Mad About Macarons58 recipes
Mad About Macarons - How to Eat Like the French: a French food blog in Paris of healthy recipes, Paris tearoom and patisserie local guides, lifestyle and gourmet French travel.
German Red Cabbage Recipe (Chou rouge à la Flamande)
Healthy German red cabbage recipe, referred to as Flemish style in France.
Pork Roast Recipe
Most tender French recipe for pork roast in a Dutch oven or lidded enamel pot, cooked with rosemary, potatoes in a cider jus served with buttered apples on the side.
Pork Roast in a Crock Pot
Most tender French recipe for pork roast in a crock pot, cooked with rosemary, potatoes in a cider jus served with buttered apples on the side.
Roast Beetroot Salad with Apple and Smoked Mackerel
Roast beetroot salad tossed with tart apple, smoked mackerel, toasted nuts and seeds and flavoured together with a spiced orange dressing.
Montmartre Wine Festival, Paris
The annual Montmartre Wine Festival celebrates the grape harvest of the Clos Montmartre, with 5 days of events every mid October.
Pâte Sucrée Recipe (Sweet Pastry Dough)
French Pâte sucrée is the best all-round sweet pastry dough for tarts.
Passion Fruit, Cardamom and Ginger Panna Cotta - Mad about Macarons
Who prefers light desserts to heavy puddings? I do; particularly during the festive holiday season when the odd additional course creeps in to ambitious holiday menus.
Blueberry Lemon Clafoutis
A quick and easy light gluten-free Clafoutis baked custard dessert, with a blueberry and lemon twist to the French classic that's great for dessert, teatime or breakfast.
French Chocolate Mendiants (disks with fruit and nuts)
French mendiants, chocolate disks traditionally topped with dried fruits and nuts, resembling the 4 monastic robes from the Middle Ages, seen in chocolate shops around France
Parisian Bourdaloue Pear Tart
Bourdaloue Pear Tart, named after the Parisian street where it was invented in the 1900s.
French Apple Custard Tart
Adapted from 'France the Beautiful Cookbook' by the Scotto Sisters - with reduced sugar in the filling and addition of nutmeg.
Rhubarb Hibiscus Compote
Rhubarb Compote with Hibiscus tea, naturally colouring green rhubarb pink and infusing a delicious rose and cranberry-like flavour to it.
Strawberry Pistachio Clafoutis
Strawberry Pistachio Clafoutis, a delicious twist to the classic cherry baked custard French recipe using fresh strawberries and ground pistachios (or almonds) to soak up the juices.
French Semolina Cake (Gâteau de Semoule)
Our family favourite adapted by Bernard Loiseau's recipe: semolina pudding given a French cake makeover, topped with caramel and served with fruit coulis, fresh (or tinned) fruit or just a topping of warmed jam for the best comfort dessert
French Chocolate Passion Mousse & Almond-Pistachio Nougatine
Light French chocolate mousse with passion fruit, topped with a caramel nougatine for an easy make-ahead dinner party dessert
French Apple Nougat Tart
A delicious tart with apple chunks in vanilla and topped with a crunchy almond nougat, inspired by French pastry chef, Jacquy Pfeiffer.