If you’re thinking about making madeleines, you will certainly need the right mould for it, and I’ve found an online supplier here that you can order from. You’re not likely to find them in your average American supermarket. Of course, I suppose it helps to know exactly what madeleines are … Madeleines are a small, traditional cake from the city of… Read More
The Paris-Brest is a French pastry, created in 1910 (in Maisons Laffitte, by the way) by a pâtissier named Louis Durand. He was inspired by the cycling race from Paris to Brest, which was inaugurated in 1891. The pastry is round to represent the wheel of a bicycle. Although the Paris-Brest can be made up to 30 cm in diameter,… Read More
I know, I know. No one wants a rich sweet dessert recipe the day after Christmas. Nonetheless, here it is because I’m not likely to make it again any time soon and I don’t want a perfectly delicious recipe to go to waste. You can pin it for next Christmas! 🙂 I used the Martha Stewart recipe and simplified it… Read More
We have these little dessert pots of mint-chocolate mousse that are sold by La Laitérie here in France, and while this is a pudding and not a mousse (the white chocolate mousse recipes don’t have egg whites) I did imitate the crunchy swirl of dark chocolate that is found in the commercial variety. You need 200 grams of white chocolate… Read More
The only reason I made pommes d’amour with my cherubs is because Juliet begged me to do the recipe from her cookbook. And as I had been neglecting my children lately, I owed them big-time. I also made them because I got suckered into buying (for the second time) a basket of pink lady apples from guys who come from… Read More
We had family in town last week, and I felt it my duty to bring to the table all the cream, chocolate and foie gras France has to offer. This week (by way of necessity) I decided to cut down on the sugar and focus more on the vegetables, (and to a lesser degree) meats, fish and cheese. So I… Read More
