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 | Recipes : Tarte Tatin This recipe, created by the Tatin sisters, at the beginning of the 20th century in their restaurant of La Motte Beuvron ... |
 | Recipes : Chantilly cream We call "Chantilly cream" a fresh sugared whipped cream. Number of people have taken for granted that it has been inven... |
 | Recipes : Tapenade Ingredients for a bowl of 'tapenade' : 250 grams of stoned (pitted) black olives (from Nyons if you can find them - N... |
 | Recipes : Provence style Tomatoes Here is the mythical recipe of the tomatoes 'à la Provençale' (Provence style tomatoes - note of the translator : Proven... |
 | Recipes : Beurre Blanc It is believed that the creation of the beurre blanc sauce came from a mistake made by the excellent cook of the "Marqui... |
 | Recipes : Truffle Mash Potato Recipe for 4 to 6 people: 1kg potatoes 1 black truffle, 30 to 40g 160g butter salt and nutmeg... |
 | Recipes : Courgette Puree Courgette puree recipe for 4 people: 1.2kg courgettes (zucchini) 4 eggs 4 cloves of garlic, peeled 40g butter Olive... |
 | Recipes : Batter for Fritters There is a basic recipe to make fritters (recipe for 6-8 people) 250g (1/2 lb) strong flour, sifted. 5g (1/5 oz) tab... |
 | Recipes : Wafers There are many other wafer recipes, but this one is the simplest around! Wafers for 4 to 6 people : 250g strong flou... |
 | 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... |
 | Recipes : Redberries Syllabub Recipe for 6 people : 4 Greek style, natural yoghurt 100g strawberries 100g raspberries 50g blackcurrants 100g blac... |
 | Recipes : Mashed Potatoes This basic recipe can become an exceptional dish when prepared carefully. Mashed potatoes recipe for 4-6 people : 1k... |
 | Recipes : Roast andouillette in wholegrain mustard crust Recipe for 4 people: 4 Nice andouillettes For the crust: 30g wholegrain mustard 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 beaten... |
 French specialties : Verdun dragee Lorraine is an area where people like the simple and sweetened pleasures. One of the local specialities became very quic... |
 French specialties : Chicken from Bresse It's impossible to evoke Burgundy and more particularly the Bresse, without evoking one of the products which make the c... |
 | News : Queen Tomato's paradise Most people believe that tomato is a vegetable but it is actually a fruit of an herbal american plant (solanum genus) ; ... |
 | 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 : 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 : 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 : Kir Mr Félix Kir (born in 1876 in Côte d'Or, in the heart of Burgundy) was a canon, ordained as a catholic priest in 1901. ... |
 | 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 : 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 : Opening oysters Traditional activity during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the opening of oysters remains a dangerous technica... |
 | News : Without gluten recipes Today we will deal with this harmful decease that is intolerance to gluten (or so called coeliac decease). In fact, this... |
 | 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 : Asparagus Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ... |
 | News : Festive menus The end of the year celebrations/parties are, for number of people, an opportunity to share with relatives and/or with f... |
 | News : A so nice journey It is true that my children and friends have had a real great idea in offring me, for my birthday anniversary, a fixed r... |
 | 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... |
 | News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language) The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue... |
 | 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 omelette In the Journal of Jean Heroard (1551-1628), doctor of the young future king Louis XIII, we could read : "often, in the a... |
ortolan
Hi James Your are right : Patrick obviously refers to "ortolans" ("bunting" in English, a kind of a sparrow). This is a...
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...
answer to dakshina
The disclosed recipe is just a standard very simple asparagus soup recipe ; I do not think this is a "French" soup ; thi...
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 ...
