Hey folks!! Just to let you know my au pair experience is over which means I'm back in France and my life is not really exciting at the moment. So I decided to create a new blog on the Blogger platform where I gather all my recipes. I would be happy if you could have a look and follow me on this new page. I will not delete hungry explorer because it collects all the memories I have made abroad.
So my new blog is named annabellecuisine and I am still on Bloglovin. You can also like the Facebook page I have created to give you updates. The blog is written in French but you are able to translate it thanks to Google translator.
Thank you!!
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31 May 2017
31 July 2015
Coffee cake
As we need to empty the cupboards because we are going on holidays, I wanted to try a coffee cake. I didn't have enough to do a sponge cake so I looked on the Internet for the recipe of a normal cake.
Ingredients:
For the cake
-75g butter or margarine
-75g sugar
-2 eggs
-75g self-raising flour
-1/2 and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
-1 tablespoon boiling water
-1 tablespoon coffee granulates
For the filling:
-200ml double cream
-2 tablespoon icing sugar
-1 teaspoon coffee granules for 2 tablespoons boiling water

Ingredients:
For the cake
-75g butter or margarine
-75g sugar
-2 eggs
-75g self-raising flour
-1/2 and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
-1 tablespoon boiling water
-1 tablespoon coffee granulates
For the filling:
-200ml double cream
-2 tablespoon icing sugar
-1 teaspoon coffee granules for 2 tablespoons boiling water
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Grease your tin.
- Beat butter and sugar until pale and creamy. This will take only a few seconds.
- Lightly whisk the eggs in a mug. Gradually add them to the mixture. Add flour a tablespoon at a time whilst beating. Beat in baking powder.
- Dissolve the coffee granules in boiling water and fold it gently.
- Pour the mixture in the tin and bake for 30 minutes and let it cool for 5 to 10 minutes.
- For the filling, add all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk until the cream forms soft peaks.
- With a piping bag or a spatula spread the filling on the cake and done!

17 July 2015
Almond cake (the easiest and quickest cake ever!)
Rubbish at baking but want to impress your loved ones? I have the solution for you! Let's just hope they are not allergic to nuts. This is the recipe for an almond cake. If you look on the internet we basically all have the same recipe: it's simple and quick. So you have no excuses now! Ready - Steady -BAKE!!
Ingredients:
-4 medium eggs
-200g ground almond
-200g sugar
-100g melted (unsalted) butter
Ingredients:
-4 medium eggs
-200g ground almond
-200g sugar
-100g melted (unsalted) butter
- Mix the eggs and the sugar. Add the almond powder and melted butter. Mix well and pour in your greased tin. Place it in the oven (200°C) for about 20 minutes.
- Now admire your great work!
13 July 2015
Easy couscous recipe
If you are running out of recipes try this easy couscous! I will start by writing the original recipe I found on BBC Good Food and then I will tell you how I did it the other day. I forgot to take a picture of it so next time I will cook this for dinner I will take a picture for the article.
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion thinly sliced
- 200g chicken breasts diced
- 1-2 tbsp harissa paste, plus extra to serve
-10 dried apricots
- 220g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 200g couscous
- 200ml hot chicken stock
- handful coriander chopped
- Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and cook the onion for 1-2 minutes until softened. Add the chicken and fry for 7-10 minutes until cooked through and the onions have turned golden. Stir through the harissa to coat everything and cook for 1 more minute.
- Tip in the apricots, chickpeas and couscous, then pour over the stock and stir once. Cover with a lid or tightly cover the pan with foil and leave for about 5 minutes until the couscous has soaked up all the stock and is soft. Fluff up the couscous with a fork and scatter over the coriander to serve. Serve with extra harissa if you like.
- I replace the harissa with tomato purée for a non-spicy version
- I didn't put apricots because I don't like it and I'm not sure the children would have liked it too.
- Next time I will do more than 200ml of chicken stock because the couscous was quite dry. To me 200ml is not enough, it burned the bottom of my pan and I was only on medium heat.
1 July 2015
Mango sorbet
Summer is definitely here and the heatwave too! So to cool us down from these crazy temperatures, why not making a quick and easy sorbet? You can find the recipe in "Simple and delicious desserts".
