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Bouillon de Notes looking back …

Bouillon de Notes — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 22:24:18 +0000

We wish all of you a healthy and prosperous 2014! Here comes a little review of some of these moments that have created Bouillon de Notes: wonderful people, unique moments, sharing a plate, listening to music that touches your soul – thanks to all of you!

The song you’re listing to is called ‘for Liên’ – written and performed by Bouillon de Notes Band.

I must admit that we are a little proud to be able to offer besides my cooking also our own band and music … available on CD in 2014!

Monday Music Miam Contest

Bouillon de Notes — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 19:54:31 +0000

Something for Food Bloggers that like music!

Every first Monday of the month food bloggers that like eating and music are invited to post a music video that they love on cuisinedetouslesjours.com. Of course the ones who don’t like to cook are invited as well !!!

http://cuisinedetouslesjours.com/2012/05/26/le-monday-music-miam/

When we stumbled over that we had to post a video of our close friend KJ with a fantastic song of her called ‘Beautiful’. And this video is a pure Bouillon de Notes production – filmed and photo montage by my husband.

This song you will find as well on her newest album ‘DESTINY’.

http://bouillondenotes.com/kj-denhert-beautiful/

Blueberry Muffins with Hazelnut Crumble

Bouillon de Notes — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:28:46 +0000

A blueberry muffin – a little delight to accompany an afternoon tea or coffee.

20 pieces

Hazelnut Crumble: 40 gr ground hazelnuts 50 gr moist brown sugar 85 gr plain flour 1 pinch salt		Mix the ground hazelnuts, brown sugar, flour and a pinch of salt.
65 gr butter, softened		Add the butter and rub it in with your fingers until the butter is incorporated.
Preparation / 10 min		The pastry will become crumbly.
Rest 1 hr		Let rest 1 hr in the refrigerator.
Blueberry Muffins:		Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
6 eggs 220 gr sugar		Beat the eggs and sugar together until creamy.
260 gr plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 130 gr butter, softened 1 Tbsp orange blossom water (optional)		Gently stir in the flour and baking powder, then the soft butter and orange blossom water.
		Fill muffin cups to 3/4 full with batter.
100 gr blueberry jam		Drop a teaspoonful of blueberry jam into the middle of the muffin batter.
150 gr fresh or frozen blueberries (take them out of the freezer 30 min. before using) 1 Tbsp flour		Mix the flour with the blueberries. Then add 1 Tbsp of blueberries to each muffin.
		Cover with hazelnut crumble.
180 °C / 25 min Preparation 15 min		Place the muffins on a tray and bake in preheated oven for 25 min.
		The crumble will turn golden brown and crunchy on the well-risen muffins.

A Day in Hamburg …

Bouillon de Notes — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:38:31 +0000

What a surprise it was when we found our site on top of a winner’s list together with ten other food blogger.

We actually won an invitation to a ‘Food Blogger Meeting’ at the Koch Kontor in Hamburg, Germany, sponsored by the Department of Agriculture of France. Goal was just to meet, sit, talk and cook the whole day together under the guidance of French Chef Nicolas Bonfils. What a blast it was – starting with the ‘Amuse-Bouche’ ending with an excellent dessert.

Everything was perfectly organized, the best French products at our disposal for an exquisite meal. And the cherry on the cake was that a professional camera team filmed the whole day!

the blog video

Bouillon de Notes — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:30:21 +0000

It was clear we shoot a video to share BdN with our readers. Here you see version 1.0. So far just a few ‘backstage’ scenes and pictures together with our music played by our BdN band. Even our cat is participating in a short scene … a first take – nevertheless it allows you to sneak around a little backstage to give you an idea what’s happening