Bientôt les fêtes ! Le magazine I Love English vous donne 4 recettes sucrées, à présenter dans un bocal recyclé, pour faire des petits cadeaux de Noël maison et écolos. Il y en a pour toute la famille… et même pour le chien !
Christmas star cookies : étoiles de Noël
Ingredients
• 280g icing* sugar
• 300g ground* almonds
• 1 teaspoon* cinnamon*
• 4 eggwhites, beaten*
• a cookie cutter*
Method*
1• Preheat* the oven to 120°C. Prepare a baking* tray with baking* paper.
2• In a bowl, mix 140g of icing sugar with the cinnamon and almonds.
3• In another bowl, stir* 140g of icing sugar into the beaten egg whites. Reserve 1 cupful* of egg mix.
4• Add* the rest of the egg to the almond mixture. Mix to form a dough. Cover and put in the fridge for 1 hour.
5• Sprinkle* a surface with icing sugar. Roll* out the dough (7mm thick).
6• Cut out the cookies and put them on the baking tray. Brush* some of the reserved egg mix on top.
7• Bake* in the oven for 20 minutes. Leave* to cool before putting in a jar*.
Lemon curd : crème au citron
Ingredients
• juice of 2 lemons*
• zest of 1 lemon
• 100g caster* sugar
• 50g butter
• 2 eggs, beaten*
Method*
1• Put the lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar and butter into a Pyrex bowl.
2• Place the bowl in a bain marie and stir the ingredients until* the butter melts.
3• Add the beaten eggs and whisk* all the ingredients for 10 minutes.
4• Pour* your lemon curd into a jar*! Note: keeps* for a week in the fridge.
Chocolate hazelnut spread : pâte à tartiner à la noisette
Ingredients
• 80g ground* hazelnuts
• 75g icing* sugar
• 100g dark* chocolate
• 150ml double* cream
• 20g cocoa* powder
• 1 teaspoon* vanilla extract
• 1 pinch* of salt
Method*
1• Blend* the ground hazelnuts and icing sugar together for 5 minutes.
2• Break* the chocolate into pieces. Put in a big bowl.
3• Heat the cream, salt and cocoa powder in a saucepan. Stir. When the mixture bubbles, pour it over the chocolate in the bowl. Stir well.
4• Add* the hazelnuts and vanilla extract. Pour* your chocolate spread* into a jar! Note: keeps for a week in the fridge.
Biscuits for your dog : biscuits pour ton chien
Ingredients
• 250ml water
• 1 banana
• 1 tablespoon* honey*
• 1 teaspoon* vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 600g whole* wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking* powder
• cookie cutter*
Method*
1• Preheat* the oven to 180°C. Grease* 2 baking* trays.
2• Mash* the banana in a big bowl. Add the water, honey, vanilla extract and egg.
3• Add in the flour and baking powder. Mix* to form a dough.
4• On a floured surface, knead* the dough for 5 minutes.
5• Roll* out the dough (7mm thick). Cut out the biscuits using the cookie cutter. Put them on the baking tray.
6• Bake the biscuits in the oven for 20 minutes (or until* golden). Leave* to cool.
****** Vocabulaire anglais ******
add: ajouter
bake in the oven: faire cuire au four
baking paper: papier cuisson
baking powder: levure chimique
baking tray: plaque de cuisson
beaten (egg whites): battus (montés en neige)
blend: mixer au robot
bowl: saladier
break into pieces: casser en morceaux
brush: badigeonner
bubble: frémir
caster sugar: sucre semoule
cinnamon: cannelle
cocoa: cacao
cover: recouvrir
cupful: tasse de
cutter: emporte-pièce
cut out: découper
dark chocolate: chocolat noir
double cream: crème liquide entière
even: même
dough: pâte
flour: farine
floured surface: plan de travail fariné
grease: beurrer
ground almonds: amandes en poudre
ground hazelnuts: noisettes en poudre
heat: chauffer
honey: miel
icing sugar: sucre glace
jar: bocal
keep: se conserver
knead the dough: pétrir la pâte
leave to cool: laisser refroidir
lemon curd: crème au citron
mash: écraser
melt: faire fondre
mix: mélanger
pinch of salt: pincée de sel
pour (into): verser dans
pour (over): verser sur
preheat the oven: préchauffer le four
roll out: étaler, dérouler
saucepan: casserole
spread: pâte à tartiner
sprinkle: saupoudrer
stir: remuer
tablespoon: cuillère à soupe
teaspoon: petite cuillère
thick: d’épaisseur
turn into: transformer en
until (golden): jusqu’à (ce qu’ils soient dorés)
whisk: fouetter
whole wheat flour: farine de blé complet
“Make your Christmas gifts!”, I Love English n°323, décembre 2023. Texte : Lesley Ormal-Grenon. Photo : TypeFairy/AdobeStock – Brad Pict/AdobeStock – TinasDreamworld/Shutterstock – Maria Shumova/Shutterstock – kobeza/Shutterstock – pets and foods/ShutterstocK.
