French Recipes: Galette des Rois
About this time of year (February/March) in France it is a tradition to bake an extra special galette. They usually place a small broad bean or ceramic crown in one of them and whoever finds it is king for a year!
This recipe serves six, its very cheap and takes 15 minutes [...]
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French Recipes: Galette des Rois
Posted in Food, tagged apartments in paris, France, French recipes, Galette des Rois, Paris, paris apartments, paris news on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
French Recipes: Tarte Tatin
Posted in Food, tagged French recipes, Paris, paris apartments, recipes, Tarte Tatin on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
French Recipes: Tarte Tatin
Delicious upside down apple tart that comes from from the Loire Valley.
Serves 4-6 people
Ingredients
100 grams / 4 oz of butter
100 grams / 4 oz of white sugar
6 large apples
fresh lemon juice
1 sheet of flaky or puff pastry (pre-rolled)
Preparation
The pan you choose for Tarte Tatin is important as it must be able to [...]
French Recipes: Tartiflette
Posted in Food, tagged apartments in paris, France, french, French recipes, Haute Savoie, Paris, Tartiflette on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tartiflette – A wonderful dish from The Haute Savoie Region
Enough for 5 persons
Ingredients
300g potatoes per person
3 large onions
250g lardons or chunky bacon pieces
1 Reblochon cheese
200g crème fraîche
Preparation
Cook the potatoes in their skins in boiling water.
Peel them while they are still warm then leave to cool.
Sauté the onions in a large frying pan for about 5 [...]
French Recipes:Pork Provençale
Posted in Food, tagged French recipes, Paris, paris apartments, Pork Provençale on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
French Recipes: Pork Provençale
Serves 6 people
Ingredients
1.5kg boned pork loin
2 tablespoons of olive oil
3ml of dry white wine
grated rind and juice of an orange
2 thyme sprigs
2 rosemary sprigs
4 parsley sprigs
250g of spinach leaves
freshly ground black pepper and grated nutmeg
Finishing touches
15g beurre manié (5g butter, melted mixed with 10g flour)
6 tablespoons of double cream
thyme sprigs to garnish
Preparation
Take [...]
French Recipes: Ratatouille – Provençal Vegetable soup
Posted in Food, tagged apartments in france, france news, French Recipe, French recipes, french soup, Ratatouille - Provençal Vegetable soup on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Delicious French recipe – Ratatouille – Provençal Vegetable soup
Serves 4 people
Ingredients
2 large aubergines
3 medium courgettes
2 medium onions
2 red or green peppers
4 large tomatoes or 14 oz (400g) tin of Italian tomatoes well drained
2 cloves of garlic crushed
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon of chopped fresh basil
Salt and freshly milled black pepper
Preparation
If this dish is to look [...]
French Recipes: Quiche Lorraine
Posted in Food, Paris, tagged apartment in paris, apartments in paris, apartments paris, French Recipe, paris apartment, paris apartments, quiche lorraine on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Quiche with Cheese and Bacon
Ingredients for the Cheese Custard Filling:
1 teaspoon of butter
6 slices of lean bacon, cut in 1/4″ pieces
2 eggs plus 2 extra egg yolks
1-1/2 cups of heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon of salt
pinch of white pepper
3/4 cup of grated imported Swiss cheese or Swiss and freshly grated Parmesan cheese combined
2 tablespoons of butter, cut [...]
French recipes: Gratin Dauphinois
Posted in Food, Paris, tagged apartments in paris, French recipes, Gratin Dauphinois, Paris, paris apartments on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
French recipes: Gratin Dauphinois
Serves 4 people – delicious!
Ingredients
3 large potatoes peeled and thinly sliced
1 large onion finely chopped
259g Emmenthal cheese, grated
6 cloves garlic crushed
Salt
Coarse ground black pepper
A minimum of 1 pint of whole milk
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C.
In a 10 x 8 x3 inch deep over proof dish place a layer of potatoes [...]
French recipes: Poulet à la Crème
Posted in Food, tagged apartment in paris, apartment paris, apartments in paris, apartments paris, French Recipe, learn french, normandy, paris apartment, paris apartments, poulet a la creme on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A typical French dish from Normandy
Ingredients
1 chicken ( 1,4-1,8kg)1.5 kg
1 Spanish onion
50g cooked ham or lean bacon
Salt and black pepper
4 tablespoons of Calvados
1 dessert spoon of finely chopped celery leaves
275ml dry still cider or unsweetened apple juice
2 large egg yolks
150ml double cream
2 dessert apples
25g unsalted butter
Preparation
Peel and finely chop the onion
Wipe the chicken inside and [...]
French Recipes: Creme Caramel
Posted in Food, tagged apartment in paris, apartment paris, apartments paris, creme caramel, French Recipe, learn french, paris apartment, paris apartments, paris news on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This has got to be one of my favourite desserts – absolutely timeless and so delicious. Give it a try!
Recipe Serves 6
Ingredients:
For the Caramel
1/2 cup of sugar
1/4 cup of water
punch of cream of tartar
For the Custard
2 cups of milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/4 cup of sugar
3 eggs plus 2 extra egg yolks
Preparation
To line a 1 [...]
French recipes: salade Niçoise
Posted in Food, tagged apartment in paris, apartment paris, apartments in paris, apartments paris, French Recipe, Paris, paris apartment, paris apartments, salad nicoise on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A wonderful salad recipe that will please your guests.
Ingredients
One very fresh large lettuce
Vinaigrette dressing with garlic and herbs
350 g of firm ripe tomatoes peeled, de-seeded and quartered
½ a small young cucumber peeled and cut into small chunks
1 tablespoon of finely chopped onion or better still spring onions
110g cooked and cooled new potatoes finely sliced
110g of [...]
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