French cooking lesson 6

Lesson 6:

Game, whisked sponge genoise & sauces

Pulling chicken legs off...

galette of oubergines with marinated tuna

lovely bimi

prown timbale with chive cream sauce

stuffed chicken, warm morilles vinaigrette

medallions of stag with sauce bordelaise and parshnip puree

classic!  tarte tatin

coffee and walnut gateau

French cooking lesson 4

Lesson 4:

shellfish, roasting & pastry

les oefs brouilles with smoked salmon in phyllo case

crab pot stickers with bouillabaisse saucerouille and grilled langoustines

casserole of rabbit with artichoke barigoule

slow roasted lamb farci withpreserved lemons, dried orange peel, caramelized apples

caramel cinnamon mousse, longue de chat and lightly salted caramel sauce

 I also cooked pears in red wine sauce, but again too full to even take a photo...

I've never had such soft and juicy rabbit before, slow cooking is the best for game meat. Also, the South African style lamb tasted so unique. The preserved lemon flavor really lightened up the dish! I have to try this again at home.

French cooking lesson 5

Lesson 5:

Fish & egg whites in desserts

order list to the red cross. secret of the school

tartared of smoked mackerel with cucumbers, quail's egg and avruga caviar

seared red mullet with roasted beetroot, anchovy dressing and saffron potatoes

pate pantine en croute (from lesson 3 recipe) with chimney

sliced pate pantine en croute 

aubergine butter

grilled halibut with aubergine butter and mushrooms

bateau frangipane (from lesson 5 repipe)

butter ramekins with a brash drawing stripes from the bottom to the top which brings souffle up

lemon souffle

very delicate, citrusy and fluffiest thing

meringues

meringues with chestnut puree and chocolate sauce

making angel hair

floating islands, creme anglaise and angel hair (mainly angel hair)

Japan massive earthquake and Tsunami

Deep sympathy to people in Japan who are struggling from the massive destruction. 

Prayers to the many victims of this earthquake and tsunami.          

被災された方々には、心よりお見舞い申し上げます。

地震と津波でお亡くなりになられた方々には、ご冥福をお祈りいたします。

There are still many aftershocks and Tsunami warnings across the Pacific, please be safe and keep aware of evacuation announcements.

未だに余震、そして太平洋岸各地で津波の警報が出されております。どうか避難勧告をお聞きになって、皆さま御無事でいらしてください。

Thank you very much for people who asked after my family. They are all safe and luckily my friend in Sendai  servived the quake.　However, the country is facing the hardest time of long term recovery, I hope those people in Japan receive all the support possible.

家族の安否を気にかけてくださった皆様、ありがとうございました。家族は皆無事で、幸運なことに仙台の友人の安否も確認ができました。しかしながら、日本広域では復興までこれから大変な時期を迎えることになります。どうか、被災された皆様へのあたたかい支援をお願いいたします。

If you need information or help:

• For people seeking to restore contact with family members affected by the earthquake in Japan.
• British foreign hotline: 0207 008 0000
• Canada-Japan hotline:in Canada, 1-800-387-3124, or from elsewhere 613-943-1055
• Please Do Not call to Japan or within Japan, they need phone lines for emergency service
• Emergency telephone number:call 171+1+phone number to record 30 seconds message, call 171+2+phone number to listen to the message

Please help the people in Japan

• Japan Earthquake/Asia-Pacific Tsunami- Canadian Red Cross
• Rode Kruis
• British Red Cross