I do use salted butter for this recipe, I think it’s better. But you can of course, use plain butter and a pinch of salt instead. This is the perfect staple recipe for making great crunchy fresh fruit tarts: bake Lire la suite
Have you ever tried home made fresh pasta? It is so easy and far better! To make fresh pasta, mix one egg with 3/4 cup flour. Count on 2 eggs with 1 and 1/2 cup flour for 2 to 3 Lire la suite
When I went to Europain exhibition in Paris last year, I tasted these amazing French scallop-shell-shaped cookies at a baking equipment supplier stand. The young pastry chef kindly gave me the recipe as I was so enthusiastic about these incredible Lire la suite
Wouldn’t it be great to give a home-made, customized and delicious present to your friends and family for Christmas?! So here is an extra buttery shortbreads recipe from my pastry class, in which I added a spices mix. And then Lire la suite
Here’s a new recipe I tried from the YAM magazine (#11 December 2012-January 2013). Of course, I changed it a little bit 🙂 It is a very nice recipe to make a delicious home made marbled foie gras, with delicate Lire la suite
Here is a variation of my cherry clafoutis. As apricot season has come, let’s enjoy it with a delicious apricot and almond milk clafoutis recipe. Perfect for lactose intolerant people. The mix of apricot sourness and almond milk sweetness in Lire la suite
Here is an original salad recipe. A mix of my dad’s recipe and some octopus dishes I tasted in Spain. This octopus salad is an interesting mix of flavours and textures. It’s light and fresh. Perfect for summer as a Lire la suite
Wanna eat green and healthy in winter? Here’s a very simple spinach cream soup: tasty and full of vitamins, ready in 20 minutes. Enjoy! Did you know ? 3.5 oz of spinach only cover a 20% of recommended daily amount in Lire la suite
A simple recipe to make a good and tasty poultry or meaty broth Makes 5 cups of broth: 1 poultry or pieces of meat and bones 1 onion 1 carrot 1 leek 1 stalk celery 1 stalk parsley 1 stalk Lire la suite
Here is a great sweet crisp pastry dough recipe I learned at pastry school. You can use it for so many recipes: pumpkin pie, lemon pie, raw fruit tarts, frangipane tarts, and even cookies. Here, you don’t need any dried Lire la suite