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Peaches Melba

Recipes : Peaches Melba
4 fresh peaches, well ripe 1/2 lb fresh (or frozen) raspberries 4 oz caster sugar 1 pint creamy vanilla ice cream 2 ...
Granita

Recipes : Granita
Very simple to make and inexpensive, they do not require an ice-cream maker and they are kept in the freezer compartment...
Strawberry sorbet

Recipes : Strawberry sorbet
Ingredients : 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) fresh ripe and naturally well sugared strawberries 300 grams (2/3 lb) caster sugar...
Fruit Kebabs

Recipes : Fruit Kebabs
Fruit kebabs There are few delicious and surprising fruit kebabs ideas. These are a great way to end a barbeque party...
Clementine gratin with a Grand Marnier sabayon

Recipes : Clementine gratin with a Grand Marnier sabayon
(For 6 servings): 1 pound of peeled clementines 50 grams (2.5 soupspoons) of light brown cane sugar 1/4 cup of Grand ...
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...
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...
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...
Lobster à l'américaine

Recipes : Lobster à l'américaine
Lobster "à l'américaine" for 8 persons : 2 lobsters (alive) 15 centiliters (1/3 pint) olive oil 2 onions thinly slice...
Gateau Battu

Recipes : Gateau Battu
Gateau Battu recipe for 6 guests : 7 eggs 150 gr of butter, softened 250 gr of flour 150 gr of caster sugar 35 gr ...
Normandy style apple doughnuts

Recipes : Normandy style apple doughnuts
for 6 servings : For the batter : 250 grams wheat flour (half a pound) 1 pinch of table salt 1/4 liter of lager 3 e...
Roast Turkey with Chestnuts

Recipes : Roast Turkey with Chestnuts
This roast turkey with chestnut recipe is still a very traditional one but will also guaranteer you a nice moist meat at...
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...
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...
Calvados

French specialties : Calvados
The birth of the Calvados, this brandy of cider, which become with the wire of the centuries the standard of Normandy, i...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...








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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