INGREDIENTS
For the compote :
- 1 kg of apples (pippin)
(2)
- 125 g caster sugar (3)
- a 1/2 lemon juice
- a 1/2 half cinnamon spoon
(4)
For the sablé crust
(5)
:
- 150 g butter
- 150 g caster sugar
- 150 g flour (6)
- a little salt
- a little butter for the
dish
DIRECTIONS
1/ peel the
apples, cut them, eliminate
the pips. (7)
Put them into a saucepan (8)
with a little
lemon juice. Cook for about
15 mn until they look soft.
2/ mash (9)
the apples
with a fork and add sugar
and cinnamon
Transfer into
a dish (10).
You can add raisin, almonds,
nuts...
Pre-heat the
oven (11)
(240°C
- th.7)
3/ In a jar,
soften the butter with a wooden
spoon
(12).
Add the sugar, a pinch of
salt and the flour.
Crumble (13)
the mixture
with your fingers and rub
(14)
yours hands.
4/ Crumble
the mixture on top of the
compote. Bake (15)
for about 25
to 30 mn (180°C - th.6)
until the crust looks browned
(16).
Serve warm or cold with ice-cream
or "crème anglaise"
You can also
try with other fruit :
bananas - pears - pears and
apples - strawberry - raspberry
- redcurrant - blueberry -
apricot...
VOCABULARY NOTES
(1)
servings :
parts
(2) pippin : reinette
(3) caster sugar : sucre en
poudre
(4) cinnamon spoon : cuillère
de canelle
(5) sablé crust : pâte
sablée
(6) flour : farine
(7) pip : pépin
(8) saucepan : casserole
(9) to mash
: écraser
(10) dish : plat
(11) oven : four
(12) wooden spoon : cuillère
en bois
(13) to crumble : émietter
(14)
to rub : frotter
(15)
to bake : cuire (au four)
(16)
browned : doré
COOKIES
easy & delicious!
printable version
INGREDIENTS
- 250 g baking powder (1)
- 90 g caster sugar (2)
- 120 g butter
- 1 sachet of chocolate chips
(3)
- 1 beaten egg
(4)
- 1 dessertspoon milk
DIRECTIONS
Set oven (5)
to 215°C (th. 7).
Grease and flour
(6) baking
sheets (7).
Sift (8)
the flour into
a bowl and rub in the butter.
Add the sugar and the beaten
egg with the milk.
Add the chocolate chips.
Divide the mixture into small
balls.
Dust (9)
lightly with sugar.
Bake for about 10 mn, then reduce
to 180°C (th. 4) for 5 mn.
VOCABULARY
NOTES
(1)
baking
powder : levure
(2) caster
sugar : sucre en poudre
(3) chocolate chips : pépites
de chocolat
(4)
beaten egg :
oeuf battu
(5) oven
: four
(6) flour : farine
(7)
baking sheet : plaque de four
(8)
to sift : tamiser
(9)
to dust :
saupoudrer
SCONES
easy
& traditional!
printable version
INGREDIENTS
- 200 g flour (1)
- 2 sachets of baking powder
(2)
- 50 g butter
- 150 ml milk
- a little salt
DIRECTIONS
Put the flour,
the baking powder and salt in
a bowl.
Put the butter in the bowl and
mix.
Put the milk in the bowl and
mix.
Put some flour on the table,
put the pastry (3)
on it and roll (4)
it.
The pastry must be about 2 cm
thick (5).
Cut some circles on the pastry
and grease a cake-tin (6).
Put in the oven (7)
for about 20 mn.
Serve
with butter and jam (strawberry)
and a cup of tea, of course!
You can also
add raisin in the mixture.
VOCABULARY NOTES
(1)
flour : farine
(2) baking
powder : levure
(3) pastry : pâte
(4)
to roll : étaler
(5) thick
: d'épaisseur
(6) cake-tin : moule
à gâteaux
(7)
oven : four
