Donuts of Carnival and Pears pie with almond, Miam!

Hi everybody,

This week is special in France because it is “Mardi Gras” (I think I can’t translate properly but it is like “Fat Tuesday”). It is like Halloween, everyone can wear costumes. This is a big celebration for children and mothers can cook donuts and sweet pancakes. In order to help you for cooking fancy cakes for “Mardi gras”, I give you the recipe for donuts of Carnival.

This week is quite special too, because I give you two desserts recipes. In fact, I enjoyed cooking desserts. I always did when somebody invites me in a home party. Last week, we were invited at a big winter buffet, and naturally I was involved in at the dessert level. I know that it was a buffet when a lot of people can come and eat, so I can’t make glass because I have not got enough for it. I decided to cook a big pie but I prefer little things, it is more difficult to do but the result is more appreciable. I opted for small pears pie. I wanted to impress the guests, I didn’t want to do some simple pears pie like I did with thin apple pie with nuts. So I cooked nice pears pies with almond powder and cinnamon topped. The result was beautiful; it was like I bought it from a bakery. The taste and the aspect are both wonderful and I felt really proud of it. Try it and I hope you will enjoy it.

Have a nice week. 
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Verrine of Beetroot and Bread with nuts...

Hi everybody,

A new week and two new recipes in Pauline-Cuisine.com.

The first one is a Bread with Kamut flour and hazelnuts. The second one is a beetroot and soft cheese glass for creating nice appetizers.

These last days were frozen, I hate cold weather. In order to avoid a big winter depression, I cook a lot of hot dishes for warmed me. I love soup as you have probably noticed it, but when I cooked and ate soup, what I enjoyed the most is Bread. Bread is a passion for me and I always try to find new recipes, improve them … This week, I give you the recipe of a Bread with Kamut flour and hazelnuts. I gave you the recipe of a Bread with Kamut flour a few weeks ago. I like Kamut flour and the value-added is that is good for health thank to the vitamins. So I decided to improve the recipe and try to reinforce the healthy part of this bread, so I added some nuts. The result is wonderful, try it and adopt it.

The second recipe is not a hot appetizer but it is a seasonal appetizer: beetroot with soft cheese in a glass. It is a colorful starter with a nice taste, that is quite rare in that season. You will impress a lot your guests with this easy recipe. That can be a idea for your St Valentin Dinner.

Have a nice week.

Sweet pancakes for the "Chandeleur"

Dear everybody,


Welcome on February, what’s new in Pauline-Cuisine.com?

For the subscribers of the newsletter, you have received a new one with some tips and recipes for cooking seasonal vegetables and fruits. If you are not a subscriber; and if you want to receive this monthly newsletter, don’t hesitate to subscribe it at the end of this edito. Anyway, a new month and two new recipes.

The first recipe is a Soup with Marrow. I discovered Marrow when I cooked for the homeless as I do since a few month, every Wednesday. With a friend, we go for vegetable shopping and try to find new one for cooking delicious and healthy soup for our special guests. Marrow is a beautiful vegetable but its taste is quite soft and it releases a lot of water when you cook it. So if you want to try this vegetable, I advise you to follow carefully the recipe. I hope you will enjoy it.

The second recipe is sweet pancakes because on the 2nd of February, we celebrate the “Chandeleur”. For celebrating it, we cook a lot of sweet pancakes. I really enjoy doing it because it is really easy and you can fill sweet pancakes with sugar, jam… everybody can customize his pancakes and everybody is happy. I remembered when I just arrived in Grenoble, where I did my studies, I cooked sweet pancakes. It was my first dish and not the last one because I organized frequently some pancakes parties at home.

I hope you will cook sweet pancakes for the “Chandeleur”.

I wish you a nice week and successful cooking experience.

Chicken with Honey and Fruits salad glass...

Hi everybody,

What’s new in Pauline-Cuisine this week?

You already know it if you read regularly the notepad on the Home Page. Anyway,  this week, I will give you two recipes: one for cooking Chicken with honey and a second for preparing fruits salad. In fact, one of my new resolutions is to eat more fruits, so I tried to find nice and tasty way to eat them.

