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bearnaise Sauce

Recipes : bearnaise Sauce
Bearnaise Sauce for 6 guests : 2 dl of vinegar 1 shallot, very finely chopped 2 tsp of fresh tarragon 2 tsp of fre...
Beurre Blanc

Recipes : Beurre Blanc
It is believed that the creation of the beurre blanc sauce came from a mistake made by the excellent cook of the "Marqui...
Hollandaise Sauce

Recipes : Hollandaise Sauce
Hollandaise (sauce) : for asparagus, poached fish, artichoke hearts,... Ingredients for this sauce : 3 eggyolks 8 c...
Lobster à l'américaine

Recipes : Lobster à l'américaine
Lobster "à l'américaine" for 8 persons : 2 lobsters (alive) 15 centiliters (1/3 pint) olive oil 2 onions thinly slice...
Raie  and Leek Bake

Recipes : Raie and Leek Bake
Raie and leek bake recipe for 6 : 2 kg of raie (also known as skate) or 6 wings 2 litres water 4 dl vinegar 3 nice w...
Maltese Sauce

Recipes : Maltese Sauce
Excellent just warm sauce for warm starters like asparagus Ingredients : 2 centiliters (0.7 fl oz) of orange juice +...
Beef Kebab

Recipes : Beef Kebab
To realise these kebabs, it is preferable to choose pieces of striploin. Dice them up and leave them to marinade for sev...
Bechamel Sauce

Recipes : Bechamel Sauce
Recipe for a litre of finished sauce: 80g butter 80g plain flour 1 litre full fat milk salt, pepper and a pinch of...
Little Mussel Cakes

Recipes : Little Mussel Cakes
Little Mussel Cakes recipe for 8 guests: 2 lt of mussels, clean 1 large sweet onion 5 dl of dry white wine 5 dl of ...
Browned shells Saint-Jaques

Recipes : Browned shells Saint-Jaques
Browned shells Saint-Jacques For 4 persons : 150 g of small mushrooms 8 whole walnuts (St-Jacques) 1/2 liter of dr...
Anglaise sauce or French Custard

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 ...
Crayfish blanc-mange

Recipes : Crayfish blanc-mange
Little blanc-mange, or flan, of crayfish tails, curry cream sauce and cucumber brunoise. This recipe is ideal, for th...
Blanquette de veau

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 ...
Dijon mustard

French specialties : Dijon mustard
When we speak about the Capital of Burgundy, we cannot prevent ourselves from thinking of famous Dijon mustard. This app...
Costières de Nîmes

French specialties : Costières de Nîmes
During your strolls and your excursions along the Vallée du Rhône, you will discover numerous wine-producing regions. Am...
Asparagus

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


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 ...

Fresh spaghetti with green olives
No 'real' sauce for this recipe but a very tasty stuff as described in the recipe (+ the basil). Numerous pasta recipe,...








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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