Menu of the week: recipe ideas from Monday March 25 to Sunday March 31

More than ever, the flavors of spring are returning. Iced tea to sip in the sun, mango prepared as a compote to finish a light meal, herbed yogurt to spice up a carrot salad or mint and ricotta to enhance pea toast. In short, no more comforting winter dishes, make way for variety on fresh plates. This week ends with the Easter Sunday meal, a time of great festivities. So make your mouth water just before the egg hunt by preparing a sublime hazelnut chocolate tart.

What menu for the week?

Monday

Zakuska from Odessa
Ham, walnut and stilton salad
Chocolate cream

Tuesday

Carrot salad with candied lemon, herbed yogurt
Ham and radish butter sandwich
Eton mess style dessert with petit-suisse and rhubarb compote

Wednesday

Pea, ricotta, mint toast
Chicken with tarragon and leek
Mango compote with citrus fruits

THURSDAY

Parisian-style casserole eggs
Black lentil and red bean dhal
Chocolate mousse, praline, caramelized pumpkin seeds

Friday

Smoked mozzarella crostini, anchovy butter and sage
Steamed turbot fillets, olive, herb, garlic and lemon salsa
Giant hazelnut praline cookie

SATURDAY

Pink Pomelo and Mint Iced Tea
Sausages and mash with sauce
Financial

Sunday

Mimosa eggs and vegetable chips
Chicken contisé with curry butter, turmeric and tarragon
Hazelnut chocolate tart

Your shopping list for the week

This week, the shopping list promises to be rich. A few fruits like pear, mango, clementine and pomelo are added to the cadis alongside the vegetables: carrots, lemons, radishes, leeks, mushrooms, ginger, bintje and spleen potatoes, parsnips, kale and spring onions.

In the radius of dairy productsbring grated gruyere, blue cheese, milk, liquid cream, heavy cream, ricotta, bufala mozzarella, Greek yogurt and petit-suisses.

For'salty grocery store, note eggs, walnut kernels, coriander and fennel seeds, peas, dried red beans, black lentils, stock cubes, tomato coulis, garam masala, anchovy fillets in olive oil, honey and pitted black olives. For seasonings, it will be mayonnaise, mustard and cider vinegar.

In terms ofherbs and spicesyou will need coriander, parsley, mint, chives, cumin and Espelette pepper.

For'Sweet groceriesbuy dark and milk chocolate, rhubarb compote, meringue, cinnamon, hazelnut paste, natural and caramelized hazelnuts, almond and hazelnut powder.

To the bakeryrye bread, baguettes and slices of wholemeal bread.

Small detour to the butcher's shop to buy roast or Paris ham, chicken and some thick sausages.

Then, at the fishmongersmall fillets of turbot will do the trick.

Finally, at the wine merchantWhite wine.

Excellent week!