As part of his fall collection, Paris chocolatier Jean-Charles Rochoux has combined the bitterness of dark chocolate with the sweetness of honey and toasted pine nuts. The chocolate and honey collection includes three different chocolate bonbons made with three distinct varieties of honey, including honey produced in Paris! Parisian honey benefits from a diverse vegetation … Continue reading Jean-Charles Rochoux: Dark chocolate & honey
A la Mère de Famille, Paris’s oldest sweet shop, is offering some refreshing frozen desserts for the summer season. Head pastry chef Julien Merceron has taken some classic French desserts and substituted their fillings with the company’s famous artisanal ice cream and sorbets (among the best in Paris!) Chef Merceron’s “tartes glacées” come in four … Continue reading Summer desserts: Les tartes glacées
It’s June, and strawberries are in season, even in Paris chocolate shops! Chocolatier Jean-Charles Rochoux, whose rue d’Assas shop is filled with handcrafted chocolate sculptures of all sorts, has created some luscious chocolate strawberries. These delicious, brilliantly coloured treats come in two flavours: strawberry praliné with basil and candied lemon, available in dark chocolate, and … Continue reading Chocolate strawberries from Jean-Charles Rochoux
La Maison du Chocolat‘s springtime duo de ganaches pairs Menton lemon and Japanese wild yuzu (misho yuzu). Inspired by the tanginess and flavour of these two citrus fruits, chocolatier Nicolas Cloiseau has reworked the classic Andalousie ganache recipe created by Robert Linxe, founder of La Maison du Chocolat. Ganache noire Andalousie (dark chocolate Andalusia ganache) … Continue reading Duo de Ganaches: Andalousie/Yuzu
Sébastien Gaudard of Pâtisserie des Martyrs has created a succulent strawberry dessert in honour of Mother’s Day, celebrated in France this year on Sunday, May 26. Chef Gaudard’s “macaronade aux fraises” is a heart-shaped fresh-berry dessert that features a scrumptious macaron base filled with marzipan and pistachio cream and topped with fresh strawberries. This gorgeous … Continue reading Sébastien Gaudard: La macaronade aux fraises
A Paris institution since 1903, Angelina is mostly known for its thick, luscious hot chocolate and elegant pastries. But the celebrated tea room also has its own line of gourmet chocolates, available at the company’s flagship location on rue de Rivoli. Made with single-origin chocolate from Peru, Tanzania, Ecuador and Venezuela, Angelina chocolates incorporate candied … Continue reading Angelina Paris chocolate collection
A la Mère de Famille head chef Julien Merceron‘s twist on one of the traditional symbols of Easter deliciously combines humour and imagination. Exquisitely handcrafted, “La poule mouillée” — a playful hen basking in a tub of crispy chocolate spheres — comes in dark chocolate (68 per cent cacao) or milk chocolate (36 per cent cacao). Its … Continue reading “La poule mouillée” from A la Mère de Famille
