Category Archives: French

Easy Tomato Tart with Garlic and Thyme

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This tart is really easy to make, you just need to have puff pastry, tomatoes, garlic, and thyme. Perfect recipe when you want to make a quick, delicious, and festive looking appetizer. Instead of thyme, you can use rosemary, cilantro, parsley or other herbs. If you prefer basil, add it to the tart after baking so it will look brighter...
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Profiterole/ Cream Puffs with Creamy Lemon Curd

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A profiterole is a small French (less than 4 cm in diameter) pastry ball made of custard dough and can have various fillings (both sweet and savory): custard cream, cheese, mushrooms, meat, etc. Sweet profiteroles can be served as a dessert and profiteroles with meat, cheese or mushroom stuffing are perfect for soups. This time I made them with sweet...
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Quiche with Chicken, Mushrooms and Cheese

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While I used Champignon mushrooms in this dish, you can use different ones, or you can make with two or three different varieties such as chanterelles, oyster mushrooms, champignons, etc. The size of my tart mold is about 22 cm. The dough can be prepared in advance and kept in the fridge. Also, for this quiche I used two different kinds...
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Quiche with Mushrooms, Onions and Bacon

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Now with the cool fall weather it's time to bake quiches and tarts! I like them because they can be sweet or savory and there are endless combinations to try. With mushrooms out now, I chose to use them along with bacon. The recipe for the dough is the same I use for tarts or pies, it's my favorite and easy...
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Tarte Tatin with apples

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The famous French apple pie. Tarte Tatin is an upside-down tart in which the fruit (usually apples) are caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked. Tarte Tatin can also be made with pears, peaches, pineapple, tomatoes, other fruit, or vegetables, such as onion. (more…)...
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