Friday, 22 October 2021

A gastronomic week in Paris!

We have been running the legs of ourselves around Paris exploring some extraordinary restaurants and art galleries! 
It is what we do best and Paris never fails to deliver! 









The Michelin Chef William Ledeuil made us feel right at home and shared a few secrets of his amazingly creative Asian French cuisine fusions! He also gave us a few copies of his books and promised to visit us next time he headed west!! 














Saturday, 16 October 2021

St Remy Chocolate Cake





Ingredients


250 g./ 9 oz sugar

250 g. / 9 oz dark chocolate 

180 g. / 6,50 oz butter

6 whole eggs

80g. / 3 oz flour 


Method


Over bain-marie melt chocolate and butter.

Whisk egg and sugar together and then add the flour.


Mix the melted chocolate and butter into the egg mix.


Fold baking paper in the baking tin greased with butter. Pour chocolate mixture into a baking tray and bake the cake for 45  minutes in the oven at 150C /  degrees .


When baked don’t store the cake in the fridge!


Serving suggestion: serve with buttermilk ice cream and raspberries 

Mushroom Risotto





Serves 4 persons as a main course


Ingrédients 

500-750 gram mixed wild mushrooms

1   liter of vegetable /  (or chicken stock)

1 finely chopped shallot onion

40 gram of butter

1 glass of dry white wine

320 gram risotto rice

60 gram freshly grated   parmesan cheese

4 slices of pancetta (optional)


Vegetable stock

1 leeks chopped

1 carrot  chopped

1 stick of celery chopped

bay leaf, parsley 

1 clove of garlic

Handful of chives finely chopped


salt


chicken cubes can be used as well


The vegetable stock simmer in 2 1/2 liter of water for 45 minutes, and afterwards strain it , ready to use


Rinse the wild mushrooms very carefully and them chop them up and fry them in a spoonful of  butter and olive oil.


Fry the onion in half of the butter but don’t give them color. Add the rice and let the rice soak up the butter, add the white wine and then slowly add the vegetable stock and boil and stir it  c 18. minutes. Finally 

add the fried mushrooms and the parmesan cheese. Place a grilled crispy slice of pancetta on top. Sprinkle the chives over all and serve immediately.