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Smoked Mackerel Niçoise Salad

September 21, 2021 by Christian Gott Leave a Comment

Smoked Mackerel Niçoise Salad. If you don’t already know a Niçoise salad is named after the French city of Nice. It is packed with Mediterranean or Provencal flavours. Nicoise salad has been described as “one of the best combinations of salad ingredients ever invented”.

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Filed Under: Allergens, Classic Dishes, Culinary History, Eggs, Fish & Shellfsh, Food and Drink Pairing, French Cooking, French Cusine, Gluten Free, Ingredients, Jersey Produce, Lunchtime Dishes, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: Classic Recipes, Fish, French Cooking, Nicoise Salad, Smoked Mackerel

How do you cook your Onions? – My Weekend Top Tip

February 21, 2021 by Christian Gott Leave a Comment

How do you cook your Onions? If you are reading a post on a recipe blog, you probably enjoy cooking and read a lot of recipes. Question, on how many of these does it call for onions that are cooked without colouring? Or onions that are softened, or caramelised or browned,? And how often does the recipe give you a time?

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Filed Under: Cooking Techniques, French Cusine, Indian Cooking, Ingredients, Vegetables, Weekend Top Tips Tagged With: How to cook, How to cook onions, Softening onions, Weekend Top Tip

A Crepe for Candlemass

February 3, 2019 by Christian Gott 1 Comment

Crepe

A crepe is a very thin pancake which can be made in a pan or on a cast iron griddle plate. These plates were placed over a fire but now are electrically heated. Crepes are cooked across France, Northern Europe, and North Africa.

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Filed Under: Allergens, Baking, Christimas Recipes, Christmas Cooking, Culinary History, Dairy, Dessert, Eggs, French Cooking, French Cusine, Fruit, Lunchtime Dishes, Make with your Children Tagged With: Christmas Recipes, Crepes, Crepes Suzette, Festival Food, Pancakes

Christmas Biscuits – Great for making with the kids

December 15, 2018 by Christian Gott 1 Comment

Sable pastry Christmas cookies

My Christmas biscuits or cookies are a definite family favourite. They are great if you want to make something with your children to decorate the Christmas tree. But don’t worry they are very tasty too

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Filed Under: Allergens, Baking, Biscuits, Christimas Recipes, Christmas Baking, Eggs, French Cusine, Make with your Children, Pastry Tagged With: Baking, Biscuits, Christmas, Christmas Recipes

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