Red smoothie - recipe (including photos)

Ingredients for 2 big glasses:

• 250 grams of strawberries
• 250 grams of redcurrant
• 250 grams of raspberries
• 3-4 spoons with honey
• ice

Put all the fruits together in a blender and run it for 20-30 seconds until you have a nice homogenous thick juice.

In a glass, add half of the juice, 2 spoons with honey and some ice and you have the perfect, healthy drink.

Enjoy!

Smart chocolate cake - recipe with step by steo photos

Ingredients:

• 500 milliliters of milk
• 125 grams of butter
• 100 grams of sugar
• 65 grams of flour
• 40 grams of cocoa powder
• 4 eggs

Separate the egg yolks from the whites.

Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until they double the volume.

Melt the butter and let it cool!

Add the butter over the egg yolks and mix.

Add the cocoa powder and the flour and mix.

Add the warm milk and mix slowly until well incorporated.

Preheat the oven at 180 Celsius degrees.

Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt and incorporate them in the cocoa composition.

Put the composition in an oven tray and let it bake at 180 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until ready.

Do not open the oven while baking!

Enjoy!

The original recipe can be found here

Pork forestier - recipe with step by step photos

Ingredients:

• 500 grams of pork
• 200 grams of fresh mushrooms
• 150 grams of bacon
• 150 milliliters of Burgogne wine
• 50 grams of flour
• 30 grams of butter
• 20 milliliters of cognac
• 10 shallots
• 4 spoons of olive oil
• 2 big onions
• 2 carrots
• 1 garlic head
• thyme

First you have to marinate the pork:

Chop the onions, the carrots and the garlic.

In a bowl mix the strips of pork meat with the garlic/onions/carrots mixture, then add the wine, the cognac, the butter and the olive oil. Let it rest for 24 h in the fridge.

The next day, in a pot add the meat, pour the flour above and let it fry for a few minutes until golden.

Pour the marinade and add the thyme and let it cook at slow fire for 1 hour, covering the pot and mixing from time to time.

Add the chopped mushrooms, the bacon and the shallots and let it cook for another 30 minutes.

Enjoy!

The recipe from the book: