Base Recipes

Base recipes are maybe basic but when we miss something that is basically important, then without it we don’t have a meal :) In this section you will find recipes to make different types of crusts but also sauces that you can eat with pasta :) I will also try to make classic French sauces, nevertheless, I don’t know how I will do this, without using a lot of butter but I will take the challenge, so stay tuned!

American pate brisee
Recipes
Dimitra

American Pate Brisee

A wonderful pate brisee coming from an American recipe to make the classic American apple pie! It’s really good :-) Try it and see for yourself!

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sauce béarnaise
Recipes
Dimitra

Béarnaise Sauce

A wonderful classic French Béarnaise sauce that is light and tasteful! It’s made with the classics chervil and tarragon, but it uses as well white wine and spices (nutmeg, coriander, ginger and cloves), which give the sauce a special character!

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aïoli
For Beginners
Dimitra

Aïoli sauce

A classic French sauce with a strong taste of garlic for fish and crustacean! It’s rather light in fat but still very tasteful and easy to make! Give it a try! It will bring some French character to your dishes!

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horseradish sauce
Food from Around the World
Dimitra

Horseradish sauce

A horseradish sauce made with Greek yogurt (!) and this makes all the difference ;-) It’s light and tasteful and can be eaten without remorse ;-) Horseradish, which has a very strong and spicy taste, is present in the sauce but not intrusive :-) That’s another characteristic of this sauce which is still very tasteful ;-)

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Tahini Sauce
Vegetarian Food
Dimitra

Tahini Sauce

This is a very simple tahini sauce made with Greek yogurt or fromage blanc for those in France, tahini, parsley and a bit of lemon juice! It’s really simple but so good! It goes well with fried food or with raw vegetables for the apéritif :-)

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