Desserts

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It’s cute and can be eaten too – Mini madeleines with tangerine and cointreau

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12 years ago
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C’est mignon et ça se mange – Mini madeleines à la tangerine et cointreau I cannot believe it took me a month to post those. Where did the time go? I miss the days I was able to post more often and I hope that things will slow down soon. As you know, in the US, everything is big and in France [...]
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Honey roasted pear, tangerine mini madeleines and rose whipped cream

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12 years ago
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Poires rôties au miel et jus d’orange, mini madeleines à la tangerine et crème fouettée à leau de rose Another fruit based dessert, or snack or gourmandise, you name it. I might not have cooked much while in France, but I sure did buy a lot of kitchen gadgets, such as my silicon mini madeleines [...]
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Sunday dessert – Espresso pot de crème

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12 years ago
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Dessert du dimanche – Pot de crème à l’expresso This is my last post before my trip to France, I am leaving on Monday to fly to Nancy (Lorraine) to visit my parents as every January. Hopefully I will get a lot of inspiration while at home and post some exciting recipes. In the meantime, I wanted [...]
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Simplissime – Banana, caramel and rum pudding

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12 years ago
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Simplissime – Pudding à la banane, caramel et rhum If you are not a cook, nor a pastry chef, this would be for you…How a dessert can more simple? Besides, it’s quite light, so in my book all the attributes to be called a perfect dessert. I think as a “petite chose sucrée“, a little sweet thing to [...]
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A flavor of Belgium – Spéculoos with almonds and cinnamon essential oil

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12 years ago
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Un goût de Belgique – Spéculoos aux amandes et huile essentielle de cannelle Belgium is a tiny country, but it sure does how to make cookies. I grew up with spéculoos, probably because I lived close to the Belgium border. My friend Laurent who is Parisian never heard of Spéculoos. So that’s why I [...]
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Birthday treat – Verrines of pain d’épices, peach compote and fromage blanc mousse

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12 years ago
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Gourmandise pour un anniversaire – Verrines de pain d’épices, compote de pêches et mousse au fromage blanc Another year is going by, who likes getting older? I don’t and people who say they do, I am not sure they really mean it…yesterday was my birthday and I got up with a massive headache! So I [...]
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The sweet taste of childhood – Pain d’épices or Spicy bread

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12 years ago
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Douce sensation d’enfance – Pain d’épices I decided out of the blue one day to make pain d’épices…I think last time I had one slice I must have been 10 years old. What is pain d’épices? Well it’s another one of those traditional French breads or cake that is popular in Alsace region. It’s [...]
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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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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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In season – Roasted white peaches with Grand Marnier, honey and rosemary

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12 years ago
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De saison – Pêches blanches rôties au Grand Marnier, miel et romarin My favorite fruit is finally back in season! Cannot get tired of eating peaches…Of course, we don’t need to do anything to the fruit to enjoy a juicy and sweet peach, but sometimes we can turn them into an elegant and delightful [...]
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