Breakfast & Brunch
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Continue readingThis butternut, membrillo and Stilton quiche is a wonderful recipe form ottlenghi to celebrate the autumn. I really enjoyed the sweetness of the membrillo (quince paste) that contrast perfectly with the Stilton cheese and the roasted butternut. It’s definitely a wining combination. This savoury – sweet quiche is quite rich due to the custard made from the double cream, crème fraîche and whole eggs. Serve it with a nice green salad and you have a perfect vegetarian meal. And like any quiche you can serve it for lunch, dinner or a brunch. You can also make it in canapé form…
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Continue readingMy love for babka started few years ago when I tried for the first time Jeffrey Cagnes’s recipe ”Chocolate & hazelnut Babka”. Since that time I didn’t stop. If you have taken a look on instagram to have an idea of the best babka of the moment, you certainly know babka zana. I love their incredible creations and their improbable combinations of flavours. Few days ago I have received their first book, an amazing book full of a wonderful sweet and savoury recipes. I have enjoyed baking from it, I couldn’t wait to give this “salted caramel & macadamia babka”…
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Continue readingWhen I first got my hands on this amazing book “invitation d’un pâtissier voyageur” I naturally started to flip through it. When I came to this recipe “ saumon sauvage Canadian : wild canadian salmon”, I just had to stop. Not just because the picture of this cake is sublime – it’s also the case for all the pictures of this book from the first page to the last -. But because I love salmon in all its forms, and this recipe combines all the ingredients to make it the perfect loaf cake. It has fresh and smoked salmon, green olives, emmental cheese, spring onions and…
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Continue readingThis recipe is the definition of what Ottolenghi had in mind for his fantastic cookbook « Simple ». The bread, which has a cake texture, is very easy to make. It’s made without yeast, so it doesn’t require kneading, which means you don’t need to be a good baker to make an amazing loaf. I can assure you, that you’re going to make it more than once. This bread is really delicious, it’s a fabulous combination of the earthy beetroot, the soft goat’s cheese add to it the caraway, nigella seeds and the fresh thyme. All of these delicious ingredients work perfectly…