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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 ...
Spooned Biscuits

Recipes : Spooned Biscuits
Spooned biscuits were originaly round shaped. They took the name "spooned" biscuits by the fact that they were shaped an...
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...
Tarte Tatin

Recipes : Tarte Tatin
This recipe, created by the Tatin sisters, at the beginning of the 20th century in their restaurant of La Motte Beuvron ...
Flaugnarde with prunes from Perigord

Recipes : Flaugnarde with prunes from Perigord
For 6 guests: 4 eggs 100 gr of caster sugar 100 gr of flour 3 dl of milk 3 gr of fine salt 50 gr of prunes 60 gr...
Moules (Mussels) mariniere

Recipes : Moules (Mussels) mariniere
4 Servings 4 litres "bouchot" Mussels 80 gms butter 4 med shallots; chopped fine 1/2 litre muscadet 1 heaped tb i...
Basquaise Mussels

Recipes : Basquaise Mussels
Basquaise Mussels for 4 persons: 2 kg of perfectly washed and scratched mussels, 6 skinned tomatoes and épépinées, ...
Paté from Lorraine

Recipes : Paté from Lorraine
For 4 guests: 250 g of veal cushion 250 g of pork loin 500 g of puff pastry 1 egg 1 tbsp milk 2 shallots, finel...
Chocolate charlotte

Recipes : Chocolate charlotte
A chocolate 'charlotte' for 6 'serious' persons : 200 grams of black chocolate (over 50% cocoa) 4 egg yolks 2 soup ...
Camembert Bonbons

Recipes : Camembert Bonbons
Do not let yourself confused by the name of this recipe. It is a great recipe that will please every body. Camembert ...
Chocolate Marquise

Recipes : Chocolate Marquise
The great thnig about this recipe is that when it comes to serve your dessert course, you will just need to take it out ...
Blanquette de veau

Recipes : Blanquette de veau
served with Pilau Rice. An all time favorite. For 6 guests : 1,5 kg of veal shoulder (divided into approximately 18 ...
Pan fried Sweetbreads with a black truffle jus

Recipes : Pan fried Sweetbreads with a black truffle jus
This mythic recipe is out of this world but very expensive too. You never know ... On a special occasion... Sweetbrea...
Mirabelle plum Brandy

French specialties : Mirabelle plum Brandy
The Mirabelle plum is a small fruit typical from Lorraine whose origins are lost in the mists of time. The tradition wou...
Noyau de Poissy

French specialties : Noyau de Poissy
In Poissy, people frequently say that the Noyau de Poissy is one of the oldest liquors of France. Served as of the XVIIt...
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...
Without gluten recipes

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...
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 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...
Miss Nellie and Mr Auguste

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...
Coffee, how to choose it and make it

News : Coffee, how to choose it and make it
The 2009 Paris Agricultural Fair recently closed after having received over 700,000 visitors. This year, I was invited ...
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...


answer to Daphne
Hello Daphne In France, such bags of "sucre vanillé" contains approximately 10 grams (1/3 oz) : precisely 7.5 grams. If...

Madeleine
Madeleine de Commercy is delicious! I luv french desserts and someday me and my friends r goin 2 France!...

for Sarah
On top of this page, click on "recipes" then on any of the parts of the meals (starters, meat, fish, desserts ...) you w...

answer to Jay
Hi Jay This recipe is the one of the pastry AS A BASE for some desserts. Of course, it is not intented to be eaten by i...

réponse à Fernanda
Bonjour Fernanda, Cliquez sur le drapeau français en haut à droite de cette page puis dans la rubriques "recettes", cla...








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Mr Auguste
This is a short tribute to Auguste Escoffier, the so famous French cook . Mr Auguste
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'armoricaine" one.read more