Financiers are a french pâtisserie made with ground almonds. In 1890 the pâtissier Lasne … [read more]
Baking!
Apple Loaf
This is really just a variant of the French Yoghurt Cake that I already posted but includes apples. … [read more]
Pear and Chocolate Loaf
Yet another loaf cake - my most used tin in the kitchen! Pears are in season at the moment, for this … [read more]
Flaugnarde aux Pommes
Flaugnarde or flognarde is a baked French dessert with fruit and a thick flan-like batter hailing … [read more]
Some recent recipes
French Yoghurt Cake
This is a very simple plain cake, and one that almost all french kids start with when … [read more]
Quatre-Quarts
The quatre-quarts is a classic recipe from the french repertoire. Directly translated into english … [read more]
Bayonne ham and Olive Madeleines
Madeleines are one of France's favourite small cakes. In this recipe I've used a madeleine tin to … [read more]
Madeleines
Madeleines are well known small sponge cakes, famous for their little ‘bump’ and shell like shape. … [read more]
French Apple Tart
There is nothing nicer than a good old apple tart - plenty of apples around this time of year and as … [read more]
Tarte Auvergnate
Auvergne is a region in south central France, home to the city of Clermont-Ferrand. This recipe is … [read more]
Tuna Rillettes
Rillettes are a meat (usually pork or duck) "paté" type preparation where the meat is cooked slowly … [read more]
Mushroom Velouté
A velouté is a french term meaning that the soup has been thickened, in this case using chicken … [read more]
Ratatouille
Ratatouille is a stewed vegetable dish from Provence and mainly thought to be from Nice which … [read more]