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Chocolate chip and orange madeleines

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Western cuisine

Quick and easy “A traditional small cake from two towns of the Lorraine region of Commercy and Liverdun in northeastern France. Madeleines are very small sponge cakes with a distinctive shell-like shape.” During my time at Le Gavroche, I started my work placement in pastry and learnt to make dark chocolate chip and orange zest madeleines. While at Roux at Parliament Square I learnt to make lemon zest madeleines. And in the beginning of the […]

Quiche Lorraine

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Quick and easy “A savoury pie that consist of pasty crust filled with cheese and smoked bacon. Quiche lorraine, derived from the french region of Lorraine. It is a popular dish that was originally an open pie with a filling of custard with smoked bacon or lardons. It was only later that cheese was added to the quiche lorraine.” During my childhood summer’s, going back to the south of France to see the family, I […]