Apple ~ Pear Pie

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Tuesday 6 October 2009 11:20

Adapted from Betty Crocker Fall Baking You will need: Filling: 6 pears (peeled & sliced) 6 apples (peeled & sliced) zest of 1 lemon juice of ½ lemon ¾ cup sugar ½ tsp ground cinnamon 3 tblsps all- purpose flour 3 tblsp butter 2 tblsp sugar Crust: 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp sugar 1 cup cold butter (cut into pieces) 2 egg yolks 8 – 10 tblsp cold water Preparing Crust: In a ...

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Which sauce fits best your pasta?

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Wednesday 13 May 2009 23:28

Pasta  is the ingredient  that culminates the essence of Italian cooking. In Italy, pasta is an essential part of every meal and does not constitute a meal on its own. Il primo, as the pasta course is known, is eaten between the antipasto (appetizer) and il secondo (the main course). Sometimes small pasta shapes are ...

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Сrème fraîche

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Monday 20 April 2009 22:22

Сrème fraîche (épaisse) in french means a fresh cream. Creme originally produced in Normandy, Northern French region. It is a kind of a fresh cream having thick consistence and mildly sharp flavour. This cream may come originally sour or sweetened. It is extracted by separating the cream out of milk. Afterwards milk ferments are added to ...

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