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Christmas menu 2023 edition 🎄🍽️

Letting all these photos here for inspiration and as a reminder for me that our Christmas was a bit too Frenchie French this year. Among all these delicious meals I missed a bit too much the classic sarmale and salata de boeuf. No more crazy things like that next year. 🥴

For the Christmas Eve we had :
▫️Homemade foie gras, fig bread and extra fig confiture.
▫️Salmon gravlax (my favorite this year) with blini and a sour cream chives dip.
▫️Beer braised beef cheeks with truffle gratin dauphinois.
▫️Charlotte aux mûres for the dessert.

The eating continued next day with :
▫️For lunch : snacked Saint Jacques with vegetables purée and sauce beurre blanc safranée.
▫️For dinner : board game night with a charcuterie and fromage board.

Last week we bought 5 kg of mangoes from . They are without any doubt the best mangoes I've ever had and the cool thing is that you buy them directly from farmers.

We had to enjoy these delicious mangoes in a dessert as well (although we could have eaten them all like this). This being said, today's dessert is one of the simplest ever: mango panna cotta.

Ingredients:
▪️2 gelatin leaves or 10 g gelatin powder
▪️60 g sugar
▪️1 vanilla bean or vanilla essence
▪️600 ml cooking cream or heavy cream (unsweetened)
▪️1 ripe mango
▪️lemon juice from half lemon
▪️mint leaves

Instructions:
1️⃣ Add the gelatin in a bowl of cold water and let it hidrate for 10 minutes.
2️⃣ Pour the cooking cream, sugar and vanilla bean/essence into a sauce pan and stir on low heat until the sugar has dissolved.
3️⃣ Take the cream off heat when it's hot but not boiling, (right before it starts to form bubbles) add the gelatin and stir to disolve it.
4️⃣ Pour the mixture into small glasses and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
5️⃣ Blend the mango with the lemon juice and a few mint leaves until smooth.
6️⃣ When the panna cotta has set in the fridge pour the mango sauce on top.
7️⃣ Add some fresh mango cubes on top, two mint leaves and enjoy to the fullest. 🥭

https://french-epices.com/roasted-stone-fruit-crumble-jamie-olivers-recipe/

I went to the market the other day and saw some juicy stone fruits. I bought peaches, nectarines and abricots that turned into a yummy crumble. I roasted the fruits before which gave them a nice caramelised flavor.

I used 's recipe for this one and I liked his idea of making a big batch of dough which you can freeze for future crumbles. I'm already thinking about an apple crumble that I will make soon. 🤤

If you'd like to see how I made this crumble, I wrote an article on my blog with the whole recipe.

What is your favorite fruit crumble recipe? 🥰

Roasted Stone Fruit Crumble - Jamie Oliver's recipe - FrenchÉpices Check out this roasted stone fruit crumble recipe, perfect for autumn days. Easy to make, delicious, and full of flavors.