war time recipes
![]() | Recipes : Emmental Cheese Tarte with Apricots and Fennel Recipe for 4 guests Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 35 à 40 minutes Ingredients: For the shortcut pastry... |
![]() | Recipes : Wafers There are many other wafer recipes, but this one is the simplest around! Wafers for 4 to 6 people : 250g strong flou... |
![]() | Recipes : Granita Very simple to make and inexpensive, they do not require an ice-cream maker and they are kept in the freezer compartment... |
![]() | Recipes : Caramel sauce Here, you will find my advices and tips to make your caramel sauce a "reussite" every time. there is what you need to... |
![]() | Recipes : Braised Chicory with Emmental Cheese WITH CUMINSEED HONEY... Recipe for 4 guests Preparation time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 100 g of French Emmental ... |
![]() | Recipes : French Fries French fries or "pomme Pont-Neuf" are probably the most popular french recipe. But, they are not always cooked properly.... |
![]() | Recipes : Macaroons There is one of my oldest recipe. It is a very simple recipe that will assure you of a perfect result every time. For... |
![]() | Recipes : Tomates confites Slow-roasted tomatoes with olive oil and dried thyme flowers It is always a good idea to have this garnish because it... |
![]() | 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 : Hazelnut Yoghurt Cake There many yoghurt cake recipes but this one is my favourite: Hazelnut and yoghurt cake recipe for 6 people: Round ... |
![]() | 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 : Blanquette de veau served with Pilau Rice. An all time favorite. For 6 guests : 1,5 kg of veal shoulder (divided into approximately 18 ... |
![]() | 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... |
![]() French specialties : Cassoulet The Cassoulet is a typical French dish. Its history would go up with the Hundred Year Lasting war, in the XIVth century ... |
![]() French specialties : Armagnac The story of Armagnac known as the most ancient eaux-de-vie in France,began at the beginning of the 15th Century in Gasc... |
![]() | News : 2009 End of the Year Festive Menu It has, now, become an annual berth, our chef Patrick Asfaux offers you his new festive menu for the Holiday season. Thi... |
![]() | 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 : 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... |
![]() | 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 : 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 : 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... |
![]() | News : Prepare you home-made 'foie gras' If you have visited our site for some time, I bet you have, one day, desired to prepare your home-made 'foie gras'. May... |
![]() | 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... |
![]() | 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 : Festive Menu 2008 Two years after our first "festive menu", we renew it by providing you with 14 new exclusive recipes for Christmas and/o... |
![]() | 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... |
![]() | News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language) The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue... |
![]() | News : Queen Tomato's paradise Most people believe that tomato is a vegetable but it is actually a fruit of an herbal american plant (solanum genus) ; ... |
![]() | 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... |
![]() | 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 : 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 : Kir Mr Félix Kir (born in 1876 in Côte d'Or, in the heart of Burgundy) was a canon, ordained as a catholic priest in 1901. ... |
![]() | 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... |
![]() | News : Chef Asfaux in jail ! "Listen, I know that you are very busy but couldn't you find some availability to coach a tasting workshop in the scope ... |
![]() | 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... |
answer to alex
Alex, You are absolutely right : this is one of the very first "recipes" on the English side of this site and it had be...
picture
Charlotte, I assume "pic" stands for "picture" ? The chef inputs a picture of the recipe when available : it happens f...
answer to charlie
Hello Charlie Where are you from ?(it is not so common that non French persons love andouillette : even many French do ...
fionaa
Fionna This site is full of French recipes : just click onto " RECIPES " on top lef of this page...
answer to Pravesh
Hello Go to the "recipes" title on top left of this page and you will find French recipes in English. Of course you can...












































