Bread
What a pain!»
Sorry I couldn’t resist the pun. I mean pain as in ‘le pain’. Although there were a few things which were an extra pain last week like the post office and the Parisian men (don’t get me going on the second). I don’t know whether it’s the change of season or if there was something [...]
Savoury
Pumpkin & Olive bread»
I’m currently munching my way through a selection of English biscuits (all the Christmas biscuits were eaten a long time ago!) with the obligatory cup of tea to dunk them into. I haven’t stopped eating since I arrived yesterday. It began when I stepped off the Eurostar at Waterloo station. I headed off to the [...]
Dessert
Raspberry & Dahlia mousse with mint choc leaves»
On Thursday we had our little ‘flowery’ event @ La Cocotte for the book launch of ‘Petits bouquets de cuisine’. There were flowery mocktails and these little raspberry dahlia mousses with mint choc leaves. Absolutely delish! I couldn’t stop eating the mint choc leaves. Think After eight but without the sweet filling and calories.
Just [...]
Dulce de leche
Banoffee verrines»
If you haven’t already fallen for ‘verrine‘ thing, then here’s a recipe you could make in your sleep. The whole ‘verrine’ (transl. glass) fashion has taken hold of the cuisine world the last couple of years. Everyone does them. We have about 5 cookbooks at La Cocotte covering every possible combination of sweet, savoury or [...]
