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bottle of milk Recipes :

bottle of milk Recipes :
Anglaise sauce or French Custard

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 ...
Home-made Yoghurts

Recipes : Home-made Yoghurts
A very simple recipe for home-made yoghurts For 6 pots : 1 liter whole milk (whole milk is recommended to get unctuo...
Milk Toffee

Recipes : Milk Toffee
I am sure that this delicious, ancient traditional recipe will please children and grown-ups alike. To know all about...
Carioca coffee baked cream pots

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...
Almond Milk Custard Tart

Recipes : Almond Milk Custard Tart
Almond Milk flan is an ancient traditional recipe that I digged up from my old cookery books to bring it to you today. ...
Dark Chocolate Cream

Recipes : Dark Chocolate Cream
... with grilled and caramelized hazelnuts Dark Chocolate Cream for 6 guests: 1 litre of whole milk 250 g of caster...
Caneles

Recipes : Caneles
For a dozen canelés : 1 tablespoon of brown rum 1 egg + 2 egg yolks 1/2 liter of milk 1 vanilla bean 220 g of ...
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...
Prunes 'far'

Recipes : Prunes 'far'
6 servings : 24 dry cored prunes 1 liter (1/4 gallon) fat milk 6 eggs 180 grams (1/3-1/2 pound) top quality butter ...
Bechamel Sauce

Recipes : Bechamel Sauce
Recipe for a litre of finished sauce: 80g butter 80g plain flour 1 litre full fat milk salt, pepper and a pinch of...
Champagne sabayon, crunchy cookies

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...
Madeleine

Recipes : Madeleine
Makes 1 dozen Madeleine: 3 eggs 50 g of milk 200 g of caster sugar 1 sachet or dose of vanilla sugar 250 g of flo...
Confectioner's custard

Recipes : Confectioner's custard
This custard is a basis for numerous desserts like cakes, tarts, soufflés etc... Serving for a large bowl of confecti...
Colza oil

French specialties : Colza oil
With oils the choice is wide, but there is one that we would be wrong to ignore, it is the colza oil. Indeed its) applic...
Poiré

French specialties : Poiré
If the Cider is the traditional drink Haute like Basse-Normandie, Poiré is a less known and more contemporary drink. Fro...
Lannemayou et fils, producers of Floc de Gascogne.

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...
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...
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...
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...


madeleine
Hi Trilby We try, from some time now (the translation of madeleines is quite old), into the English translations of rec...








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festive menu
The end of the year celebrations/parties are, for number of people, an opportunity to share with relatives and/or with friends. festive menu
cassoulet
The Cassoulet is a typical French dish. Its history would go up with the 100 year read more