Summer recipes

Spiced orange cream

Spiced Orange Cream

This orange cream (without the cinnamon) was a well-kept family secret for a long time. My grandma would regularly make it as dessert for her Sunday lunch, and my mum

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Tarte au Cantal

Tarte au Cantal

Over the years, this tart has become a classic at my parents’ – it’s so easy that even my dad can make it! You can watch how to make this

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Green Pasta Salad

This vibrant green pasta salad is full of springtime goodness: podded broad beans, crunchy mange-tout and a zingy herb dressing. To bulk it up and make a proper meal out

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Upside-down Damson Cake

Damson season is quite a big deal in Luxembourg. There are Quetschefester (damson fêtes) taking place throughout the country where you can sometimes see how they cook Quetschekraut (damson ‘kraut’,

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Rustic Mirabelle Galette

I can’t think of summer in Luxembourg and not think of mirabelles! In the French city of Metz, which is a short hour’s drive away from Luxembourg city, they even

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Tel Aviv-Style Hummus

I’ve always loved hummus and been making it for years. But on my first trip to Israel, I realized that the Israeli hummus is quite different from the one found

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