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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...
Broccoli

Recipes : Broccoli
This beautiful and versatile vegetable is very easy to prepare....
Buckwheat Pancakes

Recipes : Buckwheat Pancakes
For 12 buckwheat pancakes : 250g of Buckwheat flour 1 Egg 1 Teaspoon of salt 5 dl of water 2 Table spoon of vegetab...
Veal Sweetbread

Recipes : Veal Sweetbread
This veal or lamb's offal is called thymus in anatomy. It is a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the...
Duck foie gras

Recipes : Duck foie gras
A nice duck 'foie gras' for 6 servings : - a nice 1.3 pound duck raw foie gras - a bottle of Sauternes - 2 teapoons o...
Apple Pie

Recipes : Apple Pie
Recipe for 6 people: 250g Stronghold flour, 125g Butter, 1 soup spoon of orange blossom water 1kg Cooking apple, p...
Oysters in Chablis jelly

Recipes : Oysters in Chablis jelly
Oysters in Chablis jelly (4 servings): 24 specially fattened greenish oysters (size N°3) 3/10 liter (a large cup or ...
Smoked salmon and bell pepper coulis

Recipes : Smoked salmon and bell pepper coulis
Smoked salmon for 8 guests: 250 gr of smoked salmon 1 tiny glass of salmon caviar 1 jar of red peppers, peeled and c...
Fresh spaghetti with green olives

Recipes : Fresh spaghetti with green olives
Fresh spaghetti with green olives - for 4 persons 500 g grams of fresh spaghetti 100 g of stoned/pitted small green ...
Watermelon jam

Recipes : Watermelon jam
This is an adapted recipe from my friend Maloub who worked for me during numerous years. For 6-8 pots : 1 nice water...
Caramel sauce

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...
Brussel's Sprouts with Pancetta

Recipes : Brussel's Sprouts with Pancetta
A tasty mix of Brussel's sprouts and crispy and smoky baked pancetta. Pancetta is a type of Italian cured and spiced ro...
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...
Salt flower

French specialties : Salt flower
Since the Middle-Age, the salt-water marshes make it possible to extract from sea water a salt which has many qualities ...
Quincy

French specialties : Quincy
Quincy is a small village of the department of Cher which depended formerly on the abbey of Vierzon. Wines that one pupi...
Asparagus

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


Flour
Hi David, If you want to get a flour similar to the french T45 use plain flour. But personally I would use strong flour...

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

Veal Stock
Comment on recipe : [url]http://www.aftouch-cuisine.com/recipe/veal-stock-176.htm[/url] Although this seems to be an ac...

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