Make this easy Peach Melba at home for your friends and Family; a French Dessert that is delicious and impressive. The best thing is, that you can have it with as little or as much sugar as you wish ~ it’s sweetness all the way. Peach Melba (Peche Melba) was created in 1892 by Provencal […]
Whether it’s Valentine’s Day or any day, these beautiful Rosewater Heart Brownies will be loved by all. Created by Jennifer Pogmore, beautiful pastry chef and chocolatier based in France. Ingredients 150g dark chocolate (70%), roughly chopped 120g unsalted butter, cubed 100g eggs (2) 150g caster or granulated sugar 30g plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted 10g […]
Try these gorgeous Valentine’s Brittany Shortbreads, or Little French Hearts, made and photographed by Jennifer Pogmore, Pastry Chef to French Chateau Gudanes. Makes 12 shortbreads with an 8cm / 3.2â heart-shaped cutter Ingredients Brittany Shortbread (SablĂ© Breton) 115g unsalted butter 115g caster sugar 60g egg yolks (3-4 yolks) 160g all-purpose flour 10g baking powder Âœ […]
Recently in Paris I spent an afternoon at the Jardin du Luxembourg nibbling on a delicious French Tomato Tarte made by a friend and illustrator of many of Little French Heart’s original post cards, Janina Burouso. It’s simple, delicious and what the French were eating over their summer season. It was part of our picnic, […]
This beautiful French Lavender Cake is perfect for Birthday Parties, Tea Parties, French themed parties & Baby Showers too. It reminds me of the beauty of Provence. Kindly created for Little French Heart by Lauren May of Must Love Herbs. Recipe 2 cups plain flour 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 3 tsp baking powder 1 […]
With Bastille Day on the agenda it’s a great time to enjoy the best of what the French culture offers. Here are five easy ways to French up your Bastille weekend without having to do much at all except pop the champagne. Croissant Dunking Wake up and it’s Saturday. Stroll to your local bakery and […]
This beautiful and simple pain d’epices or Ginger Bread recipe for a Christmas dessert or tea with friends has been kindly offered to us by Jennifer Pogmore, Pastry Chef to Chateau Gudanes. Adding the orange gives it a little sweetness against the spice. The simple decorations make it look special without too much effort in […]
The classic French dessert CrĂšme BrĂ»lĂ©e is a gift to us all. Simply, it is baked custard-based topped with a layer of caramelised sugar. But the taste and texture, it’s like heaven on a spoon. Pastry chef to Chateau Gudanes, Jennifer Pogmore, kindly shows us how to make Creme Brulee. How to Make Simple CrĂšme […]
This recipe of Coq au Vin or chicken with red wine is one my mother used to cook when having guests. I’ve simplified the recipe so it’s relatively easy, but still so totally delicious. Coq translates to rooster but the dish is made with chicken. The wine is cooked off during the recipe so that […]
This French Onion Soup is hearty, rich and so easy to make. It doesn’t take long and if you follow this recipe the only thing that will make you cry is not the onions but your first mouthful. When I was a child my mother would avidly follow the Women’s Weekly Cookbook recipes making Australian […]
Simple, sweet with a little seduction. This is French Rose Petal Jam by pastry chef to Chateau Gudanes, the beautiful Jennifer Pogmore. The delicately scented jam is the perfect treat for a romantic Valentine’s Day with your lover, friend, child or simply for yourself. The recipe was inspired by Emiko Davies and has been adapted […]
Sitting in a cafe in St Remy, Provence, one afternoon, dappled late summer sunlight on the old stone walls, I discovered a beautiful light salad that was so tasty and scrumptious that i want to share it with you. It is the perfect Provence Summer Salad. When i reflect on eating this delicious leafy meal, […]
In the 1920s, French writer Marcel Proust wrote about madeleines in his autobiographical novel, à la Recherche du Temps Perdu (Remembrance of Things Past). In brief, Proust reflected on how the simple act of eating a madeleine dipped in tea brought back fond memories of his childhood. Thanks to the talented French chef Christophe Gregoire of the […]
My dear friend and Supercharge Food Cheri, Lee Holmes, has created this French Roasted Ratatouille, which is a perfect way to add a little French style to a Mother’s Day lunch or any day, really. The most wonderful thing about the French Roasted Ratatouille is you can make your own variation. Serve with a side […]
Itâs a tradition in our household to make French crepes most Sundays and any day during the school holidays. Theyâre delicious, light, easy to make and best of all theyâre a crowdpleaser â they will make babies smile and grown men weep. The secret to making good crepes is balance â of the flour, eggs […]
Perhaps the most simple of all French cooking and kitchen ideas, a Bouquet Garni adds a deliciously delicate flavour to dishes including Boeuf Bourguignon, Bouillabaisse, Cassoulet or Coq au Vin. A bouquet garni is the term for a bundle of culinary herbs used since the 1600s. It is generally created using springs of flat parsley, […]
Expanding the palates of little ones, especially fussy eaters or those with allergies, doesnât have to be a nightmare journey. Delicious French Toast with all that comforting goodness is a wonderful introduction for children to a different cuisine even if some say its origins date back to Rome rather than France. This healthy kid-friendly recipe […]
This gorgeous French Lavender and Apricot Summer Jam is the recipe of beautiful French Lavender artisan Elsa Lenthal of Fuseaux de Lavande de Provence. Elsa is based in Les Baux de Provence, centred between Arles, Avignon and Salon de Provence. This is a jam where the gentle fragrance of summer can live on the entire […]
 Jane Webster of The French Table has kindly shared her French Chicken Pie recipe. This is the kind of comfort food that can be eaten anywhere, but let’s pretend we’re in the French countryside for an evening x French Chicken Pie Ingredients 2 – 3 prerolled sheets of puff pastry (Careme plain or spelt butter […]
To discover the pleasure of the truffle – its rich earthy scent, its elusive yet moorish flavour, the folk who produce them and those who love them – is to enter a world that is grounded as it is hedonistic. It is to join the amorphous French Truffle Club. I tasted my first serious French […]