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French in Japan!

Homemade cereals bread and artisanal natural cheese from Komagata cheese factory in Isumi.

There is a cheese factory very close to our house in Ohara. Yes yes! a cheese factory in Japan! and not in Hokkaido!  But, sadly it is impossible to just go there and buy cheese... At least all my trials didn't success.
But, at last, I have found a place where to get some: Na no hana local products shop!!!

They have a selection of cheeses from Komagata and so far what I've tried was really good. A perfect match to my cereal favorite homemade bread!
A French girl, even in Japan is still French!!!

Pork fillet in cocotte

I have a beautiful Staub cocotte that I use  not often enough. It's a pity because I love vegetables cooked in the cocotte, when the juice and extracts mix together.

So today I decided to use it and prepare a Japanese style pork filet in cocotte with new onions and carrots.

 In the cocotte I put a little of sunflower oil, 2 new onions cut roughly, 2 little taro potatoes and one carrot, then I lay a large pork filet on top, salt, pepper, laurel and cooked for 30-40min. (In my case the vegetables were perfect for two, but I seeved only half of the filet)

Once finished, I opened the cocotte and added a little of soya sauce to dilute the extracts, which gave a dark beautiful and delicious glazing, almost tasting like miso.

Served with rice with soya beans and fresh pickled vegetables.

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Sesame cake

Today I decided to make a sesame cake. I didn't have a recipe so I decided to fix one based on a classic cake one.

I mixed 150g butter, 150g brow sugar, 100g rice flour, 100g tahini, 3 eggs and a drop of balking powder. 

Then I put sesame seeds on the top and baked it for 20-30 minutes in a hot oven. 

To perfect the degustation I made a black (grey) chantilly with black sesame paste and liquid cream and a spoon of sugar. 

Here we are. Enjoy!

Colorful plate

I love vegetable sauté and all the possible combinations.

I tried a new one, with sticks instead of slices. I cut the carrots, sweet potatoe with a mandolin, cook them in a bit of olive oil under cover, then added na-no-hana, and served with scrambled eggs.
Perfect brunch plate for a Saturday!

Flan patissier

I love this thick and rich dessert called "flan patissier", which basically is a milk pudding on a dough. It's been years I haven't eaten any, and recently I've been thinking about making some. Chance was on my side with a special issue of "cuisine actuelle" on homemade cooking, and a lot of classical French recipes, and the one of the flan patissier!!!

It is really easy to make and a delicious dessert or a perfect breakfast served with fruits.

The dough is a "pate brisee", so just flour, butter and water. The pudding part is vanila flavoured milk, eggs and sugar like for a regular pudding. And it is baked 45min in an oven at 180.

Delicious!!!

Chia pudding

I found this really quick and simple recipe to "cook" chia seeds. The result is like tapioca with milk but here it's really more easier.

Just add 20g of chia seeds with 250ml of almond milk (or rice milk, or whatever you like), wait for one or two hours. 

It's ready to eat.