The chestnut. It’s about as avoidable this time of year as the endless loop of Christmas carols playing everywhere. There it is, in the stuffing. In the buche de Noel. It’s being candied in marrons ...

Tender baked eggs make a splendid appetizer for a menu to sweep the old year into the dustbin and welcome the new one with open arms. The classic French eggs en cocotte (cocottes are little baking ...

Cooking en cocotte is a simple French method of preparing poultry, meat or fish: First, the meat – in this case, chicken – is browned in a heavy cocotte, a cast-iron casserole; then it's covered and ...

Oeufs en cocotte is a classic French dish where eggs are gently baked in small ramekins with cream or butter until soft, silky, and irresistibly rich. Image credit: La Motte A French breakfast ...

Escoffier, the famous French chef, offers eight different preparations for cooking eggs en cocotte. From poaching eggs in Chambertin, a sauce based on a fine wine region of Burgundy, to poaching a la ...

As we learned with recipes for beef, lamb, pork, and poultry, cooking en cocotte — cooking a protein in a covered pot with little to no liquid — concentrates flavor. We were skeptical that the ...

THEIR SEDUCTIVE NAME is just one of the many pleasures of les oeufs en cocotte. While the French word “cocotte” means a Dutch oven or, more precisely, a cast-iron lidded pot coated in enamel, when les ...

Qualified professional chef, wine expert, educator, restaurateur and book publisher. Poaching eggs en cocotte is a simple and delicious alternative to the standard methods of preparing eggs. To do ...

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1/ Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. 2/ Heat the fat in a medium pan over a medium-high heat. Add the spinach, garlic, coconut milk and nutmeg, and season with salt and pepper. 3/ Cook until the ...

In “Julie & Julia,” Julie Powell explains that she hadn’t eaten an egg before she set out on her blog project. “Luckily, eggs made the Julia Child way often taste like cream sauce,” she wrote. “Take ...

I think of this comforting little egg dish as something to be eaten for a light, late-night supper. Its simplicity is appealing: if the spinach is prepared beforehand there is very little to do except ...