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Eglefin au four sauce tartare
One of the simplest weeknight dinners I know is baked fish, in this case fillets of haddock with homemade tartar sauce, French style. The fish is dusted with salt, pepper and a little cumin — no flour is involved — … Continue reading
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Tagged eglefin, haddock, recette, recipe, sauce tartare, tartar sauce
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Poisson à la bordelaise
This fish dish with a crusty topping is extremely popular in France and a breeze to make. The topping ‘à la bordelaise‘ — literally Bordeaux style — combines breadcrumbs, shallots, garlic, parsley, salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon and a splash … Continue reading
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Tagged crusted fish fillets, internet piracy, poisson a la bordelaise, recette, recipe
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Cabillaud au chorizo
The other day I decided to try to recreate a dish I vaguely remembered — cod with chickpeas, spinach and chorizo chips. It felt just right for a brisk, pre-spring sunny day. I checked my favorite Spanish cookbook, couldn’t find … Continue reading
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Tagged cabillaud, chickpeas, chorizo, cod, épinards, pois chiches, recette, recipe, spinach
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Bourride
Bourride is a Mediterranean fish dish bathed in a sauce infused with garlic and inflected with hints of orange and sunshine. If you’ve been to the French Riviera you may have had the luck to encounter it. Elsewhere there’s little … Continue reading
Carpaccio de thon au citron vert
I was inspired to make a carpaccio of tuna the other day after lunching in Montmartre at a place that served a fabulous version infused with Asian flavors. I didn’t think to ask for the recipe, so I had to … Continue reading
Pageot au four sauce citron vert
This is a fish story, the upshot of which is a dish of baked sea bream with a delicate lime-flavored sauce. It started two weeks ago when I went to the market and my fishmonger wasn’t there — he’d apparently … Continue reading
Filets de poisson sauce citronnée
Paris bistros often serve fish in a lemony cream sauce that I’ve never seen served in a French home. Why not, one wonders? It proved remarkably easy to prepare when I tried it out in my kitchen the other day … Continue reading
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Tagged creamy lemon sauce, filets de poisson, fish, recette, recipe, sauce citronnée
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Coques au satay
This dynamite French-Asian fusion dish of cockles in satay sauce is the creation of John O’Shea, a young British chef at the Paris bistro JJ, which happily for me is located in my building. The menu changes twice a day, … Continue reading
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Tagged cockles, coques, french-asian fusion, recette, recipe, satay
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Langouste beurre blanc Noilly
Lobster is a rare treat in Paris, largely because of the price. At my local farmers market the other day, they were selling small live lobsters for 30 euros a piece — far more than you would pay in other … Continue reading
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Tagged beurre blanc, Christmas, holiday meal, homard, langouste, lobster, New Year, Noilly Prat, recette, recipe
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Trilogie de coquillages persillés
I discovered this dish at a beachside restaurant near Sète in the south of France, and found it so delicious that I asked the chef for the recipe. It is a trilogy of shellfish — mussels, clams and razor clams … Continue reading
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