A while since I have posted anything here, but as promised to our guests last summer, through the off season I will post about the recipes requested, the food onboard and burgundy itself. We will start with a few desserts we served last season, which I will go into more detail about in individual articles…
Tag: Recipes
Twice Baked Cheese Soufflé
Friday mornings aboard the Finesse are cooking demonstrations in the beautiful open galley. We try to find something that could be recreated at home, the twice baked cheese souffle was very popular choice all season & I have had many requests to put the recipe here on the blog. This recipe can be made in…
You can’t hurry lunch
You can’t hurry lunch is an article written by Jannine Williamson, who stayed aboard the Finesse for a week in July, for World of Cruising magazine.
Lamb
Dinner tonight aboard the Finesse, herb crusted fillet of lamb served on a bed of wilted spinach, fondant potatoes, baby carrots, banana shallots, roasted garlic purée & broad beans. Lamb fillet is cooked sous vide at 56 centigrade for 45 minutes before being sealed in a frying pan, brushed with Dijon mustard & the…
Lemon tart
As you will have seen if you have been following the blog for a while the lemon tart has had many incarnations, but after working on textures and flavours for many summer months I have finally found the right balance of textures & flavours. The lemon creme is the same but it’s now on a…
Dorade Royale
light summery main course from dinner tonight aboard the Finesse. Dorade Royale known as Sea Bream in the U.K, served with bok Choc, asparagus, sous vide braised baby fennel &sauce vierge with some yellow cocktail tomatoes added to the classic recipe. A classic sauce vierge is made up of extra virgin olive oil, concase tomato…
Lamb Provencal
Lamb dish from this week on the Finesse, local lamb fillet which has been cooked sous vide at 56 degrees for 45 minutes before being seated very quickly in a frying pan, lamb needs to be well seared in a pan to create the caramel on the meat. The lamb is served with courgette, aubergine…
White chocolate mousse
A new dessert on the Finesse menu is a white chocolate mousse scented with Darjeeling tea, cinnamon, star anise & vanilla. It is served on a bed of chocolate soil, fresh orange segments, orange scented chocolate ganache made with 66% mexique chocolate, orange sorbet made with fresh orange juice & mint sprigs. The chocolate mousse…
Fromage Torteau
Walking into a market in the south of France always a pleasure as a chef, there is always something new but what appeared to be a burnt offering at the cheese stall in Aguillon market intrigued me as I have never seen anything g like it before. Although it appears to be completely burnt this…
Pumpkin & rhubarb
An unusual ingredient for dessert, set pumpkin creme served with sous vide poached rhubarb, Parkin ( Yorkshire gingerbread ) & rhubarb fluid gel. Parkin is a classic gingerbread that is very easy to make & keeps well in air tight container, it actually tastes better after a few days. Parkin recipe 55 g. …
Classic Cassoulet
The most famous dish from Gascony is without doubt is cassoulet given its name from the dish that it is cooked & served in, Cassol d’Issel an earthenware pot from the town of Issel near Castlenaudary. Everywhere you go in this region of France seems to have its own variance on the recipe for Cassoulet,…
Confit de Canard
Duck confit is probably the most famous dish from Gascony, it is a duck leg that is salted & then cooked in duck fat. Confit is a centuries old process of preserving meat in its own fat, the only way then to preserve meats, before the refrigerator & freezer. In Gascony the confit is made…
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