Guanaja and raspberry chocolate cake with Penja pepper

  Sponge (like a barely cooked mousse) 125 g Guanaja chocolate 50 g sugar 30 g pastry flour   A pinch of bicarbonate of soda 125 g softened butter 4 egg yolks 4 beaten egg whites   Ganache 230 g Valrhona 70% 250 g double cream 60 g softened butter   Pastry cream 8 egg […]

Veal hock with roasted vegetables and lovage

  For 4 to 6 people   1 veal hock, around 1.2 kg 10 shallots 5 carrots 500 g new potatoes Fine sea salt Freshly ground black pepper A little flour 40 g salted butter 2 bay leaves 5 cloves 100 ml dry white chardonnay 3 sprigs of lovage     Peel the shallots, and […]

Two-way mussels: Thai- and French style

  Mussels, Thai-style 1 kg mussels 2 cm ginger root Half a chilli pepper 1 lime 2 garlic cloves 2 shallots 2 T fish soup (nam pla) 1 can coconut milk 3 large sprigs coriander 1 T neutral oil   Trim the mussels and cook.   Cut the ginger, chilli pepper and shallots into round […]

Rosé Bresse pigeon en bécasse

  For 4 people   2 Bresse pigeons, 500 g, partly eviscerated   Pigeon gravy 400 g pigeon carcasses 2 cl peanut oil 50 g thinly sliced onions 40 g thinly sliced shallots 20 g lemon thyme 1 small sprig rosemary 2 g coarsely crushed pepper 1 tsp niora pepper 1 cognac 3 cl white […]

Pigeon with foie gras

  For 4 people   2 whole pigeons 4 lobes raw foie gras 50 g currants 1 large celery root 200 g cepes 400 g garden peas Thyme Garlic 20 g sugar 20 g white wine vinegar 20 g water White wine Shallots Cream Butter Salt Pepper   Trim the pigeons, and make a stock […]