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on special holidays what foods are eaten Recipes :

on special holidays what foods are eaten Recipes :
Chocolate Fondant

Recipes : Chocolate Fondant
Makes 8 individual cakes 200 g of dark chocolaet, 60% 8 squares of the same chocolate 220 g of butter 160 g of cast...
Cheese Fondue

Recipes : Cheese Fondue
The recipe is originally Swiss and is called Fondue moitié-moitié (half-half). Cheese Fondue pour 6 personnes : 600 ...
Gratin Dauphinois

Recipes : Gratin Dauphinois
The true original Gratin Dauphinois recipe (POTATOES GRATIN). Gratin Dauphinois, serve 4 : 1 kg Potatoes (yellow fle...
King size curved tiles cookies

Recipes : King size curved tiles cookies
A recipe of our menu 'special end of the year celebrations'. To taste with the after lunch coffee ... For 8 large ...
Orange Flavoured Sponge Cake

Recipes : Orange Flavoured Sponge Cake
Grand Ma's orange flavoured sponge cake: Quickly made, I am sure that all the family will enjoy them. Orange spong...
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...
Roasted scallops coated with hazelnut crumbs

Recipes : Roasted scallops coated with hazelnut crumbs
One recipe of our menu 'special end of the year celebrations'. (for 8 servings if part of a sampling menu or for 4 if...
Bäckeofe

Recipes : Bäckeofe
Short introduction : this typical Alsacian recipe (note of the translator : Alsace is a French province along the French...
Strawberry Pie

Recipes : Strawberry Pie
This strawberry pie with its light cream and redcurrant and cardamom "mirror" jelly requires some organisation planning ...
Hot oysters in a Sauternes sabayon

Recipes : Hot oysters in a Sauternes sabayon
One recipe of our 'Special Celebration' menu. Specially fattened greenish oysters in a Sauternes sabayon sauce (8 se...
Champagne sabayon, crunchy cookies

Recipes : Champagne sabayon, crunchy cookies
A recipe of our menu 'special end of the year celebrations'. A magic dessert that can be prepared a few hours in adva...
Parmentier with duck, foie gras and truffles

Recipes : Parmentier with duck, foie gras and truffles
A recipe of our menu 'special end of the year celebrations'. Cottage pie 'parmentier' (*) with duck, foie gras and bl...
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 ...
Verdun dragee

French specialties : Verdun dragee
Lorraine is an area where people like the simple and sweetened pleasures. One of the local specialities became very quic...
Laguiole

French specialties : Laguiole
Laguiole which is pronounce "laïole" in Aubrac, its production area, is a cheese of which origins go back to many centur...
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 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...
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...
Opening oysters

News : Opening oysters
Traditional activity during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the opening of oysters remains a dangerous technica...
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...
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 Bernard
Hello Bernard We have posted over 15 new recipes (in English) in the course of last month in view of the Christmas and ...

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...








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Eat today
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