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Pan fried scallops with crème d’échalote (shallot cream sauce)

Seared scallops with crème d’échalote (shallot cream sauce) is a delicious and simple sauce. With a base of butter and cream blended with shallots, tarragon and wine reduction it’s very similar to beurre blanc. The crème d’échalote goes well with any white fish or, as shown in today’s recipe, with...

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May 3, 2019

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Mackerel escabeche

In this tutorial we learn how to make the warm marinade called escabèche and create a beautiful and tasty cold starter: Mackerel escabèche.This particular marinade is used to “cook” fish fillets and meats (although using meat with an escabeche marinade is not as common) using a wine and vinegar based...

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April 21, 2019

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Asparagus sauce Fleurette

In this recipe we will learn how to make a dish called Asperges sauce Fleurette (asparagus with a sauce Fleurette). This is one of the many derivative sauces based on a the mother sauce Hollandaise with the addition of cream to provide a silkier texture. In contrast to the Hollandaise,...

Stephane

April 18, 2019

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Tagliatelle sauce foie gras

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In this video tutorial you will learn how to make an authentic sauce foie gras (foie gras sauce). This delicious sauce is built on a base of reduced brown chicken stock and flavored with port and Madeira wine along with cream. Once the sauce base has been reduced, foie gras...

Stephane

April 12, 2019

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Cookware essentials: what I found work best in my home kitchen

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Cookware or more precisely pots and pans is always a difficult topic to treat and to know exactly what to buy for your kitchen can be even harder, especially when you are learning how to cook and want start to equip yourself with the best cookware. There are so many...

Stephane

January 27, 2019

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Dining Experience

Wine articles and food pairing guides

Today I would like to spend a few words to talk about a topic that is not often mentioned, but is in my opinion very important: dining experience. If you have travelled to France or Italy, I am sure you had a chance to eat in a restaurant and I...

Alessandro

December 26, 2018

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Ham Cheese & Mushroom Savory Crepes

French savoury crepes are usually known as standard large crepes or “gallettes” which are topped up with various ingredients, folded and then served to customers. And this is actually what you will find most of the time in Creperies of you travel though France. However there is another type of...

Stephane

December 21, 2018

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Champagne and Sparkling Wine

Wine articles and food pairing guides

As promised this week we are going to cover a little more in depth the world of Champagne and sparkling wine. If you have not done it yet, I would highly recommend to read our Introduction to Champagne article, since it covers some of the basic knowledge useful to understand...

Alessandro

December 19, 2018

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Holiday Wine Guide

Wine articles and food pairing guides

It is finally that time of the year. The holidays are getting really close and I am sure that a lot of you are already shopping for gifts and stocking up for lunches and dinners of this last part of 2018. I know Stephane has already posted different interesting recipes...

Alessandro

December 12, 2018

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How to make Duck Leg Confit at Home

While it is made across France, the duck confit it is seen as a specialty of Gascony. The confit is prepared in a centuries-old process of preservation that consists of salt curing a piece of meat (generally goose, duck, or pork) and then cooking it in its own fat. In...

Stephane

December 7, 2018

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