Biscuits
Hot off the press…»
Hate to blow my trumpet, but who cares I’m so excited about being on the cover (with my cake) of this month’s Elle à table I just had to share it with you. There’s an 8 page article inside “Christmas dinner with the 4 girls from la Cocotte“. Andrea and I wrote the recipes and [...]
Bread
Egg in a basket»
I’ve been recovering from my 5 week stint here. I finally mustered up the courage to mettre la main à la pâte as the French say. It wasn’t easy to decide what to make but a cake was not definetly on the menu. Nothing better than a bit of kneading to think things over [...]
Savoury
80s Cheese & Pineapple, noughties style»
Like every blogger I check my stats regularly. I’m less bothered about it, then when I first started. It’s a hobby not a career (hence me not always blogging, if I don’t feel like doing it, I just don’t). My no. 1 search engine term seems to be 80s. I think it’s because I mentioned [...]
Dessert
Banoffee verrines»
If you haven’t already fallen for ‘verrine‘ thing, then here’s a recipe you could make in your sleep. The whole ‘verrine’ (transl. glass) fashion has taken hold of the cuisine world the last couple of years. Everyone does them. We have about 5 cookbooks at La Cocotte covering every possible combination of sweet, savoury or [...]
Dulce de leche
Petits pots à la confiture de lait»
For some reason the custard set in different ‘caramel’ shades, don’t ask me why.
Don’t you hate those recipes which only need either egg yolks or egg whites? Well I had this problem with the marshmallows. So I had to come up with something which used the egg yolks. A dessert with a crème anglaise/custard [...]
