New Arrivals from France!
We just received a pallet full of French goodies this week! Swing by Paris-Madrid to stock up on French essentials and exciting new products!
Voisin Chocolat $6.49
The Voisin Chocolate Factory, located in France’s gastronomy capital of Lyon, has been producing chocolate since 1897. Voisin continues to use traditional methods in its chocolate production and boasts authentic sourcing of raw, quality ingredients, as well as a handcrafted production. Choose from voluptuous white chocolate made from pure cocoa butter, and uplifting dark chocolate with pure arabica mocha coffee. This artisanal French indulgence is not to be passed up!
Palets Butter Cookies $3.49
A traditional confection of Brittany, France, Palets are thick, disc-shaped butter biscuits, similar to shortbread. Their simple ingredients of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar render a rich, crumbly, yet not-too-sweet cookie. Un Gourmand A Paris makes their palets in France with real French butter–so you KNOW they’re good. This tasty biscuit is the perfect accompaniment to afternoon tea or coffee.
Francine Crêpe Mix $7.99
Now you can whip up a batch of crêpes in no time! Francine uses quality French ingredients to prepare its scrumptious crêpe mix. Follow the recipe below for easy-to-make French crêpes.
Fourme d’Ambert $19.99/lb
A gorgeous blue cheese made from raw cow’s milk in the Auvergne region of France. This mild blue is less spicy than its cousin, Roquefort, with flavors of sweet cream and mushroom. Its silky, melt-in-your-mouth interior is complimented with bursts of sharp, saltiness from its mold marbling. Fourme d’Ambert’s crowd-pleasing flavor and unique cylindrical shape make it a star on cheese plates! Pair with nuts and dried fruits.
High scoring, sensibly priced wines from Domaine Lafage:
2015 Domaine Lafage Bastide Miraflors Vielles Vignes, Côtes Catalanes ($13.99) “This wine is almost too good to be true. 70% Syrah and 30% Grenache aged in concrete tanks and demi-muids. It’s a ripe, sexy, heady beauty that exhibits a deep, purple color as well as killer notes of smoked meats, chocolate, blackberry and black raspberries. Deep, unctuous, open knit and layered, it continues to change in the glass, has a seamless and silky profile, and not a hard edge to be found. It’s a sensational value that needs to be tasted to be believed.” 94 points Wine Advocate
2015 Domaine Lafage Tessellae Carignan Vielles Vignes, Côtes Catalanes ($13.99) “A sensational value the readers should snatch up is the 2015 IGP Cotes Catalanes Tessellae Carignan Vieilles Vignes! This full-bodied, ripe, sexy red has incredible purity of fruit, no hard edges and classic notes of blackberries, plums, spice and pepper. It’s a screaming deal.” 92 points Wine Advocate
French Crêpes
Makes about 10 crêpes
1 Sachet Francine Crêpe Mix
50cl (1/2 L) Milk
1 tbsp sunflower oil
1) Pour the milk and crepe mix into a bowl while stirring with a whisk.
2) Add the oil, and mix well. No need to let the dough rest!
3) Pour the dough in a lightly oiled hot skillet. Once cooked, flip. Let the other side brown.
4) Fill according to your taste and desires!
*Try it with Fourme d’Ambert, walnuts, and pear!