An absolutely perfect stuffed french toast recipe for your Mother’s Day Brunch. Perfect because it’s a make ahead recipe that benefits from an overnight soak in the refrigerator. Pop this Mango Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast in the oven the next morning and you’ve got a crowd pleasing breakfast casserole.
French Pear Tart Bourdaloue with Apricot Rum Glaze
This is a recipe for a French Pear Tart Bourdaloue. Add some apricot rum glaze for a finishing touch of color and pure delightful flavor. Impress with this beautiful dessert. If you’re a regular reader you know that in September, I graduated from Culinary School. A good part of that schooling included time in the
Shrimp and Cod Soup, Bourride
This French Bourride with it’s fresh and bright saffron and white wine broth is exquisitely flavored with fennel, cayenne, garlic, leeks, tomato and bay leaf. Homemade aïoli thickens the broth in this satisfying Marsellais stew made with cod and shrimp.
Coq au Vin
Coq au Vin is a Burgundian dish, French comfort food. The original recipe instructed one to use a rooster, rather than a hen. Considered peasant food, the red wine was used to break down the old meat of the rooster rather than for flavor.
Zucchini Tomato Bites
“Call up a couple of friends that share your love of wine and invite them over. Tell them that you have been waiting to open these bottles and that you couldn’t think of anyone that you’d rather share them with. Fine wine, like life, is meant to be enjoyed.” Loosely quoted from Matt Kramer,
