Serves 8 Ingredients 1 pack crackers (cream crackers, Tuc, Italian crackers, the important thing is that they are as rectangular as possible so you won’t have to fill in any gaps) 225g unsalted butter 250g white caster sugar or a…
Vendeenne Brioche
The difference between Parisian and Vendenne brioche lies in the insane amount of butter you need for the Parisian one, partly substituted here by a dollop of crème fraîche. If you go to Vendee (Western France, above La Rochelle and…
Chocolate chip muffins
Ingredients: 300g plain flour 3tspbaking powder 1tsp bicarbonate of soda 50g vegetable oil (sunflower) 80g caster sugar 150g milk or plain chocolate chips 2 eggs, lightly beaten 225ml milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line 12…
Orange and carrot salad
Ingredients: 3 big carrots 2 oranges (ripe) ½ bunch coriander The juice of ½ lemon Olive oil Salt Grate the carrots. Transfer them to a bowl. Peel the oranges raw in a plate, to keep the juice. Slice them…
Pizza dough
Ingredients: 750g very strong flour (00 type) 5g dry yeast 1tbsp sugar 20g salt 30g olive oil 500g filtered water (no chlorine) The day before, prepare the poolish: dissolve the yeast and sugar in the lukewarm water, wait until it…
Upside-down apple cake
Ingredients: 3 eggs (weighted) Same weight in dark brown sugar (actually a bit less, 150g instead of 180g) Same weight in gluten-free flour and ground almond (I used 50g almonds, 50g fine cornmeal, 100g gluten-free flour from Dove) Same weight…