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Banana cake

Recipes : Banana cake
For 6 guests : 200 g ripe bananas 200 g of flour, sieved 200 g of caster sugar 70 g of butter 2 eggs the juice of ...
Pilau Rice

Recipes : Pilau Rice
Pilau Rice 200 gr of long grain rice 1 onion, finely chopped 1 bouquet garni 50 gr of butter 300 gr of the veal sto...
Duck Breast with Asparagus

Recipes : Duck Breast with Asparagus
Duck Breast with Asparagus for two persons: 1 filet of Duck breast, Asparagus tips, cut from one bunch of peeled as...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Garlic butter for snails

Recipes : Garlic butter for snails
250g butter 12g salt 3g ground white pepper 2 cloves of garlic, cored, crushed and finely chopped 1 shallot finely c...
Bechamel Sauce

Recipes : Bechamel Sauce
Recipe for a litre of finished sauce: 80g butter 80g plain flour 1 litre full fat milk salt, pepper and a pinch of...
Hollandaise Sauce

Recipes : Hollandaise Sauce
Hollandaise (sauce) : for asparagus, poached fish, artichoke hearts,... Ingredients for this sauce : 3 eggyolks 8 c...
Flaky pastry

Recipes : Flaky pastry
Ingredients : 250 g (8 to 9 oz) wheat flour 200 g (7 oz) butter 1/10 liter (3 to 4 fl oz) water 5 g (1 small traspoo...
Madeleine

Recipes : Madeleine
Makes 1 dozen Madeleine: 3 eggs 50 g of milk 200 g of caster sugar 1 sachet or dose of vanilla sugar 250 g of flo...
Maltese Sauce

Recipes : Maltese Sauce
Excellent just warm sauce for warm starters like asparagus Ingredients : 2 centiliters (0.7 fl oz) of orange juice +...
Burgundy Truffle

French specialties : Burgundy Truffle
In Haute-Marne, we find the Burgundy truffle said ( Tuber Uncinatum) althougt call the grey truffle. This mushroom, fe...
Kouign-Amann

French specialties : Kouign-Amann
Kouign-Amann is a typically regional dessert in the dubious beginning. The first version concerning its origins would b...
Festive menus

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...
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...
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...
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...
Asparagus

News : Asparagus
Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ...
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...








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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