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Salmon Mousse
This Salmon Mousse is delicious served at aperitif time or in individual portions as a first course. It can be prepared up to 3 days before serving.

Miniature Nut Tartlets
This is an ideal pastry to prepare in advance for the Christmas festivities.

How to smoke trout
Save money and delight yourself by smoking your trouts or those of the supermarket.

Quebec cooking: Potato fricassee with salted pork
This economic and comforting dish is popular in many parts of Quebec. In the region of Charlevoix it is called

Homemade barbecue sauce
Also read Cooking on the barbecue It had been a long time since I was planning to develop a

Crab cakes, rémoulade sauce
Celebrate crab season by making these Crab Cakes, the recipe for Louisiana’s famous Crab Cakes.

Instant Pot Creamy Cheese Farfalle Pasta
These farfalles are perfectly coated with creamy cheese sauce.

Instant Pot Chicken Breast with mushroom sauce
This delicious Instant Pot Chicken dish is ready in less than 45 minutes and ideal for a fine dining meal for 2.

Instant Pot Pilaf Rice
A Pilaf Rice prepared in less time with the same delicious flavor.

Rhubarb Muffins
These rhubarb muffins have a slightly tangy taste with a dense and soft texture.

Blueberry Streusel Cake
This cake is a real treat accompanied by either coffee, tea or a glass of milk.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Bars
Here is a pastry to serve for the Holidays or to offer as a host gift. You can bake them 4 to 5 days before Christmas.

Cooking deer
For lovers of deer hunting and the lucky ones who received it as a gift, here is a recipe for deer steak.

Mushrooms Guide, at the market, exotic and wild
By writing this mushroom guide I wish to share with you my experiences and culinary discoveries with several varieties of mushrooms.

How to cook Rhubarb
Rhubarb is native to China and the first mention of its use dates back to 207 BC. It was introduced to Europe in the 16th century by Marco Polo who brought it to Italy on a trip to Asia.
Handy

Cooking temperatures guide
It is since I placed my digital instant thermometer in clear view close to my stove (chefs keep it permanently

Ingredients volume-weight chart
This is a volume-weitght chart I worked on for many years. It will be handy as a reference to add

Ingredients weights chart for pastry
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2022 Hall of Fame Inductees
“Micheline Mongrain-Dontigny’s cookbooks celebrate traditional and contemporary recipes as they are actually prepared in Quebec today in both home and professional kitchens. We are pleased to recognize her lifetime achievement in culinary writing.”
– Taste Canada Awards



