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my «pan bagnat» sandwich
my «pan bagnat» sandwich

A huge sandwich, made with a big round bread bun, stuffed beyond comprehension, with a filling of tuna flakes, slices of boiled egg, tomato, green pepper, scallions, radishes, artichoke heart, celery, with broad beans, olives, anchovies, grated tomato pulp, olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic and basil leaves … it’s a “salade...

28.09.2024
fresh tomato & vegetable concentrated sauce base
fresh tomato & vegetable concentrated sauce base

With summer drawing to a close and the availability of tasty tomatoes that can be transformed into various preserves, here’s a new option : to prepare a concentrate or base for a sauce, in advance, which will be ready to use, for the various tomato sauce preparations you’ll need, right up until next summer‘s tomato harvest...

31.08.2024
roasted salmon with fennel & lime
roasted salmon with fennel & lime

An easy summer fish dish to prepare, combining the slightly sweet and anise flavors of fennel bulb and fennel seeds, with fresh limes and dill and the opportunity to use up the prepping leftovers to create a broth for the rice ! It’s a fairly simple dish, you’ll simply have use up everything in different ways. The limes...

03.08.2024
rustic & refined summer hotdogs & accompaniments
rustic & refined summer hotdogs & accompaniments

Let’s welcome the summer with these rustic preparations, but by replacing the most common ingredients with more refined ones, like fresh sausages instead of hot dogs, crusty buns instead of soft rolls and roasted vegetable spreads/caviar instead of ketchup and relish ! The summer season has been lazy in arriving, so it’ll be...

29.06.2024
a better anchovy & onion & caper & olive pizza
a better anchovy & onion & caper & olive pizza

After several attempts of adding more or less of this and that, here’s another pizza recipe using my same techniques but with different toppings and various modifications to tame and balance the salty flavors correctly and to harmonize the fishiness, sourness, sweetness, acidity, freshness, crispiness & gooeyness ! As you’ve...

01.06.2024
big sandwich bread buns (with seeds) for «pan bagnat»
big sandwich bread buns (with seeds) for «pan bagnat»

I’ll be in the city of Nice in the south of France in 1 week and in that city, they make the famous and huge “pan bagnat” sandwich, filled with so many different things, so I’ll retest and analyze a few and report back with the recipe in 2 weeks, but in the meantime, here’s my recipe for the making these large round...

14.09.2024
«gigantes plaki» oven-baked giant beans in sauce
«gigantes plaki» oven-baked giant beans in sauce

A greek vegetarian dish of very tender yet still whole giant butter or lima beans, lightly bathed in a sauce of simmered tomatoes, vegetables and all the fresh herbs I have in my garden, but mostly accentuated with oregano and paprika.  I’ve made and published this recipe before, using the dry bean (or unsoaked method) and then...

17.08.2024
hazelnut & candied cherry stuffed amaretti
hazelnut & candied cherry stuffed amaretti

A summery Bastille Day (France’s national holiday on the 14th of July) amaretti version with a whole candied cherry in the middle in which there is also a whole roasted hazelnut inside the candied cherry; yes, layered fillings ! The cookie dough is still as easy to make, with one part egg white + two parts sugar + three parts ground...

13.07.2024
«baci di dama» hazelnut & dark chocolate cookies
«baci di dama» hazelnut & dark chocolate cookies

Crumbly orbs of nuts, butter and sugar, each representing half of a kiss, with the chocolate uniting and sealing their love. Tiny “baci di dama” or “lady’s kisses” take long to make but are so satisfying and exquisite to eat and, like toasted hazelnuts, they don’t last long ! The “baci di dama”...

15.06.2024
soft & thick cookies with rolled oats & mixed dried fruits & nuts
soft & thick cookies with rolled oats & mixed dried fruits & nuts

As the weather slowly gets warmer, I prefer wholesome foods for breakfast which are at room temperature and not hot from the toaster, like these cookies, filled with good things and easy to prepare and with only one requirement, chilling the cookie dough balls before baking them ! According to me, oatmeal cookies should be prepared with rolled...

18.05.2024