The other day I discovered another site that adores macarons: MacTweets. It’s run by Jamie and Deeba, who are both adorable macaronivores. What is particularly fun about their site, is that they set a macaron challenge every month. Last month the challenge was to have something chocolate in it. Previously, it was something spicy. I could [...]
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Stinging Nettle Pesto
Nettles are full of healthy nutrients. When you check out their health benefits, they are particularly high in iron and packed with other minerals and vitamins. Nettles are best in the Spring. Ideally, pick nettles that are quite high (you don’t want them “sprayed” by animals) and the younger leaves are best since the older, [...]
Guest Recipe: Blueberry Curd
Blueberries are guarded like the crown jewels by my daughter. When Julie was a toddler she called them black balls. Not very poetic, I know, but since they are packed with anti-oxidants and many more healthy benefits eating plenty blueberries is to be encouraged, whatever you call them. When Erin from BigFatBaker.com came up with [...]
Lime Macarons with Marinated Mango, Coconut, Vanilla, Lemongrass & Passion Cream (gluten free dessert)
This gluten-free dessert was inspired by one of my favourite chefs in Paris, William Ledeuil, from Ze Kitchen Galerie. He has a remarkable touch of fusioning Asian flavours with French cuisine. His spectacular dishes are not too heavy and they’re typically infused with lemongrass, lime, ginger, wasabi, coconut and vanilla, to name a few. My [...]
April Fooled by a chocolate bacon macaron?
Have you ever felt out of place at a fancy dress party? Last weekend Antoine and I arrived at the door unsuspectingly wearing pyjamas and cuddly bears to meet a sea of hand painted Venetian masks and hired gowns from the Carnaval of Venice to Captain outfits. In our defense we were dressed as characters [...]
Recipe: Salted Caramel Sauce (Caramel au beurre salé)
This has to be one of the most satisfying of homemade sauces: it’s so handy to keep in the fridge. Ever since my sweet French friend, Emmanuelle, showed me how to make it, I have been in salted caramel heaven; in Autumn and Winter there’s now a constant supply of this sticky nectar in the [...]
A great gift for the ‘macaronivore’ in your life – 2nd edition out now!
"Mad about Macarons! Make Macarons like the French"