Old Fashioned Apple Pie
An old fashioned apple pie with two layers of pate brisee and this changes everything! It’s a classic American pie! Enjoy!
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Croissants for Christmas
These wonderful croissants for Christmas or for everyday are perfumed with gingerbread and have some orange confit! They are delicious and really worth the effort, especially for making the homemade croissant dough, because they are so special and unique!
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Pommes Dauphines
Pommes dauphines are French potatoes made with potato puree and choux dough! They are briefly fried and get a quick time in the oven. They are really splendid! Crispy on the outside and moist in the inside! So particular and so French!
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Porcini Soufflé
A wonderful French soufflé with porcini mushrooms! It also has some French Comté (or gruyere) and some smoked bacon for more flavor! It’s simply wonderful and very good even the day after!
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Béarnaise Sauce
A wonderful classic French Béarnaise sauce that is light and tasteful! It’s made with the classics chervil and tarragon, but it uses as well white wine and spices (nutmeg, coriander, ginger and cloves), which give the sauce a special character!
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Pumpkin or Squash Pie with Pecans
Pumpkin pie and squash tart along with pecan pie are American classics and in this version they are so delicate and tasteful that you will be surprised! It’s a matter of having a well-balanced mix of spices (cinnamon and nutmeg)! Just try and you will see!
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Eggs Keftas!
Eggs Keftas made with a cream of boiled eggs and dried raisins, onion and pine nuts! It’s really good and so unusual but easy to make for a recipe that comes from the 18th century to our lives today!
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Shrimps à la créole
These shrimps à la creole are very special because they couple well tomato puree and lime (juice and zest)! Seeing these two ingredients together we might think they will not match, but this is not true, they go very well together! Besides onions, garlic and red peppers that give some extra taste there is also thyme, bay leaf and some chili that bring even more flavor! On top we grate a little bit of nutmeg and thus we create a wonderful sauce that goes very well with pasta or rice! You need to try it to see for yourself!
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The recipe: Cinnamon pie with fylo crust by Akis Petretzikis
Cinnamon pie with fylo crust by Akis Petretzikis! Simply delicious but also delicate :)
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