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A French dessert timeout for foodies: mouthwatering clafouti

19 Friday Jun 2015

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Llight and custardy, made with cherries (traditionally), figs, raspberries, apples, pears, or blueberries soaked in cognac, put this on your summer menu.  Here’s a Julia Child recipe or, if you’re too lazy to make it, fly to Paris and go directly to one of the addresses below for a genuine sample. Most good neighborhood patisseries have their own variation, the list is just a starting point. Can’t pronounce?  Just point but remember to smile, say “bonjour” and “merci”. Not exactly finger food.

Make it yourself (no low-fat substitutions or the custard won’t be creamy):

SERVINGS6-8
1 1⁄4cups milk or half-and-half
2⁄3cup sugar, divided
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1⁄8teaspoon salt
1⁄2cup flour
3 cups cherries, pitted or whatever fresh fruit you have on hand
powdered sugar, for garnish

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine the milk, 1/3 cup sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt and flour, and blend.
Lightly butter an 8-cup baking dish, and pour a 1/4-inch layer of the blended mixture over the bottom. Set remaining batter aside.
Place dish into the oven for about 7-10 minutes, until a film of batter sets in the pan but the mixture is not baked through. Remove from oven (but don’t turn the oven off, yet).
Distribute the pitted cherries over the set batter in the pan, then sprinkle with the remaining sugar. Pour the remaining batter over the cherries and sugar.
Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes, until the clafouti is puffed and brown and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve warm.

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Gerard Mulot, 76 rue de Seine, Paris 75006

Roger la Grenouille
Saint-Michel/Odéon, 6ème
26-28 rue des Grands Augustins, 75006
75006 Paris

Legay Choc (patisserie)
Marais, Beaubourg, 4ème
45 rue Ste Croix la Bretonnerie, 75004

Le Bistrot d’Henri
Saint-Germain-Des-Prés, 6ème
16 rue Princesse, 75006

Spring, 6 rue Bailleul, 75001

Caillebotte
Pigalle, 9ème
8 rue Hippolyte-Lebas, 75009

Liberté (patisserie)
Canal St Martin/Gare de l’Est, 10ème
39 rue des Vinaigriers

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McDonald’s: gourmet sandwiche for only 4.50 euros

08 Monday Apr 2013

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Something new on the menu here is sure to please those looking for a quick satiating meal a la McDonald’s. It’s the Casse-Croute (break-bread) and it comes with a medium soft drink for just four and a half euros. You’ve got three choices:

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The Oriental is a sandwich consisting of a small baguette baked on stone, 2 potato pancakes, 2 specialty beef patties and Eastern seasoned sauce.

Chicken-Pepper is a sandwich consisting of a small baguette baked on stone, 2 potato pancakes, 2 crispy chicken patties and pepper sauce.

Mixte is a small baguette baked on stone, 2 potato patties, 2 slices of ham, 2 slices of Emmental cheese and cheese sauce.

How can you go wrong? Kind of a Subway sandwiche a la francaise. Only you can be the judge. To locate the McDonald’s closest to your apartment or hotel click here. This is not an advertisement, the suggestion is my own.

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Lunch break on rue Mouffetard

01 Monday Apr 2013

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Sometimes the ol’ feet give up and it’s time to recharge. Thanks to one of our readers, Patty Brissenden, innkeeper at Sorensen’s Resort in Hope Valley, California, her salad/beer/guidebook shot was preserved for posterity. As you can see, she’s ready to dig right in after quenching her thirst. The stop:

Mouff’tôt Mouff’tard
71, Route Mouffetard
5th arrondissement
tel: 01 47 07 91 58
metro: Monge

http://www.moufftot-moufftard.com/accueil.html

Highly recommended, prices very reasonable. Ambiance A+.

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Paris Wine Bars: tips for tipplers

28 Thursday Feb 2013

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They’re called bistros à vins. A small varied list for you, a little something to suit your suds-buds/wine-meter.

Willi’s Wine Bar
http://www.williswinebar.com
13 Rue des Petits Champs
Bustling, run by an ex-pat

Melac
http://www.melac.fr/
42 rue Léon Frot
75011
closed Sunday and Monday
The « Bistrot Melac » is one of the most famous Paris wine bars located in the eleventh arrondissement between Bastille and the Republique square. The owner, Jacques Mélac, seems to be like a sort of Cyrano de Bergerac with an enormous moustache. In another life, he was a sommelier in a big parisian hotel.

Comptoir Tournon
http://www.cafetournon.com/
Hangout of James Baldwin, Chester Himes, Beauford Delaney, Duke Ellington, William Gardner Smith and George Plimpton
18, rue Tournon 75006 Paris
Tél : 01.43.26.16.16

Verjus Bar à Vin
47 rue de Montpensier, 75001
Try their fries. Packed with an outgoing international crowd.

Frenchie Bar à Vins
6 rue du Nil, 75002
Compelling wine list. Twenty seats, be prepared to share with the incrowd. Closed weekends.

Au Passage
1bis passage de Saint-Sebastien, 75011
Packed wall to wall with locals. Carefully selected wines. Relaxed vibe, try the burrata.

L’Avant Comptoir
3 Carrefour de l’Odéon, 75006
Suits, foodies, bobos, neighborhood locals. Be prepared to get to know the person next to you very very well. Basque and Béarnais-inspired nibbles.

Café de la Nouvelle Mairie
19 rue des Fossés Saint Jacques, 75005
Small plates and tapas. Roughly 18 wines on the black-board menu, half in whites, half in reds, with prices starting at 4 € a glass, with people/estates like Descombes, Mosse, Dard & Ribo, Villemade. Closed Saturday and Sunday.

Little Temple Bar
http://www.littletemplebar.fr
12 Rue Princesse 75006
An Irish Pub located in the heart of Saint Germain des Prés. Where football and rugby matches are screened live.

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