Since I was teenager, I enjoy eating sweet and sour meals, so I always try to find new recipes and new mixed taste.  Last week, I discovered an easy recipe of chicken with honey that I found in one of my cooking books. But when I tasted it I have thought that I have to add something to this recipe. I had two ideas for adding an ingredient: mixed herb because I love the taste or sesame seeds because I just discovered them. I tasted these two but my favorite is Chicken with honey and sesame seeds. Moreover, I read in a book that sesame seeds bring calcium to your body, so it is a great value-added, don’t you think so?

The second recipe is a glass of fruits salad. Fruits salad is really easy and quick to prepare but if you present it in glass, the effect is amazing. I don’t particularly love eating but I eat when the presentation is great. So, I think I will eat more fruits salad now.

Have a nice week and don’t hesitate to share your cooking experience on www.pauline-cuisine.com.

Spotlight the parsnip...

Hi everybody,


A new week, 2 new recipes.

Last week, I discovered a new vegetable: the parsnip. If you follow my edito, perhaps are you thinking that I discover a lot vegetable here in London. In fact, in France, I cooked with all the vegetables that can find easily in the supermarket and in England I do the same thing but the offer is quite different.

Anyway, where did I discover the parsnip? Not in Tesco like usual because this vegetable is like a big white carrot, that doesn’t attract my eyes. I discovered it per chance last week. Indeed, I cook every Wednesday a soup for the homeless of the Westminster borough and in this beginning of year, a charity gave me vegetables for cooking this weekly soup. when I arrived I was really surprised to see a big bag of this big white carrot (the parsnip). I took some of them and I tried to cook them with a friend. We did a delicious and creamy soup of parsnip. Everyone enjoyed it.

When I came back at home, I decided to use parsnip again. The taste is strong and it is quite like celery, so I thought that can be tasty in a “au gratin” dish. I open my fridge and pick up all the vegetables that can find and I cooked 5 vegetables au gratin. The result was really good, so I give you the recipe for this week.

Have a nice week and don’t hesitate to share your cooking experience on www.pauline-cuisine.com.

Soup and dessert, a perfect match for winter dinner!

Hi everybody,

We spent one/two week in this new Year but nothing had changed for me : I am still looking for a job, trying to build my company, the sky is grey… So, in order to avoid a big winter depression, I cooked. 

This week, I will give you the recipe of a lime cream. It is really tasty. One of my friends tasted it a few months ago and she asked me to put the recipe in the website because her future husband enjoys lemon. So, I hope she will appreciate. If you want to impress your guests, do like me and write with chocolate the name of your guests on the top the lime cream. For doing it, use a small pipette and pour it with chocolate (25 g of plain chocolate with 1 tablespoon of water and put it in the microwave 1 minute at 600W). Success guaranteed.

The second recipe is a soup, a Tomato soup. It is really easy to do because you just need a plum tomatoes can and potatoes. I discovered this soup by chance when I cooked a sweet couscous. In fact, I didn’t use all my plum tomatoes so, I tried to do a soup in adding potatoes in order to give a consistence to my soup. the tomato soup was born. The result was really tasty and delicious, so I share with you my recipe.

Have a nice week.

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Fruits soup and bread, what's more?

Hi everybody,

I wish you a Happy New Year. I hope this New Year will give you all that you wish. From my part, I will give you two new recipes each week in order to help you for cooking your meal.

This week, I will finish my fruits soup theme. I began this trilogy because one of my friends in London said me that she haven't found real fruits soup in London. She is right, so I decided to give to her some recipes via my website. I give some quick to do recipes with using microwave and not a pan like everyone use for doing fruits soup. So, the last one is a sweet and delicious mix with pears and apples: pears and apples soup. You can eat it as a dessert or if you are sweet tooth, this apples and pears soup can be really great with vanilla ice cream.

The second recipe of the week is Bread with barleycorn flour. This flour is a great discovery from Waitrose. I really love this shop for finding new ingredient. The taste of the flour is quite similar to strong whole wheat flour but with a little something more. I enjoyed tested new flour in order to change the bread every time. Indeed, for me, bread has a great part in my feeding so I give to it a huge importance for the texture and the taste. I hope you will enjoy it.

I wish you again a happy New year and a great health. For a great health, the big secret is cooking fresh vegetable, so find recipes in the website: www.pauline-cuisine.com,  try them and don’t hesitate to comment them.

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