Fondant au chocolat

A delicious very chocolaty gluten free cake simply served with freshly picked organic raspberries, best way to celebrate summer! 

Foraging

I went on a lovely hike a couple of days ago and was lucky to find some really nice oyster mushrooms or "pleurotes" in French.

I harvested a nice quantity and once back home they made a delicious side dish, simply sautéed with a little butter, a clove of garlic, salt and pepper and finely chopped parsley for a green taste.

Need to go hiking again!

Lemon cheesecake

A friend very kindly gave me some freshly picked organic lemons from her sister's garden in California and what better way to use them than to make cheesecake!

It was a very nice cake to celebrate Bastille day.

Framboisier

A tasty framboisier 

(two layer cake filled with bavarian cream and fresh organic raspberries) 

for a very special occasion.

Puff pastry demistified

Join me for my next cooking class on 

Tuesday 5th June 2012 in 

Mt Vernon at 

6:30 pm

to learn everything about puff pastry, 

it is not as complicated as everyone makes it to be.

Looking forward to see you there

http://www.gretchenskitchen.com/whats-cooking/class-schedule/?month=6&yr=2012#jd-calendar

An interesting and healthy take on breakfast pancakes

I recently came across a gluten free, dairy free pancake recipe and decided to try it out. It has a nice and nutty texture to it.

Here is the recipe for you to try out.
It yields about 8 4" pancakes.
I spiked mine with some organic blueberries and topped with a little maple syrup:

1 Cup almond meal (finely ground almonds)
2 eggs
1/4 Cup / 60 ml water
2 Tablespoons oil (I used grapeseed oil which has a high burning point and no flavour)
1 Teaspoon baking powder (double acting)

Upcoming cooking class - 12th March 2012

Don't miss my next cooking class on 

Monday 12th March 

at 6:30 pm 

in Mt Vernon at  

http://www.gretchenskitchen.com/whats-cooking/class-schedule/