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Boulangere potatoes

Recipes : Boulangere potatoes
Garnish for a 6 serving course : 600 grams (20 oz) peeled potatoes cut into thin slices 300 grams (10 oz) peeled and c...
Roasted strips of duck magret with mirabelle plums

Recipes : Roasted strips of duck magret with mirabelle plums
A recipe of our menu 'special end of the year celebrations Roast strips of magret of duck, sweet and sour mirabelles ...
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...
Smoked duck breast salad

Recipes : Smoked duck breast salad
Smoked duck breast salad for 6 guests: A variety of seasonal greens, washed and dried 8 thin cuts of roasted duck br...
Kebabs of Oysters and Cured Duck Magret

Recipes : Kebabs of Oysters and Cured Duck Magret
This is a very simple recipe which will put your taste buds in extasy. Oyster kebabs for 6 people: 48 Oysters 48 Pa...
Maltese Sauce

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

Recipes : Pilau Rice
Pilau Rice 200 gr of long grain rice 1 onion, finely chopped 1 bouquet garni 50 gr of butter 300 gr of the veal sto...
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 ; ...
Caramel sauce

Recipes : Caramel sauce
Here, you will find my advices and tips to make your caramel sauce a "reussite" every time. there is what you need to...
Brussel's Sprouts with Pancetta

Recipes : Brussel's Sprouts with Pancetta
A tasty mix of Brussel's sprouts and crispy and smoky baked pancetta. Pancetta is a type of Italian cured and spiced ro...
Gratin Dauphinois

Recipes : Gratin Dauphinois
The true original Gratin Dauphinois recipe (POTATOES GRATIN). Gratin Dauphinois, serve 4 : 1 kg Potatoes (yellow fle...
Maltese style Strawberries

Recipes : Maltese style Strawberries
For 6 timbales/small bowls : 1/2 kilogram (1.1 lb) well ripe strawberries 3 nice oranges 2 centiliters (0.7 fl oz) or...
Prawns with mango

Recipes : Prawns with mango
(6 servings) 3/10 liter (1 large cup) of liquid cream 1 soupspoon of white (alcool) vinegar 18 shelled prawns 1 ma...
Arles Sausage

French specialties : Arles Sausage
The dry Sausage is certainly one of the typical products of the soils of France that our compatriots prefer and for this...
Rillons de Tours

French specialties : Rillons de Tours
The pigs were often during the past centuries, one of the rare meat contributions to the food of the campaigns and the a...
Asparagus

News : Asparagus
Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ...
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...
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...
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 ...
mixed flavoured butters

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...
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...
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...


marquise au chocolat
Msr. Asfaux, What is the traditional way of making this? I have been told it is many thin layers of chocolate mousse an...

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