European recipes - 8 recipes
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Zigeunersauce (Gypsy) Sauce
By Charlotte Allen
Traditional German sause usually served with Schnitzel
- 1 yellow bell pepper, finely chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup tomato ketchup
- 1/4 cup strong mustard
- 1/2 cup tomato paste or 1/2 cup red pepper paste
- Tabasco sauce
- chili powder
- salt
- pepper
- oregano
Poulet de Bresse in Cream Sauce
By lucy504
A deliciously rich and creamy Poulet de Bresse
- 1l water
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, diced
- 50g button mushrooms, chopped
- 6 chicken breasts (preferably Poulet de Bresse, but any high-
- Quality free-range or organic chicken will do)
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 50g unsalted butter
- 100ml white wine
- 500ml single cream
- 200g morilles (or other wild mushrooms such as chanterelles if you can’t get morilles), Washed and cleaned
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Upside Down Mirabelle Cake
By Catherine B
Similar to the plum, the deliciously sweet Mirabelle's are typical to the Lorraine region
- For the caramel:
- 100g of sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- For the cake:
- 1kg of mirabelles (or prunes)
- 150g of flour
- 100g of mirabelle jam
- 100g melted butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 packet of yeast
'Moules Frites'
By Catherine B
The traditional Lille recipe
- 2L of mussels
- 50cl of dry white wine
- parsley
- 4/5 shallots
- 3/4 onions
- sprig of thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 2/3 celeri sticks
- 30g of butter
- pepper
Beer Soup
By Catherine B
Traditional soup from the North of France
- 1L of dark beer
- 2L beef stock
- 50g flour
- 50g of butter
- salt
- 25g brown sugar
S'mashed potatotes
By gugus
Please never buy premade mashed potatoes, it's so easy to cook
- 1 kg of potaotes (mashed potatote type)
- 20 cl of cream
- 20 g of butter
- 20 cl of milk
- salt
- pepper
Lucullus Tongue
By Catherine B
A recipe traditionally made near Valenciennes, in the North of France
- 1 smoked tongue (beef)
- 600g of foie gras
- 300g of butter
- 1 glass of Port
- 1/2 a glass of Cognac
- salt & pepper
- 1 packet of gelatine
Pink Biscuit Tiramisu
By Catherine B
Give your tiramisu a twist by adding these pretty pink biscuits from Reims
- 5 egg yolks
- 500g mascarpone cream
- 28 Reims Pink Biscuits (alternatively use Ladyfinger biscuits)
- 4 espresso
- 50g icing sugar
- 25g cocoa powder
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