All you need is:
All you need is:
- 2 large ripe mangoes
- the juice of 1 lemon
- a pinch of salt
- 115g sugar
- 3 tbsp water
Using a sharpe knife, thinly peel the mangoes, holding them over a bowl to catch the juices. Cut the flesh away from the central stone and put in a food processor or blender. If your mangoes are not giving any juice squeeze them over the bowl. Add the mango juice, lemon juice and salt and process to form a smooth purée. Push the mango purée through a nylon sieve into a bowl.
Put the sugar and water in a heavy-based saucepan and heat gently, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil, without stirring, then remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly.
Pour the syrup into the mango purée and mix well together. Leave to cool, then chill the mango syrup in the refrigerator for 2 hours, or until cold.
If using an ice cream machine, churn the mixture in the machine following the manufacturer's instructions. Alternatively, freeze the mixture in a freezerproof container, uncovered for 3-4 hours, or until mushy. Turn the mixture into a bowl and stir with a fork or beat in a food processor to break down the ice crystals. Return to the freezer and freeze for a further 3-4 hours, or until firm. Cover the container with a lid for storing.
28 June 2015
7 books for bakers
Last weekend I had some time to kill so it gave me the idea to go in town and do a "cookbook hunting". So here are 7 books that amateur bakers will love:
- "Have your bake & eat it" - very nice book with all the British cakes and desserts you need to know.
-"Primrose Bakery celebrations" - All the delicious cakes of this famous London shop won't have any secrets for you.
- "Mary Berry's complete cookbook" - THE BIBLE!
- "The Hummingbird Bakery home sweet home" - Another famous London shop. Before you were drooling in front of their windows, now you can do it at home!
- "The Pink Whisk guide to cake making" - We offered me this book last Christmas and I love it. It is easy, well explained and full of tips.
- "Simple and delicious desserts" - Very nice and simple book!
- "Grandma's best recipes" - It is a "must have" for all bakers who haven't inherit of their grandma's original recipes.
14 November 2014
Banana bread
Ingredients:
50g butter
175g light brown soft sugar
2 medium free-range eggs, lightly beaten
350g peeled ripe bananas, mashed
200g self-raising flour
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C. Line and grease a loaf tin.
- Cream the butter with the sugar in a large mixing bowl until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Add the beaten eggs and gradually whisk then into the butter and sugar.
- Add the mashed bananas and beat the mixture well.
- Carefully fold in the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda.
- Put the cake in the prepared loaf tin. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, until the cake has risen and is golden. Allow to cool.
4 July 2014
Pancakes (version light)
Ingrédients:
200g de farine
40 cl de lait
2 oeufs
1 c.s de sucre
1/2 sachet de levure de boulangerie
Ingredients:
-0.4 Ib of flour
-0.087 gallon of milk
-2 teaspoons of sugar
-1 teaspoon of baker's yeast
- Dans un saladier, mélangez la farine, les œufs, le sucre et la levure de boulangerie (diluée dans 1 cuillerée à soupe d'eau tiède). Ajoutez progressivement le lait et laissez reposer 30 minutes.
- Graissez légèrement la poêle avec un chiffon de coton (ou un essuie-tout) imbibé d'huile. Versez une petite louche de pâte et étalez avec le fond de la louche jusqu'à obtenir un pancake de 12cm environ. Laissez cuire jusqu'à ce que la pâte soit prise. Retournez et cuisez l'autre côté.
Pancakes (recette américaine)
HAPPY 4TH JULY!!
Donc aujourd'hui on reste dans le thème américain avec DEUX recettes
de pancakes. La première sera la recette américaine (bien grasse!!) et
la deuxième recette sera celle que j'ai toujours eu l'habitude de faire à
présent et c'est beaucoup moins calorique. Je vous met la recette en
ligne et vous poste les photos ce soir car c'est la première fois que je
vais essayer la recette ci-dessous.
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Ingrédients:
250g de farine
1 c.s de sucre
1 c.c de bicarbonate de soude
3 oeufs
30g de beurre
0,5l de lait fermenté ou de yaourt à boire nature
1/2 c.c de sel
- Commencez par mélanger les ingrédients non liquides. Faites un puit au milieu.
- Versez-y les œufs battus, le lait, le beurre fondu refroidi et mélangez rapidement.
