Crème brûlée
Crème brûlée combines a smooth vanilla cream with a thin, freshly caramelized sugar crust that breaks audibly when spooning.
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Recipes
Crème brûlée combines a smooth vanilla cream with a thin, freshly caramelized sugar crust that breaks audibly when spooning.
Steak fries combines briefly fried beef steak with double fried fries and a creamy sauce made of shallot, green pepper and beef fond.
Moules marinières are mussels that are steamed in a few minutes with shallots, garlic, dry white wine, butter and parsley.
Pot-au-feu cooks beef, bone marrow, root vegetables and leek slowly in a clear broth and serves broth and inlay separately or together.
Gratin dauphinois traditionally consists of thin potato slices, milk, cream, garlic and nutmeg – without eggs and cheese.
For Confit de canard duck clubs are cured with salt and herbs, slowly cooked in duck fat and only browned crispy before serving.
Blanquette de veau is a light calf sragout with mushrooms, pearl onions and a velvety sauce of cooking fond, cream, egg yolk and lemon.
Cassoulet combines white beans, duck confit, Toulouse sausage and pig belly to form a slowly stewed classic from southwest France.
Watermelon granita does not need an ice machine. Lime, a light sugar syrup and repeated scratching turn melon into loose, refreshing ice crystals.
Creamy risotto gets a light summer note through lemon, peas and basil. Parmesan and cold butter bind the rice grains only after cooking.
Large summer tomatoes are filled with lemon couscous, paprika, feta and many herbs. In the oven they remain juicy while the surface is slightly browning.
Zucchini, cherry tomatoes, feta and herbs make this frittata a fast summer meal. It is started in the pan and cooked gently in the oven.
This vegetarian lasagne combines fried zucchini, spicy tomato sauce and creamy ricotta. Previous roasting prevents watery filling.
Cool soba noodles, cucumber and carrot meet a creamy sesame dressing with soy sauce and rice vinegar. The salad tastes fresh, nutty and slightly spicy.
Green beans, sweet tomatoes and salty feta produce a filling summer salad. A mustard-herb dressing combines the vegetables without weighing it down.
Crispy puff pastry carries a spicy goat cheese cream and ripe summer tomatoes. The previous salting of the slices keeps the tart aromatic instead of watery.
Cherry Clafoutis is a French oven classic between casserole and pancakes. Bake juicy cherries in a thin vanilla dough with slightly browned edge.
Congee with ginger is a Chinese rice porridge, where rice is cooked with plenty of water or broth for a long time until it crumbles creamy.
Sesame yarns are quickly fried and are swirled in a shiny sauce of soy sauce, honey, garlic, ginger and sesame oil.
Lo Mein with chicken are softly swirled egg noodles with chicken, broccoli, carrots and a sauce of soy sauce, oyster sauce and sesame oil.
Sauer-sharp soup is cooked with broth, tofu, mushrooms, bamboo sprouts, egg, white pepper and chinkiang vinegar. Acid and heat only reach balance at the end.
Gong Bao Tofu is the vegetarian variant of Kung Pao: crispy fried tofu, chilli, Sichuan pepper, peanuts and a spicy sour sauce.
Dan Dan Noodles are Sichuan noodles with sesame paste, chilli oil, Sichuan pepper, spicy fried pork chop and some pasta water.
Char Siu Schweinefilet is an everyday oven variant of the Chinese BBQ pig with hoisin, honey, soy sauce, five-wort powder and glaze.
Excluded dorades are seasoned inside and outside, filled with lemon, parsley, dill and garlic and cooked on the grill from both sides. Oil the skin, heat the grill grate cleanly and turn the fish only when it dissolves easily; the meat must be lifted from the bone at the back.