Recipes

Here are some of Tonya’s recipes. Enjoy…

Pithiviers with duck confit and mushrooms
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Pithiviers with duck confit and mushrooms

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Pithiviers with duck confit and mushrooms

On one of my early visits to France years ago, we stayed in a divine little Chambre d’Hôte, L ’Impasse du Temple, now called a Maison de Maître. It was located down a difficult to [...]

Shortcrust pastry – Pâte Brissé

Both Pâte Brissé and Pâte Sucrée are short cut pastry; Pâte Brissé is the same as Pâte Sucrée but without the sugar. Ingredients: 200g flour 100g cold, unsalted butter, cut into [...]

Coronation Quiche
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Coronation Quiche

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Coronation Quiche

A few days before the Coronation of King Charles III, the BBC published this ‘official’ recipe from Buckingham Palace, created by Mark Flanagan and Lucy Wilson. My long-time friend and cooking ‘partner’ Christine, who [...]

Madeleines de Lorraine
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Madeleines de Lorraine

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Madeleines de Lorraine

My preparation for the French cooking classes morning tea often includes making Madeleines, the plump, little cakes, the French love to eat. Madeleines are moulded in the fluted scallop shape of the pilgrim’s shell, adding [...]

Lemons – the ‘Queen of fruits’ and the Zest of Life! A winner in my kitchen

Lemons are one of my favourite fruits, I use them almost every day; they are an indispensable part of my cooking. I just love having a large bowl of lemons decoratively gracing my kitchen bench. [...]

Lemon butter sauce – a lemon ‘beurre blanc’ – a wine butter sauce
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Lemon butter sauce – a lemon ‘beurre blanc’ – a wine butter sauce

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Lemon butter sauce – a lemon ‘beurre blanc’ – a wine butter sauce

This is a simple, rich and delicious sauce to accompany a variety of fish dishes as well as scallops, prawns, chicken, pork, and vegetables too. Like the classic wine butter sauces, it is less [...]