Crème de Marrons

Sunday, March 22. 2009

Crème de Marrons

Breakfast biscuits
I've just returned from a week-long trip to Paris on a short language exchange program with my department. I didn't manage to try anything fancy nor embark on a pastry/confectionary/chocolate tasting, but I did enjoy a few nice meals encompassing french onion soup, grilled lamb, steak au poivre, steak au roquefort, frites, smoked fish salad, chocolate mousse, and the obligatory baguettes and sandwiches. =) I also came across the breakfast biscuits that my friend introduced to me when I visited her 2 years ago in Montpellier, France.

Still, I did learn of one new item: crème de marrons (chestnut cream). I'd just read about it on Tartlette's blog, and fortunately enough, it was offered as one of the toppings for our first convivial meal of homemade savoury and sweet crepes. One bite and I was instantly hooked. It was a creamy paste of roasted chestnut flavour with a hint of sweetness. I'd only recently learned of the joy of roasted chestnut, and this was even better as it eliminated the work of roasting and cracking the nuts and there was the added tinge of sweetness. It's just as bad as nutella, as I can eat it straight out of the can! Too bad I only bought one small one for myself...

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Crystal Cheng
in Baking & Cooking, Confectionery, Travel/Tastings at 00:53 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)
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