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Cake decoration and Paille d'Or
To make a "Charlotte" this lovely cake, you will need cream, fruit and "biscuits boudoirs". But biscuits boudoirs are not so nice. And one way to make your charlotte look nicer is to replace these biscuits with Paille d'Or. It's easy and will give your...
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Tour de France et route Napoleon
If you like the Tour de France, I am sure that you are very happy now. You had to be more patient this year, but at least you can enjoy it now. On their website, you will find valuable information and a lot of great footage of the race: https://www.letour.fr/en/...
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10 useful French sentences for tourists & a free guide!
You want to visit France but you do not speak French? I have a solution for you. Just what you need. I have the ultimate French course for tourists. In this course, you will learn just what you need. Just the French you need as a tourist, and the cultural...
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Tarte poire chocolat
This lovely « tarte » is very nice and will perfectly end a beautiful French meal. Pear pies are often made with almonds in France. For this one, there are some almonds but also some chocolate to get some new flavours. Ingredients 1 shortcrust pastry...
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Meringue
In France, we love meringues when they are very very very crispy. This kind of meringue is very easy to make, it's only egg white and sugar. The secret of this meringue is in its baking... a meringue is not baked! No, it is dried! This means that to “bake”...
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Craving for a real French coffee?
If you dream about a real French coffee, then we have what you need on Mondizen. Do you remember the last time you had a French coffee in France? Was it on the terrace of a little cafe in France? We can help you with this! Buy your favourite French coffee...
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Mackerel rillettes from Normandy
Are you craving for good food and real French products? As you know, a few months ago we started working with a lot of small French producers. So now, you can enjoy exquisite and gourmet food from France, products that are not available on the web, except...
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Do you like Quenelles?
Quenelles are traditional puffed pastry baked in different sauces. We eat a lot of quenelles in France, it is very popular. And this week, you can get your quenelles for cheap on Mondizen, with a 70% drop on price!! And these ones are easy to prepare,...
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Galette des rois
Do you know this French tradition? La galette des rois, also named Galette frangipane? It is the specific cake we eat for the Epiphany celebration in France. Galette des rois is not so difficult to make, all you need is 2 pates feuilletées (kind of Filo...
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Arrête de bramer !
Parmi les expressions françaises issues du monde animal, j'aime tout particulièrement celle-ci : "mais arrête de bramer !", "tu n'as pas fini de bramer?!", ou encore "tu vas bramer encore longtemps?". Quand on dit qu'une personne "brame", cela signifie...
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Navigating my Life in France
You live in France? You intend to live in France and you have a lot of questions, event some fears maybe? The Navigating My Life booklets are here to help you. Each booklet explains a subject of the French society, using pictures, giving useful tips,...
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Gratin de crozets
A typical recipe from France, from the Savoie region exactly. Easy to make with a beautiful and rich taste. A must-try! Ingredients 400g of crozets 1 chicken stock cube 200g (6oz) grated cheese (Beaufort if you have some...) 20cl (1 large tub) thick crème...
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Hot drinking chocolate
What a nice thing to enjoy with your kids. Make them discover the taste of a real hot cocoa. This unique texture, this wonderful smell and taste... And it's so easy to prepare, this drink will make you think "I had never had drinking chocolate before!"....
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Sales on Mondizen : Le Petit Marseillais
Do you know Le Petit Marseillais products? These soaps, body moisturizers, hand creams, shower gels and shampoos are made in France, in the place of one of the most famous soaps of France : Marseille in the South of France, on the Mediterranean coast....
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Baking chocolates, we have some new ones!
If you love baking and especially chocolate cakes, chocolate biscuits and other chocolate treats, then you will enjoy our new offer in the Pastry section of Mondizen, your online French store. Nestle Dessert baking chocolate We now have several baking...
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Gourmet products, prices are down!
Yes they are! If you love French food, especially gourmet and regional food, then we have some good news for you. Our prices are down on all our meat terrines Charcuteries de la Trappe and our fish terrines Maison Saint-Lo in the "Region" section of Mondizen,...
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Fish terrines and mustard
We have some new products on Mondizen, your online French shop! We discovered a lovely producer of fish terrines in "Bretagne", close to the ocean. Bretagne, a gourmet overview Bretagne is well-known for its strong traditions, an independent mind, a celtic...
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Do you know Papillotes?
Papillotes are very common for Christmas. These chocolates are a famous treat for everyone. You can find Papillotes made of dark chocolate, milk chocolate and also white chocolate. But Papillotes can also be crunchy or very soft. Whatever you like, you...
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Chestnuts and French cooking
This one is a long lasting love story! We use a lot of chestnuts in our cooking. We can use them with cabbage and bacon, it is very nice. For this kind of recipes, you need to buy "marrons entiers" (whole peeled chestnuts). Chestnut paste In every supermarket...
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Foie gras and pain d'épices
For Christmas, many French people have some foie gras as an entree. We have foie gras sliced on warm toasts. But what can you do if you want to change a little bit? Foie gras and ginger bread Foie gras goes very well with pain d'epices. Pain d'epices...
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beurre / butter
When a French person talks about "beurre" or if you need "beurre" to make a recipe, it means : beurre doux (unsalted butter). Butter is made from cow's milk cream. In fact it's just whipped cream that has been whipped a little bit too long ! There are...
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crème fraiche / cream
Crème is very useful if you want to cook in France, basically there are 3 types of crème I. Crème fraîche épaisse This "crème fraîche" is packaged in a plastic box. It looks like sour cream but isn't exactly the same. It's made out of cow"s milk. How...
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Yaourt / yogurt
A few years ago, yaourt meant « yaourt nature » (plain yogurt), but nowadays, there are so many types of yaourt, it's difficult to know them all. What you must keep in mind is that yogurt is made out of cow's milk but a lot of products in the yaourt section...
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Lait / milk
Milk is usually pasteurized milk : lait pasteurisé. French people use a lot of milk. First of all, a typical French breakfast for a child is tartines and a big bowl of hot chocolate that is cocoa powder and milk. Nowadays, a lot of people have cereal...
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autocuiseur, cocotte minute / pressure cooker
Autocuiseur, cocotte minute, pressure cooker Put the ingredients, add some water, close, heat up. Do not start the timer before « pschhhhhhh » Then, turn off the heat, « pschhhhhhhhhh » slows down. Do not try to remove the lid. Remove the small whistle...