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Pâte à Choux, part II – Divine Chouquettes

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12 years ago
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Pâte à Choux, 2ème partie – Divines Chouquettes After gougères, I thought to continue with pâte à choux and make something special for the sweet tooth crowd: Des Chouquettes! It’s basically the sweet version of gougères with a sweet dough and sprinkled with pearl sugar. Chouqettes in France are as [...]
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So French – Gougères with comté cheese and thyme

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12 years ago
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Si Français – Gougères au comté et thym These are one of those delicious appetizers that are so good, so easy to make, that everyone loves, but yet, I never think of making them. So I figure by posting them on my blog, it will make me remember that they shall not be forgotten! Gougères are a [...]
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Pause-café – Matcha tea financier with grilled peaches and strawberry coulis

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12 years ago
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Financier au thé vert, pêches grillées et coulis de fraises Financiers are a traditional individual little French cakes made with almond powder and brown butter. Usually they’re rectangular but I gave them their original round shape. They’re sometimes called Visitandines, due to their original [...]
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Heidi’s starter – Baguette au levain

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12 years ago
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Le levain d’Heidi – Baguette au levain My lovely and adorable acupuncturist, Heidi gave me some starter that is supposedly 250 year old, can you imagine? Maybe Thomas Edison ate bread using the same starter…Heidi is amazing, she is not only a sweet and great doctor but she is an excellent baker. So [...]
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Ocean tagine – Tagine with squid, fava beans and leeks and simple pepper quinoa couscous

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13 years ago
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Tagine de la mer – Tagine aux seiches, fèves et poireaux This was a dish I made while I was in France…since my dad was in the hospital, my mom and I just cooked simple meals because by 1pm we needed to be at the hospital. Tagines are wonderful if you don’t have to much time to eat but still want [...]
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Surprise, surprise – Artichoke and potatoes papillote Provençale

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13 years ago
by silvia in ,
Surprise, surprise – Papillotes d’artichauts et pommes de terre à la Provençale If you like a light and healthy cuisine and yet very easy to prepare, well papillotes are for you. This cooking technique can accommodate any ingredient, fish, meat, fruits, vegetables, etc… and papillotes can be [...]
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Vincent and his “lait ribot” – Wild mushrooms, rutabagas quiche with farmer’s cheese and buttermilk

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13 years ago
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Vincent et son lait Ribot – Quiche aux champignons sauvages, rutabagas, fromage frais et lait ribot I made this post, essentially for Vincent (oui rien que pour toi!), our dear friend from Bretagne (Brittany) and originally from a small town of Malestroit who introduced me to lait ribot very [...]
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Light and lighter – Fromage blanc cake with strawberry sauce

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13 years ago
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Léger mais plus léger encore – Gâteau au fromage blanc avec coulis de fraises In France and mainly in the Eastern part of France, in a region called Alsace, which is bordering Germany, they make wonderful gâteaux and tartes au fromage blanc. They have their own version in Germany called [...]
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Nancy’s flavor – Wet bergamot cake

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13 years ago
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Le parfum de Nancy – Gâteau mouillé à la begamote This is the second cake I made with bergamot, simply because they’re hard to find.  When I come back from Nancy (my hometown), I arrive in San Francisco with a head and mouth full of local flavors, and what most traditional than bergamot flavor? Les [...]
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I heard it’s from Nice – Polenta and shrimp soup

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13 years ago
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On dit que ca vient de Nice – Soupe de crevettes et polenta I wish I could take the credit for this amazing soup, but unfortunately I cannot. I did change proportions of some ingredients but that’s the extent of my contribution to the recipe. One day going through my thick Mediterranean cookbook, [...]
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