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Ficelle Picardie

Cuisine of Picardy, France

 

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

- 12 medium-sized crêpes (6 inches/16 cm in diameter)
- 2 cups (½ liter) Mornay sauce (Béchamel sauce with cheese)
- 6 slices cooked ham
- ½ pound (250 g) button mushrooms
- 3 shallots
- ½ cup milk
- grated cheese

 

Preparation:

Make the crêpes and set aside. Make the Mornay sauce and set aside.
Soften the chopped shallots in butter. Add the thinly sliced mushrooms. Season. Mix the mushrooms and shallots into the Mornay sauce.
Cover each crêpe with the sauce, then a half a slice of ham, and cover again with the sauce. Roll the crêpes up like cigars and place them in a gratin dish.
Dilute the rest of the sauce with the milk and pour it over the crêpes. Sprinkle the dish with some grated cheese.
Cook at 425°F (220°C) for about 10 minutes until the cheese is golden brown.

Serve 6

Courtesy of French Government Tourist Office

 

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