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buck wheat cakes Recipes :
Chocolate Fondant

Recipes : Chocolate Fondant
Makes 8 individual cakes 200 g of dark chocolaet, 60% 8 squares of the same chocolate 220 g of butter 160 g of cast...
Little Mussel Cakes

Recipes : Little Mussel Cakes
Little Mussel Cakes recipe for 8 guests: 2 lt of mussels, clean 1 large sweet onion 5 dl of dry white wine 5 dl of ...
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...
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...
Shortcrust pastry

Recipes : Shortcrust pastry
Ingredients for a shortcrust pastry for a nice tart : 250 grams wheat flour 125 grams soft butter 3 grams table sal...
Pumpkin 'surprise' pancakes

Recipes : Pumpkin 'surprise' pancakes
For approximately 40 pancakes For the pancakes mixture : 250 grams (1.1 lb) wheat flour 3 eggs (yolks and whites) b...
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 ...
Shortbread pastry

Recipes : Shortbread pastry
Here is the recipe of the 'shortbread pastry' ('pâte sablée' en French), sometimes forgotten from the pastry cook books ...
Smoked salmon cake

Recipes : Smoked salmon cake
6 servings : 3 eggs 150 grams (1/3 pound) wheat flour 1 small bag of baking powder 1/10 liter (1/2 cup) colza oil 1...
Orange Flavoured Sponge Cake

Recipes : Orange Flavoured Sponge Cake
Grand Ma's orange flavoured sponge cake: Quickly made, I am sure that all the family will enjoy them. Orange spong...
Chocolate Fondue

Recipes : Chocolate Fondue
This recipe was added onto the list of our restaurant "La Campagne Lotoise" in 1994. We were serving it with "madeleines...
Fresh cod filets with hazelnuts

Recipes : Fresh cod filets with hazelnuts
Fresh cod steaks/filets breaded with hazelnut powder (6 servings) : 6 fresh cod steaks/filets (1/3 to 1/2 of a pound ...
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 ...
Muscadet

French specialties : Muscadet
The Muscadet wine is a subtle wine which is coming from type of vine "Melon" of Burgundian origin, which was introduced ...
Nancy Macaroon

French specialties : Nancy Macaroon
If there is a city in Lorraine which deserves a little break, it is indeed Nancy and its splendid architectural sets. Na...
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...
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...
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...


origin?!
I'm doing a french project on chocolate lava cakes, but can't seem to find the origin?? Can anyone help me out here?! th...

answer to Linda
Please read again the list of ingredients : you will find the answer (80 grams i.e. 2.5 oz) to your questions. I believe...

flour
Hi again David For clarification, Type 45 flour is the purest one and plain flour (so the less pure) is at the opposite...

Dumpling Dough
Hi David For once, let's be lazy, pragmatic and efficient : when I intend to make Chinese (or not) dumplings, I buy alr...

dumpling for David
Hi again David You are right : I've seen your messages on the French side, which is strange actually but no worries (I ...








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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