ORIGIN

Coulibiac with chicken, a recipe from Carême

Straight to the recipe Russian pastry from the classic French cuisine Coulibiac or coulbac is a traditional Russian pie that…

8 years ago

Sauce espagnole

Straigh to the recipe The first new historical recipe of 2018 concerns small chicken pies from nineteenth-century French cook Carême.…

8 years ago

Traditional Dutch Banketletter

"Keep it simple: start with an I" The banketletter is one of the few traditional Dutch Christmas bakes, as most…

8 years ago

Traditional Dutch herring salad

The Dutch are famous for eating 'Dutch new' or 'matjes' herring, which is essentially still raw. Tourists stare with fascinated…

8 years ago

Ratafia

For Victorian trifle, but also excellent with tea or coffee Mrs Beeton uses two kinds of cookies with almonds in…

8 years ago

Dutch bitterballen from leftover oxtail meat

With oxtail meat and stock and dried ceps For the family Christmas dinner in 2014 I had prepared an old-fashioned clear…

9 years ago

Dutch Bishop Wine

Although actually it's English! The Dutch consider Bishop wine as a typically Dutch mulled wine for Sint Nicholas Eve. But…

9 years ago

Mint soufflé

Straight to the recipe The introduction to the recipe is on this page, about Antonin Carême and the history of soufflés,…

9 years ago

Chawettys – Pies for a king

Straight to the recipe Pork pies with Stilton cheese Not so many decades ago, English cuisine stood for bland taste:…

9 years ago

A brief history of pasta – Part 2

To part 1 of the history of pasta When I published two macaroni recipes from World War I, I also…

9 years ago