Veal, Fennel, Lemon Confit and Purple Olives Tajine

Tajine is one of the most versatile dishes of Moroccan cuisine. With variations as numerous as the number of people that cook it, this dish is generous, tasty and a symbole of sharing and hospitality. This salty variation will surprise with its depth and its personality, the aniseed-flavored taste of the fennel, although lightened by the cooking process, answering majestically to the lemon confit’s bitterness and to the salty and fresh taste of the olives. Note that this recipe calls for the use of a pressure cooker, which greatly lowers the cooking time.

Surprising Lime and Chocolate Chips Cake

This cake recipe will definitely amaze more than one of you. First of all, just by reading the list of ingredients, some of which look way out of place in a cake. But, more than anything, the surprise will be even bigger on your first bite. You’ll discover this subtle combination of bold but complementary savors, which play nicely together without ever overpowering the others, making this a cake way more delicious than the sum of its ingredients. After bake this recipe twice with great critical success, I decided to share it with you. Try it, and please let me know how it went for you!

Delicious Chard and Tomato Quiche

Preparation time : 20 minutesCooking time : 40 minutes Ingredients 1 puff pastry dough 20cl crème fraîche 2 eggs 3-5 big chard leaves 1 big onion 2 garlic cloves 2 medium tomatoes strong/wholegrain mustard basil parsley almond flakes hot pepper flakes grated cheese breadcrumbs oil salt/pepper Start by taking care of the chard leaves: boil…

I ran the Paris Color Run 2018

For the fourth year in a row, the Color Run organized in partnership with Sephora is back in Paris. After a succession of coincidences, I ended up in its starting blocks this year for my first official race ; I was clearly not the only one, a good number of the color runners being visibly…

Light Semolina Cake with Banana and Chocolate Chips

This winter, I got a new Seb yoghurt-maker that also allows me to prepare dairy desserts as well as cakes. By experimenting with a few of the recipes given with the device and changing some of the ingredients, I stumbled upon a very simple recipe to make tasty cakes with many declinations, depending on what…

Surprising tasty sweet and sour cauliflower gratin

Sometime, there are some hardly conceivable blends of tastes which, once tried become simply obvious. It is by chance, guided by intuition and inspiration, that I discovered the blend that you’re about to discover in this delicious recipe. This spicy, sweet and sour, coloured gratin highlights in a very subtle way the cauliflower, a real…

Colorful Apple, Chioggia Beet and Smoked Trout Salad

I recently discovered Chioggia beets by chance at my farmer’s market, as I was looking for something to replace radish. If Chioggia’s taste is definitely not the same as radish’s, this immensely original vegetable has a rightful place in your kitchen, especially raw in your salads. Its taste is more subtle that that of the…

Smooth Cress Cream Soup

I already told you about cress previously, that rarely-used mustard tasting salad. The cream soup of today is a perfect way to introduce that vegetable to oneself’s diet. Very simple to cool, it will introduce you to cress in a soft and generous way. Prep time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients (2 people): –…

Pancakes, quick and easy

For quite a long time, I have been struggling to find a great pancakes recipe. I finally found an excellent one that is super simple and so fast to make that you won’t ever hesitate again to make it whenever you feel like having a great breakfast. Prepare your maple syrup, heat up your crepe…

Split Red Lentils with Cream and Turmeric

Are you fed up eating only pastas and rice? There is so many different cereals and leguminous plants that are just as nourishing, delicious and easy to cook than those fast-cuisine basics. Here’s for example a very simple and tasty recipe using split red lentils. In addition to the previously described qualities, it has the big…

Salmon and Zucchini Waffles, And Its Zucchini and Ricotta Cream

Since I got a waffle item for my electric grill for Christmas, I recently looked into this delicious dish that is so easy to make and reinvent. While looking around for a salty waffles, I stumbled upon a recipe that I changed a bit to my tastes. It mixes zucchini with smoked salmon in the waffle’s…

Let’s Be Seasonal: Month of June

Summer is coming this month and, even if it is still difficult to see in Paris, what with all this rain and the Seine’s overflowing that happened during the last week of May, we have to accept it: nothing stops us from finding the sun in our plates, for lack of anything better. Thankfully, it’s…