Smart food - Jean Cazals

Smart Food is a collection of 140 inspiring and innovative recipes for impressive weekend cooking and those occasions when you want something special. Whether you are entertaining or just like to enjoy cooking something more adventurous, these exciting, flavourful recipes will provide a wealth of tempting ideas. The book covers the full range of starters, main courses with fish, chicken, meat and game, side dishes and desserts. The recipes are all very achievable and owe their flair to innovative ways of using ingredients and flavourings to maximum effect. Starters include delights such as Asparagus with quail eggs and prosciutto, Warm artichoke and hazelnut salad and Fish timbales with hazelnut dressing. Main courses range from Seafood pasta with coconut cream sauce and Roasted monkfish with saffron aioli to Coq au vin with thyme and juniper and Lamb with Chinese spices. Irresistible desserts include such treats as Iced pear parfait and Chocolate star anise cake. 100 colour photographs add to the mouth-watering inspiration of this must-have book.;For every cook who wants not only to make something a bit different, but also to feel confident that they will produce impressive and delicious results, this book is essential!