Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pecans
Eric Kayser's chocolate chip cookies - one that is crispy on the edges, barely soft in the centre, speckled with Valrhona Manjari and punctuated by pecans.
Chocolate Cake
I have a really good chocolate cake recipe on the blog, but this one’s a classic. The génoise forms the basis of this surprisingly simple cake. Making this reminded me that I don’t need to go searching for new-fangled recipes and methods when the classic génoise works like a dream. A génoise is amongst the […]
Gianduja Soup
It’s taken me two years to share this recipe with you. I first had this cold soup on my birthday two Novembers ago at La Cantine du Troquet after a meal of steak frites. With every spoonful, my eyes lit up and I was so ecstatic about having my favourite flavours of chocolate and hazelnuts […]
Heavenly Hazelnut Chocolate Cake
This is quite simply the best chocolate dessert I have ever had. Pierre Hermé calls it Plaisir Sucré. Maison Landemaine calls it Jivara. Le Cordon Bleu calls it Douceur Chocolat. There might be many more versions of it around Paris, but at its core it’s the most delicate chocolate and hazelnut cake built over several […]
Meeting Pierre Hermé + Chocolate Macarons
I met my culinary hero. Live, in the flesh. I took a photo with him and he signed my book! I do look up to loads of chefs, and even stalk some of them (which may or may not have to do with their good looks), but when it comes to Pierre Hermé, it’s undying […]
Passion Fruit Macarons
It’s been far too long since I made macarons. The last time I made them was more than a year ago at Le Cordon Bleu in London – we made macarons using two different methods. The first one involved use of a French meringue (egg whites+sugar), which is made by whipping egg whites while simultaneously adding castor […]
Chocolate Toffee Tarts
A buttery tart is a thing of beauty. It’s main task really is to hold the filling, be it ganache or the pastry cream with fruits. But every little while you come across a tart shell that’s tender, buttery and crumbly – the kind that makes you realise its presence, the kind that goes above […]
Chocolate, Olive Oil and Sea Salt Toast
This morning while I was emailing Arjun some shops to go to in Barcelona to bring back olive oil and chorizo, I got distracted by blogs filled with photos of padrón peppers and patatas bravas. But what really stuck in my head was something I hadn’t tried in Barcelona before: chocolate with salt and olive […]