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Ratatouille small toasts at the 'Nice' style

Recipes : Ratatouille small toasts at the 'Nice' style
Cooking also being the art of using foodstuff left from the previous meal, this is a idea for a light dinner : a few pot...
King size curved tiles cookies

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 ...
Hot oysters in a Sauternes sabayon

Recipes : Hot oysters in a Sauternes sabayon
One recipe of our 'Special Celebration' menu. Specially fattened greenish oysters in a Sauternes sabayon sauce (8 se...
Flan

Recipes : Flan
This is one of the oldest French dessert recipe. The recipe that I am giving you, here, is a basic recipe, feel free to...
Bäckeofe

Recipes : Bäckeofe
Short introduction : this typical Alsacian recipe (note of the translator : Alsace is a French province along the French...
Gratin Dauphinois

Recipes : Gratin Dauphinois
The true original Gratin Dauphinois recipe (POTATOES GRATIN). Gratin Dauphinois, serve 4 : 1 kg Potatoes (yellow fle...
Goose foie gras terrine

Recipes : Goose foie gras terrine
Like 'A Sousceyrac' For 6 servings : 1 nice goose raw foie gras (must be soft under the fingers) 6 grams of table s...
French Fries

Recipes : French Fries
French fries or "pomme Pont-Neuf" are probably the most popular french recipe. But, they are not always cooked properly....
Date nougat

Recipes : Date nougat
This date (the fruit) nougat (a kind of a candy) is a recipe of my friend Maloub who worked for numerous years for me ; ...
Maltese Sauce

Recipes : Maltese Sauce
Excellent just warm sauce for warm starters like asparagus Ingredients : 2 centiliters (0.7 fl oz) of orange juice +...
Andouillette

Recipes : Andouillette
The andouillette is spicy sausage from the Troyes region, just 150 Km southeast of Paris, in the Champagne Region. It is...
Batter for Fritters

Recipes : Batter for Fritters
There is a basic recipe to make fritters (recipe for 6-8 people) 250g (1/2 lb) strong flour, sifted. 5g (1/5 oz) tab...
Lentils

Recipes : Lentils
In culinary terms, a dish served with lentils is referred as "...Esau". It comes from the biblical character of Esau who...
Canele

French specialties : Canele
The town of Bordeaux, it is before all the city of the wine, the Quay of Chartrons, where all the large wine traders wer...
Cassoulet

French specialties : Cassoulet
The Cassoulet is a typical French dish. Its history would go up with the Hundred Year Lasting war, in the XIVth century ...
The Lobster à l'américaine Story

News : The Lobster à l'américaine Story
We are now nearly fully sure of the validity of the "à l'américaine" name of this recipe, to the contrary of the "à l'ar...
Festive menus

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...
The round cake for the Twelfth Night

News : The round cake for the Twelfth Night
This is the oldest cake in history ; we now know that the first ones were made during the neolithic age. They were prepa...
Miss Nellie and Mr Auguste

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...
Prepare you home-made 'foie gras'

News : Prepare you home-made 'foie gras'
If you have visited our site for some time, I bet you have, one day, desired to prepare your home-made 'foie gras'. May...
The 'Madeleine' story

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...
Towards the discovery of  the Yoghurts

News : Towards the discovery of the Yoghurts
It happened in very ancient times, at the fringes of the Balkanic peninsula and of Turkey that one started to find the f...
Sauerkraut  ('choucroute' in French language)

News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language)
The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue...
the omelette

News : the omelette
In the Journal of Jean Heroard (1551-1628), doctor of the young future king Louis XIII, we could read : "often, in the a...
Asparagus

News : Asparagus
Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ...
A few days in Burgundy

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...
A nice week-end in Lyon

News : A nice week-end in Lyon
As we do from time to time during the year, direction Lyon to pay a visit to some beloved friends. Her,'Speedy' Brigitt...
Chef Asfaux in jail !

News : Chef Asfaux in jail !
"Listen, I know that you are very busy but couldn't you find some availability to coach a tasting workshop in the scope ...


Orange Marmalade Swiss Roll
Comment on recipe : [url]http://www.aftouch-cuisine.com/recipe/orange-marmalade-swiss-roll-333.htm[/url] Good Day,well ...

Watermelon jam
Comment on recipe : [url]http://www.aftouch-cuisine.com/recipe/watermelon-jam-760.htm[/url] i tried this recipe and i l...

Fresh spaghetti with green olives
No 'real' sauce for this recipe but a very tasty stuff as described in the recipe (+ the basil). Numerous pasta recipe,...

Emmental Cheese Tarte with Apricots and Fennel
Comment on recipe : [url]http://www.aftouch-cuisine.com/recipe/emmental-cheese-tarte-with-apricots-and-fennel-139.htm[/u...

answer to dakshina
The disclosed recipe is just a standard very simple asparagus soup recipe ; I do not think this is a "French" soup ; thi...







The Lobster à l'américaine StoryThe Lobster à l'américaine Story
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cassoulet
The Cassoulet is a typical French dish. Its history would go up with the 100 year read more