basic preparation and cooking methods in france Recipes :
![]() | Recipes : Granita Very simple to make and inexpensive, they do not require an ice-cream maker and they are kept in the freezer compartment... |
![]() | Recipes : Hot oysters in a Jurançon sabayon For 4 servings : 24 specially fattened greenish oysters (size N°3) 1/10 liter (half a cup) of Jurançon(*) wine 1 thin... |
![]() | Recipes : Lentils In culinary terms, a dish served with lentils is referred as "...Esau". It comes from the biblical character of Esau who... |
![]() | Recipes : Beret Basque Ingredients for the "Beret Basque" chocolate dessert: Chocolate mousse: 6 egg whites, 200g dark cooking chocolate, ... |
![]() | Recipes : Broccoli This beautiful and versatile vegetable is very easy to prepare.... |
![]() | Recipes : Champagne sabayon, crunchy cookies A recipe of our menu 'special end of the year celebrations'. A magic dessert that can be prepared a few hours in adva... |
![]() | Recipes : Rolled Omelette This is a basic omelette recipe, have a look at our page about omelettes to find out more on the subject... A nice om... |
![]() | Recipes : Provence style Tomatoes Here is the mythical recipe of the tomatoes 'à la Provençale' (Provence style tomatoes - note of the translator : Proven... |
![]() | Recipes : Emmental Cheese Tarte with Apricots and Fennel Recipe for 4 guests Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 35 à 40 minutes Ingredients: For the shortcut pastry... |
![]() | Recipes : Braised Chicory with Emmental Cheese WITH CUMINSEED HONEY... Recipe for 4 guests Preparation time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 100 g of French Emmental ... |
![]() | Recipes : Warm green asparagus Warm green asparagus, salted 'Chantilly' whipped cream with turmeric, chives and chips of Parmesan cheese... 4 servin... |
![]() | Recipes : Milk Toffee I am sure that this delicious, ancient traditional recipe will please children and grown-ups alike. To know all about... |
![]() | Recipes : Spices for poultry In the kitchen of every good restaurant, one prepares in advance a seasoning that is used for roasted meat and/or for te... |
![]() French specialties : Sauerkraut Like all the areas of France, Alsace has its specialities and the Sauerkraut, in the world, is always associated its are... |
![]() French specialties : Burgundy Snails If Burgundy is known for its vineyards, the Burgundy Snails is without any doubt one of the best ambassadors of the Burg... |
![]() | News : Maghreb cooking After having paid a visit to our Canadian friends, we continue our gastronomic trips outside of France a little more sou... |
![]() | 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 : 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... |
![]() | News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language) The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue... |
![]() | News : Asparagus Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ... |
![]() | News : mixed flavoured butters The basic principle is the same in all cases : you must soften the butter and incorporate into it one or several flavour... |
![]() | 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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... |
![]() | News : Opening oysters Traditional activity during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the opening of oysters remains a dangerous technica... |
![]() | 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... |
![]() | 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... |
![]() | 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... |
answer to BernayG
Dear BernayG No difficulty and no risk to prepare it badly. The only real care you need to take (in addition to stick t...
madeleine
Hi Trilby We try, from some time now (the translation of madeleines is quite old), into the English translations of rec...
picture
Charlotte, I assume "pic" stands for "picture" ? The chef inputs a picture of the recipe when available : it happens f...
madelaine
:-))Madeleine are lovely yum yum its just like the ones in France cos i am French...
Madeleine
Madeleine de Commercy is delicious! I luv french desserts and someday me and my friends r goin 2 France!...
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