Comprendre la France, la culture française, les Français et apprendre le français. Welcome to France!
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Je vous propose dans cet article de découvrir la vie de Richelieu, grand personnage d'État sous le règne du roi Louis XII. Richelieu a marqué de son empreinte la société française de l'époque mais pas seulement, la société française actuelle est elle...
Vous souhaitez connaître un peu mieux la littérature française, les auteurs, leurs oeuvres, les courants littéraires ? Oui mais voilà, c'est un gros travail et vous n'aimez peut-être pas vraiment lire, ou vous n'avez pas assez de temps à consacrer à la...
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...
Oignon (onion) can be found all year round, but in Spring, you have to try the "new onions" also called "fresh onion" or "green onion" in French. The "oignon frais", "oignon vert" is a very tasty onion, but not strong at all. You can eat the white onion...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Plantes aromatiques Anis (aniseed), cerfeuil : chervil, ciboulette : chives, herbe de provence, origan : oregano, sel (salt), laurier (baby-tree, baby leaf), romarin (rosemary), sauge (sage), fines herbes (sweet herbs), basilic (basil), persil (parsley,...
Fromage blanc / fromage frais is also very common in French cuisine, it means « white cheese » or « fresh cheese » in fact it's just a soft white cheese that resembles sour cream . How to use it : like a yaourt most of the time. Just have some at the...
If you're not used to eating some cheese, just start with a soft cow's milk cheese, "Brie ", " camembert " or " bleu " for example. As long as you don't keep them for too long in your fridge, they won't smell or have a strong taste. But if you keep them...
Lait concentré sucré How to use it : you can sweeten your coffee with it, use it in cooking, or even use it like jam. Where to find it : close to the pasteurized milk and pasteurized crème fraîche. Packaged in a can or a tube. How to store it : several...
Sauce salade is "vinaigrette". Ingredients : moutarde / mustard, huile / oil, vinaigre / vinegar, sel / salt, poivre / pepper. Nothing else ! All you must know about quantities is : for one (full) spoon of mustard, add three spoons of oil and one spoon...
Pommes au four : just so easy. A classical recipe, tasty, healthy and easy ! How many apples ? As many as you want, depending on the size of your oven too. You don't even need to peel the apples. Just cut them in two pieces. Put the apples in an ovenproof...
Just between meat (pork) and charcuterie . How to use it ? Grill the "lardons" in a pan. You don't need to add oil in the pan, with the heat, the fat of the lardons melts and it helps frying. In France, we use lardons with some fried onions and vegetables....
Look at that : it looks like an apple or a pear, but it's a quince. How to use it ? Do not try to eat a coing like an apple. You can't eat it raw, it's too hard. You must cook it. Peel the coing, cut into pieces, weigh. Add the same weight of sugar. Heat...
Usually we buy some "bûche de chèvre". "Bûche" means "log". This cheese is very easy to recognize because it really looks like a small log. Fromage de chèvre is not strong but is less creamy than cow's milk cheese (fromage de vache). How to use it ? Like...
Ravioles are a kind of fresh pasta filled with cheese. They're small squares (like "ravioli" but much smaller). How to cook it ? First, prepare a salad bowl and put a small bowl inside, like that : Then, if you want to do it "the right way", separate...
This one is easy to prepare as long as you buy cardons in a can (otherwise it would take hours and hours of cooking). Just put the cardons in an ovenproof dish. Add a white sauce (béchamel) or just some crème fraîche (cream) on top with salt and pepper....
In some recipes, you might see "cuire à blanc" or "faire cuire à blanc". It only means you must bake the pie shell alone. This is generally asked for a stawberry pie for example. It's only because if you bake this kind of fruit, your pie will be a real...
Faire revenir les paupiettes Then add a tomato sauce ( "concenté de tomates" or "purée de tomates" plus sugar and salt). Cook for 30 minutes at least. Add water if the sauce thickens too much. Enjoy your paupiettes with some rice and/or vegetables ( courgettes...
That's an easy one. We make croque-monsieur in winter or when we don't want to cook too much. Children love croque-monsieur. Ingredients for 4 croque-monsieur : 8 slices of pain de mie , 8 slices of jambon cuit (ham) , 8 pieces of fromage / cheese (choose...
Céleri-rave looks strange, I agree. But it's very good. It's a part of what we call "crudités", "cru" means "raw", so it's a vegetable we eat raw, like a salad. To prepare it, you only need to peel it, and "râper" : Then, add a sauce salade. Have this...
If you need some fromage râpé (grated cheese), you can buy already grated cheese or you can do it yourself. What kind of cheese ? "emmental", "gruyère", or "comté". Emmental is less strong than comté. You will easily recognize it because of its holes....
