Most recipes on this blog come with a little story on the side. It simply helps me to introduce a dish when I have some kind of anecdote to tell, something funny, exiting, or even better something heartwarming about a recipe or its prominent ingredient, a feeling linked, a special moment attached, coming to mind […]
Tag: French food
Brioche lyonnaise
deutsche Version This loaf is another example for what fascinates me about traditional Lyonnais cuisine and sausage making. Best quality produce, exquisitely flavored, braised in wine with shallots, onions, garlic – that´s typical for Lyonnais cooking, and just the kind of cooking I love. Here, a rustic sausage filling prepared à la Lyonnaise is embedded in a […]
Pink praliné tart – La tarte aux pralinés roses
deutsche Version Although I´m not exactly a fan of overly colored food, I have a special weakness for this pink tart. Given its famous provenance, the French food mekka of Lyon, it´s however not surprising at all how delicious it is. I find it more surprising that a region most famous for rich, hearty food and […]