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Category Archive for 'chestnuts'

My Type of Yule Log: Pork Roulade with Sausage, Pistachios and Chestnuts (and Cider Gravy)

Posted in chestnuts, French, gravy, Meat, pistachios, pork, sauce, sausage, sour cream on Dec 17th, 2009

Before we head off to England (and a five day side-trip to Northern France) to visit the across-the-pond family, we wanted to leave you with a different option for your Christmas Day meal.  Some families love making hard-core meals for Christmas Day dinner – meals that take hours to cook and include many courses or [...]

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Chestnut Custard Tart, Full of Christmas Cheer – Recipe 4

Posted in baking, chestnuts, Christmas, cognac, cream, custard, dessert, easy, French, holiday, nuts, pastry, pie, Recipe, Recipes, sugar, vanilla on Jan 15th, 2008

During the cook-a-thon that was the weekend before Christmas, in which my wife and I got our first real glimpse of just how hard professional chefs have to work, I turned out something of a rarity for me, and thus far, unique to this blog – a dessert. Touring the food blogosphere (hmm, starting to [...]

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