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wheat Recipes :
Shortcrust pastry

Recipes : Shortcrust pastry
Ingredients for a shortcrust pastry for a nice tart : 250 grams wheat flour 125 grams soft butter 3 grams table sal...
Pumpkin 'surprise' pancakes

Recipes : Pumpkin 'surprise' pancakes
For approximately 40 pancakes For the pancakes mixture : 250 grams (1.1 lb) wheat flour 3 eggs (yolks and whites) b...
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 ...
Shortbread pastry

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

Recipes : Smoked salmon cake
6 servings : 3 eggs 150 grams (1/3 pound) wheat flour 1 small bag of baking powder 1/10 liter (1/2 cup) colza oil 1...
Fresh cod filets with hazelnuts

Recipes : Fresh cod filets with hazelnuts
Fresh cod steaks/filets breaded with hazelnut powder (6 servings) : 6 fresh cod steaks/filets (1/3 to 1/2 of a pound ...
Prunes 'far'

Recipes : Prunes 'far'
6 servings : 24 dry cored prunes 1 liter (1/4 gallon) fat milk 6 eggs 180 grams (1/3-1/2 pound) top quality butter ...
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...
Onion soup

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)...
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...
Normandy style apple doughnuts

Recipes : Normandy style apple doughnuts
for 6 servings : For the batter : 250 grams wheat flour (half a pound) 1 pinch of table salt 1/4 liter of lager 3 e...
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...
Round cake for the Twelfth Night

Recipes : Round cake for the Twelfth Night
As you can see, you have several opportunities : a "dry" cake (without any stuffing)or a cake stuffed with almond cream ...
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...


answer to Linda
Please read again the list of ingredients : you will find the answer (80 grams i.e. 2.5 oz) to your questions. I believe...

flour
Hi again David For clarification, Type 45 flour is the purest one and plain flour (so the less pure) is at the opposite...

Dumpling Dough
Hi David For once, let's be lazy, pragmatic and efficient : when I intend to make Chinese (or not) dumplings, I buy alr...

dumpling for David
Hi again David You are right : I've seen your messages on the French side, which is strange actually but no worries (I ...








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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