Taste and Create-French Style

I signed up for an event called Taste and Create created by Nicole of For The Love of Food. It's where she pairs up blogger and they create a recipe from the other persons blog.
I was paired up with the blog La Recette du Jour.
What fun it was to explore a new blog. But I have to admit, I had a bit of culture shock.
With recipes like Moules farcies au four and Besuc al Horno,
whats a california girl to pick? There were tempting treats like
Gratin de fruits au sabayon and Apricot and Almond Clafoutis
but I really wanted a dinner.

So my decision?
Chicken with 50 cloves of garlic and
Petits Pains au Lait
The chicken was so moist and fragrent. It was stuffed with a bouget of rosemary, thyme and parsly and it was baked on a bed of garlic. 50 garlic cloves to be exact. Thumbs up from all members of the family. This will be made again!
I paired it with some Petits Pain au Lait, slightly sweet dinner rolls. Now I do know that flours are different and I'm not sure but the recipe called for 600g of ordinary soft cake flour. Cake flour? O.k. then, I'll use cake flour. That can't be right, can it?
And were my calculations right? Does 5 cups =600g?
Then come to find out that 60g of butter is not 4 TBSP. It is 2 TBSP.
O-well. can you have to much butter?
Although my rolls were very good, they weren't as light as I expected.
I made my dough in the bread machine so it was easy as could be. I tried to get fancy and make clover rolls. Next time? Ordinary rolls.And I will try it with bread flour and the right amount of butter.
But again, thumbs up from the family! They were also quite tasty the next day with a cup of tea.

So, it was a delight to try the different recipes from La Recette du jour. Maybe next time I'll tackle the Lemon bars or the Marquise au chocolat.







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