French Croissant
Photo by Petr Kratochvil If you are inclined to romanticism you could acknowledge the aroma of caramelized butter as the distinctive fragrance of Paris. Butter really is one of the key ingredients of the French cuisine, and nothing is more quintessentially French than croissants pûr beurre. This delicious pastry is a breakfast staple and should be bought in a boulangerie, asked…
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Feel my Jamie Oliver’s Big Feastival in 2s shots …
http://ift.tt/1p3LKAK I went to Alex James and Jamie Oliver’s Big Feastival, about food & music in UK, to present a recipe on stage. With this video, you can see through my eyes and ears (and mouth). Feel it ! Youtube Subscribe : http://ift.tt/1ii73vU Facebook : http://ift.tt/1o6sFRD for mouth watering photos and good discussions 😉 Instagram…
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French Hachis Parmentier with Pulled Pork recipe (Twisted Shepherd Pie)
As they say in Westeros, Winter is coming and when the cold arrives it is all about comfort food so that’s the perfect time to give a go to my twisted version of another beloved classic: my pulled pork hachis parmentier which is the French version of a shepherd pie. The beauty of this dish is…