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Loubia

Recipes : Loubia
Another recipe adapted from my friend Maloub who worked with/for me during numerous years. For 6 persons : 1 veal fo...
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...
Potee Lorraine

Recipes : Potee Lorraine
Potee Lorraine for 6 guests: 1 cooking sausage, weighing 450 gr 600 gr of smoked pork shoulder 300 gr of smoked pork ...
Cassoulet

Recipes : Cassoulet
The recipe of the A Sousceyrac restaurant (note of the corrector : this was the restaurant of the Chef Patrick Asfaux fa...
Carioca coffee baked cream pots

Recipes : Carioca coffee baked cream pots
Recipe for 4 to 6 people: 75g of good coffee beans 8dl whole milk 150g dark cooking chocolate, gratted 6 egg yolks...
Basque Salad

Recipes : Basque Salad
Serves 4: 500 g various greens: lettuce, escarole, radicchio, oak leaves, chicory 2 yellow onions and 2 white onions, ...
Almond Milk Custard Tart

Recipes : Almond Milk Custard Tart
Almond Milk flan is an ancient traditional recipe that I digged up from my old cookery books to bring it to you today. ...
Petits Suisses Tart

Recipes : Petits Suisses Tart
Sprinkled with bitter chocolate Makes 1 tart for 6 guests 1 shortcut pastry shell (made with butter, fresh or froz...
Basquaise Mussels

Recipes : Basquaise Mussels
Basquaise Mussels for 4 persons: 2 kg of perfectly washed and scratched mussels, 6 skinned tomatoes and épépinées, ...
Cheese Fondue

Recipes : Cheese Fondue
The recipe is originally Swiss and is called Fondue moitié-moitié (half-half). Cheese Fondue pour 6 personnes : 600 ...
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 ...
Strawberry Pie

Recipes : Strawberry Pie
This strawberry pie with its light cream and redcurrant and cardamom "mirror" jelly requires some organisation planning ...
Fish Soup Royale

Recipes : Fish Soup Royale
Fish Soup Royale serve 6 : 3 kg of fish out of : a big gurnard, 1 rascasse, 1 Saint Pierre, 2 vives (four mediteranean ...
Cassoulet

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 ...
Mojhette

French specialties : Mojhette
The Poitevin Marsh from time immemorial produced excellent vegetables and Mojhette, generic term indicating several vari...
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...
Asparagus

News : Asparagus
Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ...
Prepare you home-made 'foie gras'

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...
Lannemayou et fils, producers of Floc de Gascogne.

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...
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...
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...
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...


answer to Daphne
Hello Daphne In France, such bags of "sucre vanillé" contains approximately 10 grams (1/3 oz) : precisely 7.5 grams. If...

my wife & her dumplings
The dumplings I refer to are the edible ones !! Mei is from Anshan and what ever flour we buy she is not happy, I notice...

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...

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