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the word bean in french Recipes :

the word bean in french Recipes :
French Beans

Recipes : French Beans
There is the ideal way to cook French bean making sure that they keep their green and crunchy qualities: Cooking Fren...
French Fries

Recipes : French Fries
French fries or "pomme Pont-Neuf" are probably the most popular french recipe. But, they are not always cooked properly....
Caneles

Recipes : Caneles
For a dozen canelés : 1 tablespoon of brown rum 1 egg + 2 egg yolks 1/2 liter of milk 1 vanilla bean 220 g of ...
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...
Nice style gnocchis

Recipes : Nice style gnocchis
A 'warm'(hearty) recipe all 'young and old' will enjoy 6 servings : 2 large pounds of starchy potatoes half a pound...
French cut Rib of Beef

Recipes : French cut Rib of Beef
First of all a little reminder. First a calf is born, it is either male or female. Female: it becomes a heifer, then a...
Shortbread pastry

Recipes : Shortbread pastry
Here is the recipe of the 'shortbread pastry' ('pâte sablée' en French), sometimes forgotten from the pastry cook books ...
Veal Chops

Recipes : Veal Chops "Normande"
This old traditional French recipe has become out of fashion in French restaurant or at family dinner. I do not understa...
Lamb Tajine

Recipes : Lamb Tajine
The "tajine" (or "tagine" is both the word for the dish (as a main course) and for the clay pot that is used in North Af...
Greek style mushrooms

Recipes : Greek style mushrooms
For once, I will give the classical recipe, as the school manuals (Planche et Sylvestre) were teaching us, such a long t...
Anchoïade - anchovy paste

Recipes : Anchoïade - anchovy paste
Recipe for the anchovy paste (anchoiade)for 6 : 600 g filets of anchovy in olive oil 3 cloves of garlic, cored and fin...
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 ...
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 ...
Soissons Bean

French specialties : Soissons Bean
In 1728 take place in Soissons an international conference on the future of Gibraltar. It is claimed that at the time, a...
Betise de Cambrai

French specialties : Betise de Cambrai
Contrary to other specialities of our areas the Hard mint candy, called Bêtise de Cambrai is not a very old production. ...
The Arpajon bean fair

News : The Arpajon bean fair
My arrival into this fair sent me back in the years when I participated to those contests. The age coming, I was invited...
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...
Asparagus

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

News : Towards the discovery of the Yoghurts
It happened in very ancient times, at the fringes of the Balkanic peninsula and of Turkey that one started to find the f...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A nice week-end in Lyon

News : A nice week-end in Lyon
As we do from time to time during the year, direction Lyon to pay a visit to some beloved friends. Her,'Speedy' Brigitt...
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...
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...


I injoyed the food
I tasted french wine and french bread and it was very nice food from nikita...

answer to Laura
Hi Laura, We will be delighful to help you but we need some details : I do not now the word "lava" : could you please e...

Help me
Of course you can help you but please make your request more specific : do you need some examples of recipes (if so, in ...

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...

I LOVE FRENCH FOOD!
i absolutly adore french food my favourite so far is ratatoille...







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cassoulet
The Cassoulet is a typical French dish. Its history would go up with the 100 year read more