Quiche
Pâte
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250g de farine 125g de beurre mou |
125mL d'eau 1 pincée de sel |
Garniture
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300mL de crème fraîche liq. 100g de fromage rapé 3 ufs |
250g de jambon/ lardons (à faire revenir) sel, poivre |
Mettez à four, 1/2 heure, 200°C.
Quiche Lorraine
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1 pâte 1 onion 1/2-1 pkg lardons 5-6 eggs |
1/4- 1/2 C milk crème fraîche râpé cheese spices |
Preheat oven to °6 or °7. You can buy a pâte or use one of the crust recipes found in the book. Place it in your choice of quiche pan (deep or shallow). While frying diced onion and thawed lardons in a bit of oil, beat eggs in a good-sized bowl, adding a bit of milk, a few tablespoons of crème fraîche, and a fist-full of râpé. Donšt forget to spice it up- salt, pepper, herbes de provence, cumin, etc. Spread fried onions and lardons on pâte, then pour liquid on top. Put it in the oven for 20-30 minutes, depending on the temperature. It should be a bit brown on top, and rise. Bon ap'!
Spanish Rice
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red, yellow and green peppers 1 onion 1/2 stick chorizo 1-2 bouillon cubes |
rice (250 g for 4, 350 g for 6) olive oil juice of 1 lemon |
Chop up onions finely and peppers into chunks. Peel chorizo then slice and dice it. Boil bouillon cubes in 2.5x as much water as rice (i.e., 1 cup rice equals 2.5 cups water.)
Boil water and dissolve bouillon cubes. Put enough oil to cover the bottom of the pot. Fry peppers and onions for a few minutes, then add chorizo. Smell that flavour! Add lemon juice. Add dry rice, and brown, being careful not to burn it. Add boiling bouillon water to browned rice and veggies and stir well. Cover and leave for 10-15 minutes (long enough to soak up all the water). Stir. Remove from heat and serve with black olives.
Missionary Salad
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*curry *lemon juice *sliced ham *canned corn *chopped tomatoes *cucumber |
shredded carrots onions chic peas shrimp crab tuna |
The idea behind this one is to get a big, hearty salad with pretty simple ingredients. Great for family home evenings with big families. You chop everything up really small, throw it in a bowl with some curry, lemon juice, vinegar, Dijon mustard (if you like it), salt, and pepper. The marked (*) ingredients are pretty much necessary. Generally you only need one or none of the suggested meats.
Pizza
Put sauce and toppings on
Ultimate Pizza Dough. A simple sauce can be:|
1 can (140 g) tomato conc. 1 can of water |
1 T oregano |
Or you can make your own sauce. Put heavy objects on top of the sauce i.e. meat, heavy veggies, etc. Place in oven for 7 minutes. Take out and then put the other toppings on, including râpé and place in the oven for about 7 more minutes or until the pizza dough is golden brown.
Possible toppings for your pizza: shrimp and cashews, ham and pineapple, lardons, peppers, onions, vegan style, etc.
Lapin à la Moutarde
Unless you know how to dissect a rabbit with a dull kitchen knife, buy your rabbit in pieces. Otherwise, buy it whole. Get rid of lungs and heart.
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1 rabbit or rabbit pieces Dijon mustard olive oil |
Herbes de Provence 1/2 crème fraîche |
Start by rubbing the mustard into the raw pieces of rabbit (youšll need at least a half a bottle, maybe more). Fry them in olive oil and herbes de Provence at a low heat, half-covered, for about 1/2 hour. After a few minutes, add more mustard. Just before serving, add half a tub of crème fraîche and stir well to make a sauce. Enjoy.
Ratatouille
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Egg plant zucchini tomatoes onion peppers (red or green) |
1 box of purée de tomate nutmeg pepper salt herbes de Provence |
Chop everything up into chunks and brown in olive oil. Put it all in a pot and add the "purée" with a bit of water (1 about cup). Put it in a baking dish and bake it a while - long enough to have everything "fondu".
Potatoes
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4 large boiled potatoes 2 1/2 C milk 50 g butter 3 T crème fraîche 2 t curry 1 t herbes de Provence |
1/4 C. flour 2 slices ham (chopped) 1/2 onion 1/2 bag lardons 100 g rapé |
The sauce consists of the milk, butter, crème fraîche, curry, herbes de Provence, and flour. Line pan with potatoes. Sprinkle some onions, lardons, ham, and cheese. Add sauce then repeat this procedure until everything is done. Top with cheese. Put in oven until cheese is golden-brownish.
You can also layer with vegetables, we tried corn, green pepper, and tomato, try it out!
Calzones
Roll-out
Calzone Dough into a circle. Fill dough with red sauce, cheese, meat, vegetables or whatever else. Fold the dough in half and bake in the oven at 175°C until dough is brown and cooked.Stir Fry
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1/2 med. onion chopped 1 clove garlic minced 2 medium tomatoes minced 2-3 C green beans |
1 can corn 1 t 1 T curry (to taste) salt pepper |
Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil over medium to high heat. Add in the veggies and spices. Cook until veggies are tender. Serve over rice or couscous- enjoy!
Croque Monsieur
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2 slices pain de mie butter mayonnaise Dijon mustard |
slice of ham white cheese slices a bit of râpé |
This is just for one sandwich, so if you want more, go ahead double or triple the recipe. Turn one stove element on about °5 with a buttered skillet or crêpe pan over the element. Preheat oven on a pretty high setting, °6 or °7. Butter the bread and stick the buttered sides together then put the mayonnaise and mustard on the other sides. Place the ham and the cheese on the sandwiches then close it so the buttered side is out. Turn the skillet down to °4. Place on the skillet until it is golden brown. Place the sandwich(es) on a cookie sheet with some râpé on top and put in oven until it is melted. Usually one or two will suffice if you eat something else with it, enjoy this great meal, try ketchup on it too.
Chicken Broccoli Bake
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2 C cooked, diced chicken 1 C chopped broccoli-small 1/2 C red pepper a few chopped radishes |
1/2 C mayo (or more) 1 t dill (or pickle juice) 1 C râpé 1 pâte (see pâtes and breads) |
This is sort of a casserole with a crust. It is best when done on Pillsbury™ Jumbo Crescent Roll dough. Instead of separating each triangle to make croissants, you roll out two containers next to each other on a large cookie sheet and squeeze together all "seams" (Try to visualize it). Then you would lay out the mixture of all ingredients (and any others you may wish to add) down the middle, leaving enough space on either side to fold into middle and attach to other side. Slice both sides at equal intervals (1" to 2" apart), and then fold opposites together, putting a half twist in each one. This looks really neat after it has been cooked (25 min @ 350°F). However, we donšt have Pillsbury in France, so we are obligated to just use a simple round pâte brisée and put it in a quiche pan.