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.