Christmas recipes

Galette des rois is a puff pastry pie filled with frangipane, a very popular French cake that celebrates the holiday of Epiphany (January 6th), the day when the Wise Men (Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar) visited Baby Jesus. As part of French tradition, a bean or small china “fève” (favor) is hidden in the cake. Tradition [...]

{Imprisoned apples} Preparation time: 30 min Cooking time: 30 min Total: 1 hora  Yield: 4 Ingredients:4 apples2 sheets of pie dough4 tablespoons custardwalnuts, raisings, chopped almonds To caramelise: 150 gr sugar For the custard:250 ml milk (1 cup)250 ml heavy cream (1 cup)150 gr sugar (3/4 cup)3 egg yolks1 vanilla pod30 gr cornstarch (two tablespoons) Step [...]

Brownies baked inside an eggshell. I know what you are thinking… But why? Well, just because it is fun to watch people reaction when face to what they think it is a hard boiled egg, but then a brownie comes instead… You can prepare them for Easter, or April fools’ day. You must admit, it [...]