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crepes made of honey Recipes :

crepes made of honey Recipes :
Hazelnut and Chocolate Pastilla

Recipes : Hazelnut and Chocolate Pastilla
The "pastilla" recipe was originally a recipe from North Africa, mainly from Morroco, made with pigeons. I have made a ...
Braised Chicory with Emmental Cheese

Recipes : Braised Chicory with Emmental Cheese
WITH CUMINSEED HONEY... Recipe for 4 guests Preparation time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 100 g of French Emmental ...
Chocolate Toffees

Recipes : Chocolate Toffees
Recipe for about 20 chocolate toffees: 60g dark cooking chocolate, at least 50% cocoa. 60g unsalted butter 60g caste...
Chicken Kebabs

Recipes : Chicken Kebabs
Procedure to make chicken kebabs The best way to make chicken kebabs is to cut some chicken breasts into cubes 3/4 of...
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 ; ...
Macaroons

Recipes : Macaroons
There is one of my oldest recipe. It is a very simple recipe that will assure you of a perfect result every time. For...
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...
Lamb Tajine

Recipes : Lamb Tajine
The "tajine" (or "tagine" is both the word for the dish (as a main course) and for the clay pot that is used in North Af...
Roasted Duck with Peas

Recipes : Roasted Duck with Peas
A Roasted Duck with Peas recipe for 6 guests : 1 large duck (from Nantes if possible), weighing 1,6 to 1,8kg 80 gr of ...
Andouillette

Recipes : Andouillette
The andouillette is spicy sausage from the Troyes region, just 150 Km southeast of Paris, in the Champagne Region. It is...
Pan Fried Foie Gras

Recipes : Pan Fried Foie Gras
Pan fried foie gras recipe for 4 people: 4 Slices of foie gras of 90g (3oz) each 4 thick slices of slicepan bread 4 a...
Ras Al-Hanout

Recipes : Ras Al-Hanout
This is a spice mix that takes its origine in North African countries. In arab it means: "the head of he shop". Which ...
Round cake for the Twelfth Night

Recipes : Round cake for the Twelfth Night
As you can see, you have several opportunities : a "dry" cake (without any stuffing)or a cake stuffed with almond cream ...
Lavender Honey

French specialties : Lavender Honey
In France, the odor of the Lavender is inevitably associated the marvellous landscapes of Provence and the Lavender Hone...
Corsican Honey

French specialties : Corsican Honey
When we speak about Corsica, we think splendid landscapes, delicate wines and dried pork-butchery but quite often we for...
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...
AVPA  2008 contest : oil, honey and dry fruit

News : AVPA 2008 contest : oil, honey and dry fruit
Like in 2007, Patrick Asfaux was part of the trial jury of the AVPA (Agence pour la Valorisation des Produits Agricoles ...
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...
The Arpajon bean fair

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...
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...
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...
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...
Maghreb cooking

News : Maghreb cooking
After having paid a visit to our Canadian friends, we continue our gastronomic trips outside of France a little more sou...
Asparagus

News : Asparagus
Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ...
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 ...
Sauerkraut  ('choucroute' in French language)

News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language)
The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue...


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...

Emmental Cheese Tarte with Apricots and Fennel
Comment on recipe : [url]http://www.aftouch-cuisine.com/recipe/emmental-cheese-tarte-with-apricots-and-fennel-139.htm[/u...

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...








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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