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 | Recipes : Pickled Pork with Lentils Pickled pork with lentils for 6 guests: 600 gr of spare ribs, slightly salted 1 knuckle of ham, slightly salted 1 c... |
 | Recipes : Pork steak Alsatian Style It is unfortunate, that this remarkable cut of pork "rouelle"(French for small wheel) is hardly served any more. The "ro... |
 | Recipes : Lamb Kebabs To make lamb kebabs it is best to make small cubes, about 1/2 an inch thick, using lamb's shoulder or leg of lamb meat. ... |
 | Recipes : Veal chops “Pojarski” There is a cult recipe from the French gastronomy : veal chops “Pojarski”.This recipe comes in direct line from Russian ... |
 | Recipes : Oysters in Chablis jelly Oysters in Chablis jelly (4 servings): 24 specially fattened greenish oysters (size N°3) 3/10 liter (a large cup or ... |
 | Recipes : Mayonnaise Used with: cold meats, poultry, eggs, fish, etc. Ingredients: 2 eggs 1/3 litre of oil 1 teaspoon mustard 1 teas... |
 | Recipes : Mushroom coulis Keep this "basic recipe" at hand as it will be useful in elaborating numerous other recipes. MY ADVICE: Make this recip... |
 | Recipes : Herring Papillotes “A la boulonnaise” Herring Papillotes for 6 guests : 6 fresh herrings, with their eggs 200 gr of mushrooms (champ... |
 | Recipes : Leeks Royale Leeks Royale for 6 guests : 1 kg of leeks (the white part only) 3 eggs 2 dl of cream For the sauce : 2 dl of doubl... |
 | Recipes : Moules (Mussels) mariniere 4 Servings 4 litres "bouchot" Mussels 80 gms butter 4 med shallots; chopped fine 1/2 litre muscadet 1 heaped tb i... |
 | Recipes : Cauliflower Cream with Smoked Salmon Caviar For 6 guests: 400 gr of cooked cauliflower 30 cl of dairy cream 15 gr of powdered gelatin 60 gr of smoked salmon egg... |
 | Recipes : Seafood Parillada Ingredients for 4 guests: 4 sardines, 2 salmon steaks, 8 shrimp, 4 prawns, 4 mullets, 4 tomatoes, 4 mild green ... |
 | Recipes : Roast andouillette in wholegrain mustard crust Recipe for 4 people: 4 Nice andouillettes For the crust: 30g wholegrain mustard 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 beaten... |
 French specialties : Roussette The Rhone-Alps area is a ground of vineyards and Savoy is one of the most prolific soils. If the whites of Savoy are wel... |
 French specialties : Corsican Cape Muscatel Corsica is a ground of vineyard and it does not count less than nine Labels of origin Controlled and the Corsican Cape M... |
 | 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 : 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... |
 | 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 ... |
 | News : Queen Tomato's paradise Most people believe that tomato is a vegetable but it is actually a fruit of an herbal american plant (solanum genus) ; ... |
 | News : The Arpajon bean fair My arrival into this fair sent me back in the years when I participated to those contests. The age coming, I was invited... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
 | News : Asparagus Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ... |
 | 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 : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language) The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue... |
answer to Laura
Hi Laura, We will be delighful to help you but we need some details : I do not now the word "lava" : could you please e...
Dumpling Dough?
[b]Where are you located?[/b] I live in a small town about an hour to the West of Jerusalem. I don't believe that anyo...
mrs
I have recently returned to UK after many years in France. I find UK bread of all sorts disgusting, simply turning to p...
cassoulet and merguez
Hello Hans Are you Dutch ? Thanks for your kind comments and for having found time and energy for preparing a cassoulet...
