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Easy Galette des Rois Recipe – the Cake of Kings

Each year, on the 12th Day of Christmas – 6th January, the whole of France goes gaga for a cake called Galette des Rois. It’s …

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Home made mince pies

Julia’s Pantry: Instant Mincemeat for delicious mince pies

  We decided somewhat on the spur of the moment to make mince pies. They’re perfect for Christmas and New Year’s eve. In the UK …

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Home made mince pies

Julia’s Pantry: Mince Pies with Orange Pastry

  Mince pies are not a French dish by any stretch of the imagination but we decided to include this recipe in the French cuisine …

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Julia’s Pantry: Gâteau à l’orange – Orange Cake

I recently needed to make a cake – something quick and easy but delicious and pretty too. I was off to a Clandestine Cake Bake …

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Julia’s Pantry: Les gâteaux de papillon – Butterfly Cakes

Bonjour! Although I’d planned a rest for half-term recently, whilst in a local supermarché I bought some “Farine au Gateaux” … Self-Raising Flour. My daughter …

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Biscuits a Poudre de Creme Anglais

Julia’s Pantry: Biscuits à Poudre de crème Anglaise – Custard Powder Biscuits

Julia’s Pantry Melting Moments… authentic, unusual and easy recipe for delicious little biscuits. These are fabulous little bites to serve with coffee after dinner or …

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Pain de Ovomaltine, Ovaltine Loaf, Julia's Pantry, The Good Life France

Julia’s Pantry: Pain d’Ovomaltine – Ovaltine Loaf

In 1904, a Swiss chemist, Dr George Wander, tried to combine barley malt with some other nutritious ingredients including milk, egg and cocoa. The result …

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Julia’s Pantry: Old English Fruit Scones

This is an easy and traditional English recipe which calls for self-raising flour as well as baking powder but if you can only get plain …

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Julia’s Pantry: Chocolate scones

For the chocolate shavings in the recipe I  used good quality dark chocolate, but use what suits you best – perhaps a mixture of dark and …

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Sablé Biscuit recipe

The lovely sablé biscuit recipe is very simple and the little biscuits are just perfect with your tea and coffee. The simplicity of the little …

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