French dessert question
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French dessert question
I can't remember a dessert that was mentioned here. it was in a post related to Paris. The dessert involved pastry or cake, ice cream and chocolate sauce. I think. it sounded so good and now I am in Paris and can not remember enough about it.
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Le Relais de L'Entrecote serves profiteroles. At least it used to.
Caveat: many here don't like this restaurant. I love it!
http://www.relaisentrecote.fr/
Caveat: many here don't like this restaurant. I love it!
http://www.relaisentrecote.fr/
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If it is profiteroles, they are not that hard to find in a restaurant. The first restaurant that came to my mind, Julien's, has it on their set menu.
http://www.julienparis.com/en/menu/m...set-meals.html
http://www.julienparis.com/en/menu/m...set-meals.html
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We had profiteroles at a restaurant on rue Saint-Antoine in the 4th last summer. I can't recall it's name but it was overpriced and the pastry had probably been done in the morning and was a bit dry. I still gobbled it all up though.
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well, Odin, I'm afraid I disagree that they are easy to find in a restaurant. Many of the places where I have dined over many years used to have them but do not any more. I don't know if it is because they are out of style or just that they actually do take a lot of time and effort for them to be good, and places don't want to serve them if they are bad (ie, you should have fresh pastry and the sauce must be warmed just before serving). However, I would certainly appreciate you listing 5-10 restaurants that have them if you know of them (and not expensive ones, restaurants less than 50 euro for dinner total, for example).
I have seen them in a couple real cheap places and made the mistake of ordering them in one of them which I'll never do again, as they must have bought the pastry at a grocery store in a bag a couple days before, and then poured cold chocolate sauce on them (and no almonds). I could do that at home.
I have seen them in a couple real cheap places and made the mistake of ordering them in one of them which I'll never do again, as they must have bought the pastry at a grocery store in a bag a couple days before, and then poured cold chocolate sauce on them (and no almonds). I could do that at home.
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I can help with another restaurant, from Christian Constant's web site:
At Café Constant (no reservations, so come early for lunch and dinner) traditional brasserie food is served, at the bar, on the ground and first floor. Choose from a long list written on an antique blackboard. Prices are reasonable and won't break the bank. Starters include Cream of Puy lentilles dotted with foie gras, Oeufs Mimosa, Salade de Crudites, Terrines, etc. Mains include a Beef tartare, Penne with basil and tomatoes, Spanish omelette, steak and chips. Desserts include all the favourites such as Rice Pudding, Peach Melba, Profiterolles, Vacherin, Ile Flottante, Ice creams or cheese.
At Café Constant (no reservations, so come early for lunch and dinner) traditional brasserie food is served, at the bar, on the ground and first floor. Choose from a long list written on an antique blackboard. Prices are reasonable and won't break the bank. Starters include Cream of Puy lentilles dotted with foie gras, Oeufs Mimosa, Salade de Crudites, Terrines, etc. Mains include a Beef tartare, Penne with basil and tomatoes, Spanish omelette, steak and chips. Desserts include all the favourites such as Rice Pudding, Peach Melba, Profiterolles, Vacherin, Ile Flottante, Ice creams or cheese.
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http://www.lebistrotdescomperes.fr/#!__notre-cuisine
http://www.restaurant-delatour.fr/en/desserts/
http://legrandcolbert.fr/
http://www.relaisentrecote.fr/carte.html
http://www.lacoupole-paris.com/en/me...-desserts.html
http://www.alain-ducasse.com/sites/d...s-desserts.pdf
http://www.vagenende.com/
http://www.bofingerparis.com/fr/cart...-desserts.html
http://www.restaurant-delatour.fr/en/desserts/
http://legrandcolbert.fr/
http://www.relaisentrecote.fr/carte.html
http://www.lacoupole-paris.com/en/me...-desserts.html
http://www.alain-ducasse.com/sites/d...s-desserts.pdf
http://www.vagenende.com/
http://www.bofingerparis.com/fr/cart...-desserts.html
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I have never in my life seen profiteroles filled with ice cream. Maybe this is an American invention?
And I know a lot about profiteroles, sweetie darling, as I have been eating them since the crib.
Tschuss,
Thin
And I know a lot about profiteroles, sweetie darling, as I have been eating them since the crib.
Tschuss,
Thin
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I think using ice cream is more prevalent in the US, though I don't know if it was invented here.
There is a restaurant in downtown Boston called Brasserie Jo which serves profiteroles filled with vanilla ice cream. When you order them, they bring you a plate of 3, and a pitcher of warm, delicious, dark chocolate sauce which they will proceed to pour over your profiteroles until you say "when". they are soooo good!
There is a restaurant in downtown Boston called Brasserie Jo which serves profiteroles filled with vanilla ice cream. When you order them, they bring you a plate of 3, and a pitcher of warm, delicious, dark chocolate sauce which they will proceed to pour over your profiteroles until you say "when". they are soooo good!