We are now open as a Christmas Castle rental. This is one of our favourite recipes for Christmas. I found it at epicurious.com. We use Vouvray as it is our local bubbly and to die for. We also use only 3/4 of the butter in the recipe. Pink peppercorns as opposed to black peppercorns are a nice touch too. We save the champagne for the toasts.
Marinated Shrimp with Champagne Beurre Blanc
This is one of our favourite French Christmas Castle Recipes.
The French prefer to serve a roast goose rather than a turkey on Christmas. After all it is the nation that we can thank for foie gras. This is our favourite recipe for Roast goose. We now rent the chateau out for a weekly rental over the Christmas and New Year holidays fully-catered. Goose is Gordon Ramsay's favourite Christmas roast. Last year we received lots of compliments on our roast goose.
2 rolls (18 ounces each) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
This year we rented the chateau for Thanksgiving self-catered to a lovely group of young American university students who cooked up a storm for Thanksgiving.
They arrived with tonnes of food, including their turkey. They had collected all of their supplies from the American grocery store in Paris on route from Charles de Gaulle airport.
makes it “a perfect match for Thanksgiving turkey.” We like Vouvray Voltaire 2005.
A leftover recipe to die for is Turkey and thick cut smoked bacon with date and goat-cheese spreads on a french baguete.
Date spread: Chop 8 oz. Medjool dates, 1/2 onion, and 2 garlic cloves. Sauté until soft with 1/2 t. salt and 3/4 c. water.
Goat-cheese spread: Combine 8 oz. goat cheese and 6 oz. cream cheese with 2 T. roasted garlic. Add chopped chives, parsley, and tarragon, plus salt, pepper, and lemon to taste. Yummy!
The best place to buy french cookware is in France. However, if you can not travel to Paris, do not fret, you can start your French cookware collection by surfing ebay for le-creuset pots new and old. Do not be put off by buying a second hand le creuset pot, because they last and last and last. (more…)
When you cook for Valentine's Day, love radiates from your heart, seeps into the food and gives it the magical quality that ignites the soul. When you serve your Valentine an elegant meal do it with some beautiful candles, good champagne or wine if you like, and a warm and loving smile. The real aphrodisiac is you! (more…)