Cooking
C'est l'amour, la vie - oops, sorry - French is not one of the languages I speak - or write. But darn it, I can cook French if I want to! The theme for Dining with the Bloggers this week is ze fabulous classic cuisine - ze French!
And where better to turn than to everyone's darling petit French woman - Clotilde of Chocolate & Zucchini. It's not like she needs the extra linking, is it?:-) but just as I used to neglect making recipes from all the other blogs out there, I never tried any of hers. And that is a shame, especially considering her pictures almost without fail make me drool.
Chocolate & Zucchini's index is huge and with LOADS of recipes, but when I found a recipe for Galettes de Sarrasin (buckwheat crepes), I was sold. There's this tiny little restaurant here in Copenhagen that make the most beautiful - and tasty! - buckwheat crepes, and I never thought about the fact that I could make them myself.
The recipe is easy to follow, you just have to let the batter rest, preferably overnight. A couple of hours will do though, as they did in my case. Making them was easy too, but the first ones didn't spread - hence didn't get as thin - as I would have liked, but I blame that on my lack of practice - my wrist is just not made for rotating like that! The last ones was definitely better. We filled the galettes with spinach and fried eggs, and a bit of cheese - heaven! I might add a pinch of salt to the batter the next time, but other than that, I think they were flawless!
I agree with Clotilde that there is a bit of juggling to do with keeping everything warm, but if you stick to not to many fillings, and a green salad on the side, you have the perfect summer meal!
Where in the French has Cathy gone this week?
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Cooking
Dining with the Bloggers - May 25th
C'est l'amour, la vie - oops, sorry - French is not one of the languages I speak - or write. But darn it, I can cook French if I want to! The theme for Dining with the Bloggers this week is ze fabulous classic cuisine - ze French!
And where better to turn than to everyone's darling petit French woman - Clotilde of Chocolate & Zucchini. It's not like she needs the extra linking, is it?:-) but just as I used to neglect making recipes from all the other blogs out there, I never tried any of hers. And that is a shame, especially considering her pictures almost without fail make me drool.
Chocolate & Zucchini's index is huge and with LOADS of recipes, but when I found a recipe for Galettes de Sarrasin (buckwheat crepes), I was sold. There's this tiny little restaurant here in Copenhagen that make the most beautiful - and tasty! - buckwheat crepes, and I never thought about the fact that I could make them myself.
The recipe is easy to follow, you just have to let the batter rest, preferably overnight. A couple of hours will do though, as they did in my case. Making them was easy too, but the first ones didn't spread - hence didn't get as thin - as I would have liked, but I blame that on my lack of practice - my wrist is just not made for rotating like that! The last ones was definitely better. We filled the galettes with spinach and fried eggs, and a bit of cheese - heaven! I might add a pinch of salt to the batter the next time, but other than that, I think they were flawless!
I agree with Clotilde that there is a bit of juggling to do with keeping everything warm, but if you stick to not to many fillings, and a green salad on the side, you have the perfect summer meal!
Where in the French has Cathy gone this week?
- Passover Crepes: Recipe (gluten Free)
Welcome to the third day of Passover! When it comes to this holiday, it takes only a short while before dietary tedium sets in I'm afraid. While I'm not able to keep kosher for Passover this year I am still trying out some new recipes that are...
- Happy Birthday Julia!
Today is Julia Child's birthday. She was one of the people most responsible for encouraging Americans to cook classic French food at home. I loved watching Julia Child on television. She was the antithesis of the television chefs of today. She wasn't...
- Basic Crepes Recipe
Crepes are popular all over the world. They are great for just about any meal at all, or even a snack. I've eaten them on the street in France, but also in Asia. In Holland they serve them in proper restaurants for lunch or dinner but never for breakfast....
- Return Of The Dead: Dining With The Bloggers!
Yes, that's right! :-) Dining with the Bloggers was - or actually, that should be is - a project Cathy of My Little Kitchen laid out for herself in January last year: she wanted to try out some of all the recipes she kept bookmarking, and not just...
- Dining With The Bloggers - February 23rd.
This week, I jumped to it and proposed an Asian theme to Cathy. Like I explained in last weeks Dining with the Bloggers, my kitchen cupboards are filled to the point of bursting with stuff that I buy on a whim - so in there is (also) lot of Asian stuff....