05/1/21

Chocolate Mousse

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Prep Time 20 mins

Resting Time 4 hrs

Total Time 4 hrs 20 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

3 eggs
3 egg whites
3/4 cup dark chocolate
2 tbsp sugar

Instructions

Separate the egg yolks from the whites.
Melt the chocolate over a pot of simmering water, until it reaches a temperature of 120ºF.
Let the chocolate slightly cool down (no less than 90ºF).
Whisk the egg yolks with a tbsp of sugar.
In parallel, beat the eff whites to stiff peaks, with a tbsp of sugar.
Add the yolks in the melted chocolate.
Fold in the beaten egg whites.
Spoon the mixture into serving cups.
Refrigirate for at least 4 hours.

Keyword Traditional French Recipe

04/24/21

Brioche

Brioche Bread

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Prep Time 30 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Proving 2 hrs

Total Time 3 hrs

Course Breakfast

Cuisine French

Servings 8 people

Ingredients

4/5 cup milk
3 tsp dry yeast
3 1/3 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1 1/8 stick salted butter
1 tbsp orange blossom water

Instructions

Activate the yeast

Heat the milk at 90ºF.
Add a tsp of sugar in the milk, then add the dry yeast. Stir.
Wait for 15 minutes.

Prepare the dough

Pour the milk and yeast in a bowl.
Add the flour, sugar, yolks, orange blossom water.
Kneed for 5 minutes, ideally in a stand mixer with the hook.
Add the butter and kneed until it is well incorporated.
Cover the bowl and let it prove for 1 hour. The volume should double.

Form the brioche

Braid the brioche, or separate it into small balls and place them in a pan.
Prove the brioche for one more hour.
Preheat the oven at 300ºF, convection bake.
Bake for 30 minutes.

Keyword Brioche

03/27/21

Pithiviers (Almond Cake)

Pithiviers

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 8 people

Ingredients

2/3 cup sugar
2 cups almond powder
1 stick butter
4 eggs

Instructions

Preheat the oven at 350ºF.
Whisk the eggs and sugar for 5 minutes.
Add the almond powder and whisk for 5 minutes.
Add the melted butter and whish for 5 minutes.
Pour the micture into a greased cake pan.
Bake for 30 minutes.

Keyword Traditional French Recipe

03/20/21

Cannelés

Cannelés are French pastries that are very tasty.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 1 hr

Resting Time 1 d

Total Time 1 d 1 hr 15 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 8 people

Ingredients

2 cups milk
2 yolks
2 whole eggs
Vanilla extract
2/3 cups flour
3/4 cups sugar
2 tbsp butter

Instructions

The First Day

Boil the milk and the butter.
Whisk the flour, the sugar, the eggs, and the vanilla extract.
Add the milk and butter mixture into the flour, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract mixture.
Place in the fridge for 24-48 hours

The Second Day

Remove from the fridge one hour before baking.
Preheat the oven at 520º F.
Pour the mixture into molds, at about 3/4 of the height.
Bake for 5 minutes at 520º F, then bake for 45 minutes at 350º F.
Remove the cannelés from the molds while they are still hot.
Enjoy!

Keyword Traditional French Recipe

03/13/21

French Apple Pie

This is a traditional French Apple Pie recipe.

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Prep Time 40 mins

Cook Time 1 hr 35 mins

Resting Time 1 hr

Total Time 3 hrs 15 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 8 people

Equipment

Tart pan

Ingredients

Crust

3/4 cup flour
5 tbsp butter
1/3 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp almond powder
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
vanilla extract

Apple Sauce

3 apples
2 tbsp sugar
vanilla extract or cinnamon

Topping

6 apples

Instructions

Prepare the crust

Combine the butter, powdered sugar, almond powder, vanilla extract and salt.
Add the egg and mix.
Add the flour and mix.
Roll the crust and let it rest for one hour in the fridge.

Prepare the apple sauce

Peel the apples and cut them into quarters.
Place the apples in a saucepan on medium heat for 20 minutes.
Mix the apples.
Increase to high heat and stir continuously for few minutes.
Let it cool down entirely.

Prepare the pie

Preheat the oven at 350ºF.
Roll the crust and blind bake for 15 minutes.
Spread the apple sauce on the crust.
Place the sliced apples.
Bake for 1h15.

Keyword Tarts and Pies

03/6/21

Madeleines

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 7 mins

Resting Time (fridge) 1 hr

Total Time 1 hr 27 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 8 people

Equipment

Madeleines molds

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
1 stick butter
3 eggs
vanilla extract
salt

Instructions

In a bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar for 5 minutes.
Add the flour and the salt in another bowl, then pour the egg mixture in and stir.
Add the melted butter and vanilla extract. Stir.
Let it rest in the fridge for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven at 460ºF.
Grease the madeleines molds.
Add the baking powder into the cold mixture and stir.
Fill in the madeleines molds at 3/4th of the heights.
Bake for 7 minutes.

Keyword Quick and Easy

02/20/21

Egg Custard

This is a great and tasty dessert to prepare.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 45 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 8 people

Ingredients

4 cups milk
6 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat the oven at 350ºF.
Heat the milk in a large saucepan until bubbles form.
In a bowl, mix the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract.
Once the milk is hot, pour it into the eggs while mixing.
Once combined, pour the mixture in a dish.
Place the dish in a large roasting pan filled with water.
Bake for 45 minutes.

Keyword Quick and Easy

02/13/21

Pound cake

Pound Cake

Today I decided to bake a pound cake. It is the traditional French "Quatre Quart". It is a very easy and quick dessert to do.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 55 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 8 people

Equipment

bowl
hand mixer

Ingredients

18 tbsp softened butter
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
vanilla extract
1/2 tbsp baking powder

Instructions

Preheat the oven at 350ºF.
Mix the sugar and the butter.
Add the eggs one by one and whisk in between.
Add the flour and baking powder and mix.
Grease the pan.
Bake for 55 minutes.

Keyword Quick and Easy