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Simple Mini Gateau Basque recipe on eatlivetravelwrite.com

French Fridays: Mini Gâteau Basque

Categories dessert, france, French, French Fridays, recipes | September 4, 2022February 7, 2020 by Mardi Michels

Gâteau Basque is one of my favourite desserts – it’s definitely not fancy but it’s ever so delicious! I’ve made this countless times over the past few years (the first time using Dorie Greenspan’s recipe in a tiny galley kitchen in a Paris rental apartment) Dorie describes a Gâteau Basque as “a dry cake, but … Read more

Kids making sweet shortcrust pastry from In the French kitchen with kids on eatlivetravelwrite.com

French Fridays: Pâte Sucrée (sweet shortcrust pastry)

Categories dessert, French, French Fridays, pastry, recipes | August 23, 2019 by Mardi Michels

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that pastry and I were not really friends for a number of years. After I got past the fear, though (it’s literally JUST food, nothing to be afraid of) and embraced the idea of “rustic” beauty, I realised that pastry IS easy to make … Read more

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