LEMON MERINGUE TART

Lemon meringue tart the way I like it

So they say that meringue on your lemons is no longer in vogue. I say smoof.  Meringue may be a little too sweet, a little too puffy, a little too creamy… is your mouth watering yet?  Vogue or not, it has its place.  Just a dab is the [...]

RHUBARB MOUSSE & PISTACHIO

A layered mousse cake: pistachio joconde, rhubarb mousse, strawberry jam gélée, white chocolate whipped cream
It’s raining, it’s pouring, I’m moving… It’s a dark and rainy day here in Le Quesnoy and I’m packing boxes.  Just three little weeks of work and then new adventures begin with the month of June…
This recipe belongs to Cannelle et [...]

APPLE CARDAMOM TART

A tart of apples and cardamom

HAZELNUT CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Hazelnut “Chique de Bavay” & white chocolate mousse in chocolate pyramid
Think: “clouds of chocolate mousse melting on my tongue…”
A few weeks ago we made the most wonderfully fluffy chocolate mousse at school.  Inspired by photos of chocolate encaged desserts, it seemed only natural what the next dessert would be. For a good color contrast, and [...]

DARKEST CHOCOLATE CRÊPE CAKE

Martha Stewart’s Darkest Chocolate Crêpe Cake
Last week I was browsing through some food blogs when I came across the archives of a project gone terribly wrong. Two years ago, the Daring Bakers attacked a recipe that left most of them thoroughly frustrated. Some of them may even have burned the January 2006 issue of “Living,” [...]