Comprendre la France, la culture française, les Français et apprendre le français. Welcome to France!
Here is a very famous and easy French recipe. It’s as famous as “quatre quarts” and you can also use this cake as a basis and add any kind of fruit or flavor. You even don’t need to weigh the ingredients ! All you need is a plain yogurt. Just use the...
M adeleines are delicious buttery-tasting cakes which have been loved by all age groups for many years. Let yourself be tempted by these classic French cakes which are, in fact, so easy to make! For around 20 madeleines Ingredients ½ sachet baking powder...
Sablé is a classic French cookie originating in Normandy. In French, "sable" means "sand", so "sablé" refers to the sandy texture. It's excellent ! I would say it's a shortbread-like cookie. Ingrédients: 130 g beurre doux / unsalted butter 270g farine...
A little while ago, my grandmother gave me her yoghurt maker, the one she used to make yoghurts with when I spent the holidays with them over twenty years ago; memories came flooding back... Then, after having sent out an order of Alsa « Mon yaourt maison...
Ingredients for 6 servings 1 bag Alsa vanilla sugar 150 g (5 ½ oz) Nestlé baking chocolate Icing sugar to dust (optional) 25 g (1 oz) plain flour 125 g (4 ½ oz) unsalted butter 4 eggs 200 g (7 oz) caster sugar 50 g (2 oz) ground almonds 50 ml (2 fl oz)...
This recipe is SOOOOOOOOOO easy ! And very tasty ! If you follow the exact proportions, it won't be too sweet and you will really taste the chocolate flavour. Ingrédients 500 ml lait / milk, 100 ml de crème fraîche liquide / cream (you can use "crème...
Here is an interesting question! But before we dive into our French cooking lesson, let me give you a wonderful treat. If you enjoy France and want to visit famous places & museums, check this free guide. It's just for you! Enjoy your visit to France......
Blédine croissance saveur briochée is an infant cereal for babies 12 months and older. This new Bledine completes the selection of Bledine baby cereals already available in any French supermarket : Bledine vanilla, Bledine cocoa, Bledine biscuit-flavoured,...
Bledina offers a wide range of baby food. Bledina is the first brand of baby food in France and you can find their baby food products in any supermarket or grocery store in France. Their product range includes: Ma premiere Bledine, Bledine vanille (vanilla),...
This recipe is traditional and easy to do. As autumn is coming and pears appear in the "marchés", let's have a good "poire au vin"! Ingredients : 3 poires (pears), 1 litre vin de table rouge, 170 g sucre en poudre (caster sugar), 3 teaspoons cannelle...
All the members of your family will enjoy the biscuits on offer on the Mondizen website because Mondizen is the francophile's shop ! In the Mondizen catalogue you will find chocolate BN biscuits which are a classic French tea-time snack. They will certainly...
So here we are starting our "Tour de France" with Mondizen. Today, we will take a trip to the Dordogne and Perigord region and we'll got to Beynac-et-Cazenac. Do you know that the Perigord region, in the South-West of France, is the region of foie gras...
At Mondizen, our main objective is to provide French expatriates worldwide, wherever they live, with the highest quality everyday French products. On Mondizen.com you can order Maison du Café ground coffee for a deliciously relaxing coffee break. Enjoy...
Do you know what is the best drink with a French crepe ? "cidre" of course. Enjoy a glass of cider with your crepes and it will be the perfect "Breton" meal ! On Mondizen, the francophile's shop, you will find cidre brut (dry cider) and cidre doux (sweet...
You cannot miss it ! If you want to try a classical biscuit, a French snack every French people know and remember, then "la Barquette" is just what you need ! Mondizen has a selection of different flavours of Barquette. All you have to do is choose the...
I was just thinking about Mondizen, why I created Mondizen and what I want it to be. I created Mondizen a few years ago in order to help French expatriates and francophiles to get the French products they need and they love. Since then, we have been working...
2 types of charcuterie : 1. Cooked pork meats : Ham : Jambon (jambon blanc), pâté en croûte, mortadelle, pâté, mousse, blanc de dinde ou de poulet. Jambon cuit, "rayon libre service" in the refrigerated aisle. Jambon cuit : Mortadelle : 2. Dried pork...
Discover the Mont St Michel one of the most famous and most beautiful site of France. This amazin architecture, the abbey, a place of History. This book will take you to the Mont St Michel through wonderful water colors. Mondizen is the francophile's...
When you buy a car you need a « carte grise ». It's the official certificate you must own (and pay for !). (You also need an insurance. It's COMPULSORY in France.) This picutre shows a "carte grise" but from April the 15th 2009, if you buy a new car (véhicule...
« Avis de passage du facteur » : if you find this in your letterbox it means someone has sent you a parcel or a « lettre recommandée », which the postman could not leave in your absence. « Avis de passage » means you must go to the post office with your...
Côtes de porc : a chop, a cutlet, Un rôti : roasting meat Rôti de porc : joint of pork Once cooked, you can eat it cold too. Just have it with some "moutarde". Where to find it ? « boucherie » department or self-service department : « rayon libre-service...
Ingrédients Pâte sablée (shortcrust pastry) You can find in « rayon frais » close to charcuterie and pâtes fraiches (fresh pasta) in your supermarket. 200 g lardons 2 oeufs 300 ml crème fraiche liquide Fromage râpé (grated cheese) : gruyère or emmental...
Ingredients for 5 : 1 kg pommes de terre (potatoes), 80 cl crème (cream) fraîche liquide ou fleurette (at least 80 cl but you might need more), sel, poivre (salt and pepper). Peler (peel) the potatoes. Coupez-les en tranches (slice them). Prenez un plat...
In a recipe you might see : "remuer jusqu'à ce que le mélange blanchisse", "battre jusqu'à ce que le mélange blanchisse", sometimes also "et fasse le ruban". It is used to mix eggs and sugar. When you mix sugar and eggs, you know they are well mixed when...
Viande de boeuf is also called "viande rouge" (and poultry or pok meat is "viande blanche") : This meat is for "bourguignon", a kind of stew because it takes a long time to cook. If you want a quickly cooked meat, choose "à griller", "à steak". If you...