sweet desserts
![]() | Recipes : Green lentils and chanterelle terrine Green lentils and chanterelle terrine (for 6 persons) : 200 grams (nearly ½ lb) green lentils (only washed) 1 onion... |
![]() | 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 ... |
![]() | 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 ... |
![]() | Recipes : Spooned Biscuits Spooned biscuits were originaly round shaped. They took the name "spooned" biscuits by the fact that they were shaped an... |
![]() | Recipes : Confectioner's custard This custard is a basis for numerous desserts like cakes, tarts, soufflés etc... Serving for a large bowl of confecti... |
![]() | 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 : Little Mussel Cakes Little Mussel Cakes recipe for 8 guests: 2 lt of mussels, clean 1 large sweet onion 5 dl of dry white wine 5 dl of ... |
![]() | Recipes : Hachis Parmentier Hachis Parmentier for 8 guests : 1 kg 200 of cooked pot-au-feu meat 50 gr of parsley 2 sweet onions (Roscoff variet... |
![]() | Recipes : Boulangere potatoes Garnish for a 6 serving course : 600 grams (20 oz) peeled potatoes cut into thin slices 300 grams (10 oz) peeled and c... |
![]() | Recipes : Cod Cheeks With its onion and ratte potato puree This recipe is from the region of Dunkerque Cod cheeks recipe for 6 guests :... |
![]() | Recipes : Ray wing and Leek Bake Ray wing and leek bake recipe for 6 : 2 kg of ray (also known as skate) or 6 wings 2 litres water 4 dl vinegar 3 nic... |
![]() | Recipes : Seared Foie Gras with Mirabelle Plum Despite being a bit on the expensive side - I admit, this is a very tasty and simple recipe. Seared foie gras with m... |
![]() | Recipes : Onion soup Onion soup, for 8 persons : 1 kilogram (2 'large' pounds) of sweet onions 2.5 COLD liters (1 'large' half of a gallon)... |
![]() 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... |
![]() 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... |
![]() | 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 omelette In the Journal of Jean Heroard (1551-1628), doctor of the young future king Louis XIII, we could read : "often, in the a... |
![]() | News : Maghreb cooking After having paid a visit to our Canadian friends, we continue our gastronomic trips outside of France a little more sou... |
![]() | 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 : 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 : Recipes for persons suffering from type 2 -diabetes Yes, we can prepare and eat good food and suffer somewhat from type 2-diabetes (this is my personal case). I react by av... |
![]() | 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... |
![]() | 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 : 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 ... |
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...




































