WELCOME TO
CENTRAL FRANCE RECIPE PAGES
 Here you will find traditional recipes as well as some more modern
variations on a theme.
We welcome French based recipes from readers, especially recipes from the Berry, Limousin, Auvergne and the
Centre-Loire regions of France.
Our recipe pages are soon
to be lined up to the new GARDENING pages - so you can find out HOW TO
GROW IT and HOW TO COOK IT.
Soon we will also be adding "Wheat Free
France" recipes and information on where to get products for all those
with wheat and gluten intolerance.
Food, cooking, recipes, eating - all
keywords for France!
This section of the site, over time, is
going to build in to a useful cooking resource - no matter whether you
live here or not. Add a little French flavour to your home cooking... All
recipes included on this site are pretty easy (if I can do them, anyone
can!). My recipes don't go a whole bunch on carefully measured ingredients
(unless it's absolutely essential) - I believe more in adding carefully in varying quantities to suit personal taste.
 So,
let's tuck in....
The first few recipes I am including here
are ones I have experimented with during the last 12 months in preparation
for providing scrumptious food for or Holiday Guests later this
year.
I will add to these pages as soon as I can -
and I welcome any contributions from other budding cooks out there -
whether it is a traditional recipe of the area or one that has been
adapted to suit your own needs and tastes - providing it is French in
flavour.
First off - French Flour (farine) and
Type numbers - completely baffled by these numbers? Here's an
explanation:
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Type 55: Standard - a hard wheat
white flour for baking bread, pizza bases and puff pastry (pâte feuilletée).
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Type 45: A softer flour - a pastry
(pâte brisée)
flour
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Types 65, 80, 100: Bread flours
increasing in darkness.
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Type 150: Wholemeal flour
(complete)
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Farine de blé is Wheat flour
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Farine de Sarrasin is Buckwheat
flour (a member of the rhubarb family) - wheat and gluten free and used
for galettes and Crêpes.
RECIPES
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