As fall approaches heavily in Brittany, here is a new recipe for a cake ideal to eat on chilly Sunday afternoons.
When I have enough time I like to bake my own bread. I takes about 3 1/2 hours but don’t worry, the real work in it is only about 15 minutes . For my basic bread I use: 400 g flour type 405 100 g fine semolina 1 package dry yeast 15 g sugar 15 g salt 330 ml tepid water You can simply double the ingredients if you would like to have more dough or use half of it[...]
This is one of my favourite recipes especially since I have been living in Brittany which is famous for its seafood like oysters – huitres, lobsters – homards and scallops – coquilles Saint-Jacques. During the scallop season in winter to early spring I try to cook this dish at least once a month because nothing beats fresh scallops. The recipe itself comes from Jamie Oliver but I adapted it a bit over the years . I use red lentils because[...]
The ideal dish after a long working day, especially when you have to eat late again. For the salad I like a mixture of young leaves and herbs. The dressing is made of ginger, garlic, soy sauce, olive oil, sitchuan pepper, chili, fine chopped onions and cherry tomatoes. If wanted you can even make a warm salad out of it. Fry the duck filet slowly in a pan without adding any oil on the skin side which you cut in[...]
