Category Archives: Recipes

07/3/21

Financiers (Almond Cake)

Financiers

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Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/4 cup almond powder
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 1/3 stick butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 egg whites

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven at 400º Fahrenheit.
  • Combine the flour, the sugar, and the almond powder.
  • Beat the egg whites into stiff peaks.
  • Fold the egg whites in the mixture.
  • Melt the butter and add it in.
  • Pour the entire mixture into financiers molds.
  • Bake for 15 minutes.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword Quick and Easy, Traditional French Recipe
06/26/21

Crème Brûlée

Creme Brulee

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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Resting Time 3 hrs
Total Time 3 hrs 45 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 6 people

Equipment

  • ramekins
  • kitchen blowtorch

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Liquid heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Warm the liquid heavy cream on low heat
  • Beat the egg yolks with the sugar and the vanilla extract until it has a foamy texture
  • Add the warm cream into the mixture, constantly stirring
  • Preheat the oven at 325ºF
  • Pour the mixture into the ramekins, bake in a large dish of water, for 30 minutes
  • Refrigirate for 3 hours
  • Sprinkle the brown sugar over each cream brulee and caramelize with a blowtorch (if you don't have a blowtorch, use the ovne broiler at 500ºF for a minute
Keyword Traditional French Recipe
06/19/21

Mahalabia

Mahalabia

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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Lebanese
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups whole milk
  • 7 tbsp corn starch
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp orange blossom water
  • 1 cup chopped pistacchios
  • rose syrup

Instructions
 

  • Mix the sugar, corn starch and few onces of milk.
  • Heat the rest of the milk with the orange blossom water.
  • When the milk is hot, add in the corn starch mixture.
  • Place some chopped pistacchios in the bottom of verrines
  • Pour the milk onto the pistacchios in the verrines.
  • Let is cool down in the fridge for few hours.
  • Decorate with rose syrup and few pistacchios.
Keyword Quick and Easy
06/12/21

Almond Chocolate Pear Tart

Almond Chocolate Pear Tart

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Cook Time 40 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cans of pears
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup almond powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 7 oz heavy cream
  • 1 puff pastry sheet

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven at 400º Fahrenheit.
  • Roll out the puff pastry in a tart pan.
  • Melt the chocolate with one tablespoon of heavy cream.
  • Spread the chocolate on the crust.
  • Drain the pears and arrange them in a fancy manner over the chocolate.
  • In a bowl, mix the sugar, the eggs, the almond powder, and the rest of the heavy cream.
  • Pour the mixture on the tart from the center.
  • Bake for 25 minutes.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword Quick and Easy, Tarts and Pies
06/5/21

Far Breton (Prune Flan)

Far Breton

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Cook Time 1 hr 15 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup pitted prunes
  • 1 cup flour
  • Pinch salt
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 cups milk
  • 4 eggs
  • Vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven at 300º Fahrenheit.
  • Heat the milk in a saucepan.
  • In a bowl, mix the sugar, the flour, the salt, and the eggs.
  • Add the milk in and whisk until it's liquid.
  • Grease the pan.
  • Pour the mixture into the pan.
  • Add the prunes.
  • Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword Quick and Easy, Traditional French Recipe
05/29/21

French Toast

French Toast

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Cook Time 2 mins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine French
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup milk
  • 6 brioche bread
  • 5 eggs
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • Vanilla extract
  • Butter

Instructions
 

  • In a big bowl, whisk the milk, eggs, sugar, and vanilla.
  • Put some of the butter on a pan over medium heat.
  • Dip one side of the brioche bread in the mixture, then after about a minute, flip to the other side.
  • Wait one more minute and it is done! You can take it out and enjoy!
Keyword Quick and Easy, Traditional French Recipe
05/22/21

Apple Crumble

Apple Crumble

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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 30 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 4 apples
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 5 tbsp softened butter
  • Cinnamon (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven at 350º Fahrenheit.
  • Peel apples and cut them into cubes and spread them out evenly in a dish. Add the optional cinnamon.
  • Place the flour, the sugar, and the butter in a bowl and mix with your hands until clumps form.
  • Spread the flour, sugar, and butter mixture over the apples, spreading it evenly.
  • Bake for 1 hour.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword Quick and Easy
05/15/21

Tiramisu

Tiramisu

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Prep Time 1 hr
Resting Time 1 d
Total Time 1 d 1 hr
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups strong espresso
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 4 yolks
  • 4 egg whites
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • Vanilla extract
  • Pinch salt
  • Unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 45 ladyfingers
  • 2 cups mascarpone cheese

Instructions
 

  • Beat the mascarpone cheese and the milk.
  • Whisk the yolks and half of the sugar for 5 minutes. Then, pour into the mascarpone cheese and milk mixture. Beat until combined.
  • Whip the heavy cream and the vanilla extract until peaks form. Then, mix this mixture with the mascarpone cheese mixture.
  • Beat the egg whites, the salt, and the sugar into stiff peaks. Then, fold it into the mascarpone cheese mixture.
  • Split the ladyfingers into two equal groups and dip each side of each ladyfingers in a group into the espresso. Then, place in a dish.
  • Spread half of the mascarpone mixture over the ladyfingers.
  • Repeat step 5 and 6 but place them in the same dish.
  • Refrigerate for 1 day.
  • Sift the cocoa powder all over the top.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword No Bake Desserts
05/8/21

Vegan Chocolate Cake

Vegan Chocolate Cake

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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Total Time 55 mins
Course Dessert
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cup dark chocolate
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup raw sugar
  • 2 cups coconut milk
  • 1/3 cup coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/3 cup apple sauce
  • vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
Keyword Vegan
05/1/21

Chocolate Mousse

Chocolate Mousse

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Prep Time 20 mins
Resting Time 4 hrs
Total Time 4 hrs 20 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 3 eggs
  • 3 egg whites
  • 3/4 cup dark chocolate
  • 2 tbsp sugar

Instructions
 

  • Separate the egg yolks from the whites.
  • Melt the chocolate over a pot of simmering water, until it reaches a temperature of 120ºF.
  • Let the chocolate slightly cool down (no less than 90ºF).
  • Whisk the egg yolks with a tbsp of sugar.
  • In parallel, beat the eff whites to stiff peaks, with a tbsp of sugar.
  • Add the yolks in the melted chocolate.
  • Fold in the beaten egg whites.
  • Spoon the mixture into serving cups.
  • Refrigirate for at least 4 hours.
Keyword Traditional French Recipe