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Easy Peasy Cheese Straws – this recipe contains no peas!

June 17, 2018 by Christian Gott 1 Comment

Homemade Puff Pastry Cheese Straws

This is a very simple recipe to produce mouth-watering, addictive bar snacks or party nibbles.

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Filed Under: Allergens, Amuse Bouche, Baking, Cheese Recipes, Pastry Tagged With: Baking, Cheese, Cheese Straws, Easy peasy Cheese Straws, Puff Pastry

A great Seafood Starter – Mussel and Clam stuffed Brioche – Qu’ils mangent de la brioche

March 25, 2018 by Christian Gott Leave a Comment

The popular misconception is that Marie Antoinette famously said of the starving French peasants at her gates, “Let them eat cake”. What she actually said was actually “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche.

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Filed Under: Allergens, Classic Dishes, Cooking Techniques, Cooking with Wine, Culinary History, Dinner Party Dishes, Fish & Shellfsh, Food and Drink Pairing, French Cooking, French Cusine, Pastry Tagged With: Brioche, Dish History, French Cooking, Mussel and Clam Stew, Seafood

My Beef and Vegetable Pasty Recipe

February 4, 2018 by Christian Gott 1 Comment

A tray of Pasties

A proper pasty is considered to contain beef, sliced potato, onion, and swede. The ingredients are sealed in the pastry with plenty of black pepper and cooked from raw.

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Seafood Tarts

April 17, 2017 by Christian Gott 6 Comments

Seafood Feuilleté, a buttery, puff-pastry case full of sensational seafood in a creamy vermouth sauce.

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