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Citron et Vanille is a blog mainly focused on healthy French and Italian cuisines, some recipes are traditional, some are more contemporary, but always using fresh and and seasonal ingredients. The author is Franco-Italian growing up in France with a passion for Mediterranean flavors

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Seafood'

Jul 05

The crab lost his house – Soft shell crab with almond crust on grilled fennel and radicchio salad, cream of chick peas and capers

Le crabe a perdu sa maison – Crabes bleus en croûte d’amandes, sur lit de fenouil et trévise grillés, crème de pois chiches et câpres Pardon my ignorance, I thought the soft crabs were a particular kind of specie…They’re (read full article)

Appetizer, chick pea cream, chick peas, Fennel, Fish Seafood, radicchio, Seafood, soft shell crab

Jun 18

The well dressed shrimps – Shrimps wrapped in soba with pomegranate chili dipping sauce

Les crevettes bien habillées – Crevettes enroulées de nouilles soba et sauce grenade et chili Well here I am again with shrimps…when we cook we all find our inspiration from different sources, it can be our moms, grandmothers, books, c (read full article)

Alain Ducasse, Appetizer, Appetizers, Chili, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish Seafood, garlic, pomegranate, pomegranate dipping sauce, Seafood

Jun 09

A table with a view – Grilled baby cuttlefish with crushed herb potato and tapenade salad – Garlic vinaigrette

Une table avec vue – Salade de seiches grillées avec pommes de terres à la tapenade et vinaigrette à l’ail This one will be among my favorite seafood salads…When you are in love with so many dishes, it’s hard to just pick (read full article)

Appetizer, Appetizers, cuttlefish, Fish Seafood, garlic, potatoes, salad, Salads, Seafood

Jun 01

For French mother’s day – Sauté shrimps with cardamom and blackberry coulis

Pour la fête des mères – Crevettes sautées à la cardamome et au coulis de mûres I have felt the whole day as if today was Sunday…what a “tête en l’air” (head in the air) that would translate into air-headed, I do (read full article)

Appetizer, Blackberries, cardamom, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish Seafood, mint, Seafood, shrimps

May 06

As chic as a Chanel dress – Sea scallop on green apple with vanilla oil

Aussi chic qu’une robe Chanel – St jacques à la pomme verte et huile de vanille I have been obsessing about this green apple/scallop combination for weeks, and could not come up with something that I would be excited about. Raw apple? c (read full article)

Appetizers, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish Seafood, french, granny smith apple, scallops, Seafood, vanilla, vanilla oil

May 06

As chic as a Chanel dress – Sea scallop on green apple with vanilla oil

Aussi chic qu’une robe Chanel – St jacques à la pomme verte et huile de vanille I have been obsessing about this green apple/scallop combination for weeks, and could not come up with something that I would be excited about. Raw apple? c (read full article)

Appetizers, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish Seafood, french, granny smith apple, scallops, Seafood, vanilla, vanilla oil

May 06

As chic as a Chanel dress – Sea scallop on green apple with vanilla oil

Aussi chic qu’une robe Chanel – St jacques à la pomme verte et huile de vanille I have been obsessing about this green apple/scallop combination for weeks, and could not come up with something that I would be excited about. Raw apple? c (read full article)

Appetizers, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish Seafood, french, granny smith apple, scallops, Seafood, vanilla, vanilla oil

May 06

As chic as a Chanel dress – Sea scallop on green apple with vanilla oil

Aussi chic qu’une robe Chanel – St jacques à la pomme verte et huile de vanille I have been obsessing about this green apple/scallop combination for weeks, and could not come up with something that I would be excited about. Raw apple? c (read full article)

Appetizers, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish Seafood, french, granny smith apple, scallops, Seafood, vanilla, vanilla oil

Apr 13

Eat your broccoli! – Almond shrimps with broccoli purée

Mange tes brocolis! – Crevettes aux amandes et purée de brocoli Nothing too fancy in this post, but rather a very simple combination of shrimps and broccoli. Very few ingredients that work well together. Vegetable purée is a great way to hav (read full article)

Broccoli, broccoli puree, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish Seafood, grilled tomato, Seafood, shrimps

Mar 18

Ocean terrine – Scallops and shrimp terrine with herbs and asparagus ribbons in vinaigrette

Terrine de la mer parfumée – Terrine de St Jacques et crevettes aux herbes – rubans d’asperges en vinaigrette I am fascinated by the world of terrines, like most French, we love terrines, and what is more French than a terrine? re (read full article)

Appetizer, Appetizers, asparagus, Fish Seafood, french, scallops, Seafood, shrimps, Terrine

Mar 01

Seafood obsession part III – Spicy mussels and clams with leeks, beer, chili and herbs

A la pêche aux moules….- Moules et praires aux poireaux, bière, piment et herbes A la pêche aux moules, moules, moules, je ne veux plus y aller maman, les gens de la ville, ville, ville, m’ont pris mon panier… despite mon pani (read full article)

Appetizer, Appetizers, beer, Chili, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish Seafood, french, leeks, moules, Mussels

Feb 25

To share with a girlfriend – Traditional Italian seafood stew from Fano

Per una cena tra amiche – Brodetto alla Fanese When two friends reunite around a huge pot of brodetto, it’s always a memorable evening…especially when both of them are craving fish and seafood. I grew up eating brodetto, my mom (read full article)

brodetto, cod, fano, fish, Fish Seafood, italian, scallops, Seafood, seafood stew, shrimps

Feb 06

One spoon for me and two for you – Scallops with mango and blood orange vinaigrette

Une cuillère pour moi, et deux pour toi – Cuillères de St Jacques à la vinaigrette de mangue et orange sanguine I bought so many different kinds of those cuillères (spoons) while in France, which was not really a necessity since they are al (read full article)

Appetizer, Appetizers, blood orange, chives, Fish Seafood, hors d'oeuvres, mango, scallops, Seafood, small bites

Jan 19

Delicious little tentacles – Tagine of octopus with mangoes

Délicieuses petites tentacules – Tagine de poulpe aux mangues From what I’ve seen and heard, I have found very few people crazy about octopus…unlike me, I love it, like every thing else that lives in an ocean. The thing with octopu (read full article)

Fish Seafood, mangoes, Octopus, Seafood, tagine

Nov 20

A soothing trio – Shrimps chermoula with mung beans and red kale, red bell peppers

Un trio appaisant – Crevettes en chermoula, haricots mungo et chou frisé aux poivrons Some days, you just feel like something hearty, healthy with lost of flavors…so I decided to finally cook those mung beans I had for a while in my p (read full article)

dhal, Fish Seafood, mung beans, red bell peppers, red kale, Seafood, shrimps chermoula

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