Gathered recipes from my cooking experiments throughout the world.
8 buns Ingredients 1 cup warm water3 tbsp warm milk2 tsp dry yeast2 1/2 tbsp white sugar1 egg, beaten3 cups bread flour1/3 cup flour1 1/2 tsp fine salt2 1/2 tbsp butter, room T° Egg wash 1 egg1 tbsp water Recipe Mix bread flour, normal flour, salt. Crumble butter into the flour. Add yeast, water, milk, sugar, egg. Knead (with machine) 5-7 min (moist, not sticky). Cover and rise until doubled 1-2 h.… Continue reading Burger buns
6 servings Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, melted2 garlic cloves1 cup plain breadcrumbs1/2 cup Parmesan1/4 tsp salt1/4 tsp pepper1 cauliflower head Recipe Oven: 400 °F = 200 °C. Cut cauliflower into florets. Melt butter. Stir in garlic. Separately mix breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and Parmesan.Dip cauliflower into butter first, then breadcrumbs.Roast cauliflower for 35 min. from crunchycreamysweet
Experience This is a regular in our home. It's very tasty, and an improvement could be that probably even more cucumber would make it more of a salad than a sauce. It always make astronomical quantities, we have it for leftovers several times and still never finish it. 3 cups Ingredients 2 cups yogurt4 garlic cloves1 cucumber1… Continue reading Tzatziki
Ingredients Veggies zucchiniasparagusavocado (?)lettuce (? not tried)thin carrotsmushroomssliced cauliflowers (? not tried)artichokeeggplant Sauce 1 olive oillemon juicesea salt parmesan (optional) Sauce 2 oilsoy saucebrown sugargarlic Sauce 3 mustard (2 tsp)white vinegar (1 tsp)olive oil (4 tsp)herbs Recipe Slice the veggies or for the small ones, half them/leave them whole. Put them on sticks if necessary.… Continue reading Barbecued veggies
8 servings (not, really not) Ingredients 2 pounds (900 g) potatoes , thinly sliced1/4 cup (56 g) butter1 1/2 tsp garlic3 tbsp flour1 tsp salt (more. this takes a lot of salt to be flavorful)1/4 tsp pepper1 1/2 cups milk2 cups cheddar (divided) Recipe Oven: 350 °F = 175 °C. Thinly slice potatoes. Mince garlic. Grate cheddar. Butter a dish. Line half potatoes on the bottom of the pan. Melt… Continue reading Potato gratin
A regular around the house. We love it. Experience 14/08/2021: made double the quantities. Something is not quite right with the seasoning, it's a bit bland. Adding some heat, piment de Menespelette de Papa, was a good idea. Maybe there should also be less couscous. To be tried. 2 servings as main dish, 4 as… Continue reading Lemon couscous salad
8 servings ? Ingredients 8 oignons doux1/2 cube bouillon de volaille + 25 cL d'eauthymhuile d'olive Recipe Couper les oignons en deux. Poêle + huile d'olive, dorer les oignons partie plate vers le bas (feu moyen). Dissoudre le cube dans 25 cL d'eau bouillante. Arroser la moitié du bouillon sur les oignons, cuire à feu… Continue reading Oignons rôtis
2 large servings as main, 3 normal servings Experience Making this very often. Recently (05/12/2021) we split it four ways, 2 with sage and butter for dinner, absolutely delicious, then 2 with tomato sauce, olive and cheese. But it was small portions, we got hungry afterwards. I made the gnocchi pattern with a fork, it… Continue reading Sweet potato gnocchi
4 servings Ingredients 1 zucchini1/3 cup breadcrumbs1/4 cup Parmesan1/4 tsp black peppersalt1/8 tsp garlic powder1/8 tsp cayenne pepper3 tbsp milk Recipe Cut zucchini into thin slices. Grate Parmesan.Oven: 425 °F = 218 °C. Mix breadcrumbs, Parmesan, black pepper, pinch of salt (more than a pinch), garlic powder, cayenne pepper. Dip zucchini slices into milk then… Continue reading Zucchini chips
Experience le meilleur riz du monde que Manou nous avait servi à Anne-Louise et à moi un lendemain de poulet rôti, lors d'un été à Auch. Nous nous en souvenons toutes les deux sans en avoir beaucoup parlé des années plus tard. Matt and I usually eye-ball the proportions, so it's not an exact recipe.… Continue reading Chicken leftover risotto
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