- Laissez reposer la pâte à température ambiante pendant 30-45 minutes
- Graissez légèrement votre poêle avec de l'huile. Versez une louche de pâte de façon à obtenir un pancake de 12cm environ. Laissez cuire jusqu'à ce que la pâte soit prise. Retournez et cuisez la deuxième face.
1 July 2014
Crêpes bretonnes (ou crêpes françaises)
Ingrédients:
250g de farine de froment
1 c.s de farine de sarrasin (blé noir)
100 à 125g de sucre (selon vos goûts)
10cl d'eau
2 oeufs
1c.c de gros sel
1 sachet de sucre vanillé
25g de beurre fondu
1/2 litre de lait demi-écrémé
Une pointe de rhum brun
- Dans un saladier mettez le sucre, la farine de sarrasin, le beurre fondu, l'eau, le gros sel, le sucre vanillé et les œufs. Battez l'ensemble et ajoutez progressivement la farine de froment et un demi verre de lait jusqu'à obtenir une pâte homogène et sans grumeaux. Délayez ensuite avec le reste de lait. Si vous souhaitez parfumer votre pâte ajoutez un fond de rhum brun.
- Graissez légèrement la plaque/la poêle entre chaque crêpe avec un chiffon de coton (ou un essuie-tout) imbibé d'huile. Versez une louche de la préparation en essayant d'obtenir une pâte assez fine (il est conseillé d'utiliser un étaleur). En cas de surplus vous pouvez réaliser un second tour. Laissez cuire 15-30 secondes, décollez avec la spatule et retournez la crêpe.
PS: English translation is coming up soon!
22 June 2014
Pain perdu / French Toast
Translation available
Ingrédients:
2 oeufs
1/2 L de lait
1 sachet de sucre vanillé
Brioche, pain de mie ou baguette
Mélangez les oeufs, le lait et le sucre vanillé. Trempez les tranches dans le mélange et faites cuire à la poêle avec un peu de beurre.
C'est encore meilleur avec de la glace vanille et du caramel au beurre salé! :)
12 June 2014
Financiers
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Ingrédients (Pour 10-12 personnes):
-180g de sucre
-80g de farine
-80g de poudre d'amandes
-1 sachet de sucre vanillé
-1 pincée de sel
-4 blancs d'oeufs
-1 cuillerée de miel
-Quelques gouttes d'arôme d'amande (facultatif)
-100g de beurre fondu
Mélangez le sucre, la farine, la poudre d'amandes et le sel. Incorporez au fouet les blancs d'oeufs ainsi que la cuillerée de miel, le sucre vanillé et l'arôme. Ajoutez ensuite le beurre fondu. Remplir des moules à financier et cuire environ 12 minutes à 170°C. Démoulez les financiers et laissez refroidir.
Astuces: Vous pouvez mélanger sucre blanc et sucre glace.
Merci à Carole de m'avoir donné sa recette! :)
Gâteau au yaourt (la base!)
Translation available
Pour cette recette on utilise le pot à yaourt comme mesure.
Ingrédients:
-1 yaourt nature
-2 mesures de sucre en poudre
-3 mesures de farine (ou 2 mesures de farine + 1 mesure de Maizena)
-1 sachet de levure
-1 sachet de sucre vanillé
-1 mesure d'huile
-2 oeufs (blancs battus en neige)
Préparation:
Cuisson de 40 à 45 minutes. 190°C pendant 10-15 minutes puis baissez à 150°C.
Pour cette recette on utilise le pot à yaourt comme mesure.
Ingrédients:
-1 yaourt nature
-2 mesures de sucre en poudre
-3 mesures de farine (ou 2 mesures de farine + 1 mesure de Maizena)
-1 sachet de levure
-1 sachet de sucre vanillé
-1 mesure d'huile
-2 oeufs (blancs battus en neige)
Préparation:
Mélangez le yaourt, le sucre et les jaunes d'oeufs. Ajoutez la levure, le sucre vanillé et la farine, mélangez le tout. Ajoutez l'huile puis mélangez jusqu'à obtenir une pâte homogène. Enfin ajoutez les blancs d'oeufs en neige et mélangez délicatement.
Cuisson de 40 à 45 minutes. 190°C pendant 10-15 minutes puis baissez à 150°C.
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