Eggplant Croquettes
Eggplant croquettes like in Greece because it’s summer and eggplants are the vegetable of the season! It’s really easy to make and very good! Give it a try :-)
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Moroccan Chicken Pastilla
This pastilla is made in three layers! In the bottom there is an onion sauce with fine herbs (parsley and cilantro), saffron and cinnamon! In the middle there is the chicken cooked into the onion sauce And at the top, there is a generous layer of almonds perfumed with orange blossom and cinnamon! It’s really splendid and worth the effort and the detour! Give it a try!
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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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Tournedos with vigneronne sauce and croutons
The vigneronne sauce is rather simple to make and has very nice perfumes and flavor! It goes very well with beef, and croutons with shallots bring some crunchiness but are even better with the sauce and the meat! It’s a recipe coming from the Ritz in Paris and its school called “Escoffier”! It certainly worth the detour!
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Mandi – Tortellini the Greek way
This homemade pasta are filled with ground beef and seasoned with paprika! It’s rather easy to make and very tasteful because they are served with a tomato sauce and a sauce made with yogurt or fromage blanc, garlic and paprika! But to learn all about this you need to read the recipe ;-)
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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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Tahini Sauce
This is a very simple tahini sauce made with Greek yogurt or fromage blanc for those in France, tahini, parsley and a bit of lemon juice! It’s really simple but so good! It goes well with fried food or with raw vegetables for the apéritif :-)
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Christmas poultry with truffle and a filling with bacon, star anise and orange
A Christmas poultry with some truffle and with a wonderful filling made with smoked bacon, star anise, orange and hazelnuts! It’s simply beautiful and really tasteful!
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Runner beans in tomato sauce (fassolakia)
These runner beans are really simple to make in their tomato sauce with onion and parsley! It’s light, easy, and quick to make! It’s perfect for a summer meal when you can find them fresh or even in winter if you use frozen! It’s really simple and good!
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Bœuf bourguignon
This is a classic French beef stew and in this version it’s light in fat and rather special because it cooks in the oven into red wine and has onions, garlic, carrots, smoked bacon and mushrooms which give it a special taste :-) It also has thyme and bay leaf for some extra flavor! It’s very good and you should try it asap ;-)
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