17th century coffee house desserts
 | Recipes : Spooned Biscuits Spooned biscuits were originaly round shaped. They took the name "spooned" biscuits by the fact that they were shaped an... |
 | Recipes : Tarte Tatin This recipe, created by the Tatin sisters, at the beginning of the 20th century in their restaurant of La Motte Beuvron ... |
 | Recipes : Anglaise sauce or French Custard This custard recipe is the base of several recipes,from desserts accompaniments sauces to ice-cream mixes for chocolate ... |
 | Recipes : Coffee coated Chicken Breast Coffee coated Chicken breast for 4 persons 4 raw farm boneless chicken breasts 1 liter chicken stock (2 pints) 300 gr... |
 | Recipes : Carioca coffee baked cream pots Recipe for 4 to 6 people: 75g of good coffee beans 8dl whole milk 150g dark cooking chocolate, gratted 6 egg yolks... |
 | Recipes : Chocolate Chip Mousse Chocolate Chip Mousse recipe makes 6 small bowls: 200 g of dark chocolate (60% minimum) + 30 g of choolate for decorat... |
 | Recipes : Confectioner's custard This custard is a basis for numerous desserts like cakes, tarts, soufflés etc... Serving for a large bowl of confecti... |
 | Recipes : Beurre Blanc It is believed that the creation of the beurre blanc sauce came from a mistake made by the excellent cook of the "Marqui... |
 | Recipes : King size curved tiles cookies A recipe of our menu 'special end of the year celebrations'. To taste with the after lunch coffee ... For 8 large ... |
 | Recipes : Chantilly cream We call "Chantilly cream" a fresh sugared whipped cream. Number of people have taken for granted that it has been inven... |
 | Recipes : Chocolate Marquise The great thnig about this recipe is that when it comes to serve your dessert course, you will just need to take it out ... |
 French specialties : Mirabelle plum Brandy The Mirabelle plum is a small fruit typical from Lorraine whose origins are lost in the mists of time. The tradition wou... |
 French specialties : Amiens Macaroon The Amiens Macaroon are a delicious speciality of the Picardie area whose fame goes back to the XVIth century. Because o... |
 | News : Coffee tasting Second and last part of our report on coffee and still based upon documents forwarded by Mr Rocher, we now focus on arom... |
 | News : Coffee, how to choose it and make it The 2009 Paris Agricultural Fair recently closed after having received over 700,000 visitors. This year, I was invited ... |
 | News : Miss Nellie and Mr Auguste This is a short tribute to Auguste Escoffier, the so famous French cook who was active mainly at the turn of the XIXth c... |
 | News : The 'Madeleine' story Stanislas, king of Poland used to have, as a second home, the castle of Commercy, in a small town of the Lorraine region... |
 | News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language) The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue... |
 | News : Without gluten recipes Today we will deal with this harmful decease that is intolerance to gluten (or so called coeliac decease). In fact, this... |
 | News : A few days in Burgundy As usual during this calamitous August, we leave Paris under the rain to Val de Mercy. I know pretty well this region be... |
 | News : Asparagus Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ... |
 | News : Festive menus The end of the year celebrations/parties are, for number of people, an opportunity to share with relatives and/or with f... |
 | News : Lannemayou et fils, producers of Floc de Gascogne. "Hello, for all those which are not likely yet to know Floc de Gascogne, could you explain us what is this breuvage and... |
 | News : A so nice journey It is true that my children and friends have had a real great idea in offring me, for my birthday anniversary, a fixed r... |
Tartee flambees
Could someone help me to find some supplyer in Alsace to get the dought for tarte and all munster chees ,wines etc.G...
answer to Daphne
Hello Daphne In France, such bags of "sucre vanillé" contains approximately 10 grams (1/3 oz) : precisely 7.5 grams. If...
madeleine
Hi Trilby We try, from some time now (the translation of madeleines is quite old), into the English translations of rec...
Madeleine
Madeleine de Commercy is delicious! I luv french desserts and someday me and my friends r goin 2 France!...
for Sarah
On top of this page, click on "recipes" then on any of the parts of the meals (starters, meat, fish, desserts ...) you w...
