Flaugnarde is a French dessert made with thick flan-like batter filled with fruits like apples, berries, peaches, plums, prunes or other fruits topped with powdered sugar. Flaugnarde is a variation of Clafoutis which is basically the same dish but only using cherries. Traditional Limousin clafoutis uses unpitted cherries which adds a different flavour to the … Continue reading »
If you live in New Zealand then it is common in offices where a colleague brings once in a while a lot of fruits in the table for everyone to share, this is because most of the average homes here have their own fruit trees from peaches, apples, plums, lemons to pears. Several weeks ago … Continue reading »
Last Christmas my sister from Zurich gave me a cheese and chocolate fondue set, since then I haven’t used it but today it will change as we will be making some cheese fondue. Fondue is a Swiss dish made out of cheese melted with wine, kirsch (type of cherry liqueur) and seasoning in a communal … Continue reading »
French onion soup is a type of soup made out of caramelized onions in a beef stock base, originally based on a simple Roman onion soup where it was popular dish for poor people, as onions were plentiful and easy to grow. The modern version though is of French origin as the name states and … Continue reading »
Bread pudding is a dessert or snack item made out of stale bread mixed with milk, eggs, spices and dried fruits. A popular dish in several European countries like France, Ireland, Great Britain, Belgium as well as Latin and South American countries such as Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Argentina. There is no rule in what … Continue reading »
Every Mondays and Fridays of June and July we will be featuring some my favourite food bloggers for the first time here at Ang Sarap. These bloggers are exceptional and served as a big influence of what is Ang Sarap now, so please do visit and follow every one of them (if you haven’t yet) … Continue reading »
Before we had made some Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels, it was a huge success and did not last a day in our kitchen, today we had those cravings again so we will be making some pretzels but with a slight variation and use Almond toffee as the flavour. This was inspired by the almond toffee of … Continue reading »
This week we will be featuring something really different and it will be dishes where meat is served or consumed raw like the Japanese Tataki and Raw Steak served on a Hot Lava Rock. Of course, this may not be for everyone’s taste buds(especially the raw meat), but for the love of culinary arts we … Continue reading »
Hollandaise sauce is a type of sauce made out of an emulsion of egg yolks and butter seasoned with lemon juice and cayenne; it is usually served hot with vegetables like this post, fish, and eggs benedict. This sauce is a part of the Mother Sauces” in gourmet French cooking, other sauces in this list … Continue reading »
Cake week, Day 2: Chocolate Souffle. Soufflé basically is a lightly baked cake made with egg yolks and egg whites combined with other ingredients such as fruits, chocolate and cheese; it can be served as a savoury dish or a sweet dessert. Soufflé came from the French word “souffler” which means “to blow up” and … Continue reading »
Red Wine Poached Pears is a dessert made out of pears poached in sweet red wine, sugar and spices syrup, it originated from a French dessert called Poire belle Hélène which is a nearly similar dessert where pears are poached in sugar syrup served with vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup and crystallized violets. The dish … Continue reading »
French Toast is a type of dish where pan fried bread rolled in a mixture of milk and eggs. A very old recipe which dates back to the Medieval period where old stale bread is revived by moistening it and reheating, people living those times need to use every bit of food before to feed their … Continue reading »
Mousse is a type of dish that incorporates air bubbles to yield a light and airy texture, there are two types of mousse one is the popular dessert mousse where it is traditionally made from eggs and either pureed fruit or chocolate and another type is the savoury mouse where it is made out of … Continue reading »
Crepe is a type of a very thin pancake filled with a variety of fillings from sweet fruits, ice creams to savoury ham, eggs and cheese. A French creation which originated in Brittany, it came from the Latin word “crispa” which means “curled”. The history of crepe started from pancake which initially appeared as flat … Continue reading »
Custard Puff is basically a cream puff with a custard filling, I just prefer custards on puffs pastries as compared to cream. So what is cream puff? it is a choux pastry filled with cream then garnished with chocolate, caramel or powdered sugar, it is also known as profiterole or choux à la crème. A … Continue reading »
