French

A Little Coffee

This is a fairly familiar scene, especially as the weather warms up; people dotted around restaurant terraces to have a quick coffee, or to linger a little and watch life pass in the square.

Caramelising sugar

Caramelising sugar for crème caramel.

Making Croissants: The Finished Product

Our croissants are out of the oven, and smell delicious.

Making Croissants: Shaping and Baking

Our first batch of croissants have just gone into the oven.

Making Croissants: Layering the Butter

The yeast in the dough has spent the day working away, and turned the cling film parcel into a balloon.

Making Croissants: Preparing the Dough

The first thing on the agenda this morning was making the croissant dough.

Making Croissants: Rolling Butter

This evening we started the three-day process of making croissants.

My Mille Feuille Experiment (and Recipe)

Our French dessert for this weekend was mille feuille. Mille feuille is a French version of vanilla slice, made with layers of pastry and crème pâtissière. It was one of our regular favourites in France.

Making Profiteroles

Having recently discovered we can successfully make croissants from scratch, I have been wondering what other French delights we can make. This weekend, we embarked on coffee profiteroles.