The Expat Butchers 
 & THE MAISON DE MAITRE 

Ingredients   For The Crêpes 325ml Milk 150g Flour plain T45 1 Large Egg 1 teaspoon Golden Caster Sugar 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract Butter for greasing your pan   Method   I used a blender. You can use a bowl and a whisk.   Into the blender sieve the flour (no one likes a lumpy crepe!) Add in the sugar, vanilla extract, egg and milk.   Blend on low – checking there are no flower pockets at the bottom of the jug. Put the mix into the fridge for at last half an hour.   Grease a

Ingredients 1kg White Onions 75g Butter 250g Comte cheese 4 Cloves Garlic Thyme And Bay Leaves – Bouquet Garni Bouillon Paste Maggie Arome Salt & Pepper 600ml Beef stock Dash of Cognac! Bread – Baguette or similar   Other ingredients you can add to ramp the favour up even more! Dash white wine, a tablespoon of yeast extract like Marmite or Vegemite   Method   Thinly slice your onions and dice your garlic. Get a medium heavy based pan onto a low heat add your butter. When the

Spilling the tea! Or rather the juice…   Both of these juices are great to make for a winter health immune booster. You can buy something similar in stores – but with a little effort it can be cheaper to make this at home, and you know exactly what is going into it. You could use a juicer to make these with, but I used a blender and a sieve with some cheese cloth to strain the liquid, and it works just as well as what a juicer would do! These recipes both make about 1 litre o

The season to be jolly will be here before you know it! This is my Christmas Cake recipe. But feel free to adapt it and make it your own. In this week’s vlog I made two Christmas cakes. (As they can also make great gifts for friends and family) But the recipe below is for one. With a 20cm cake tin you should get 12 good slices.   Ingredients *1kg of dried mixed fruit. (I used – raisins, sultanas, ginger, orange peel, glace cherries, cassis (black currents) and cranberries. *1