Mamy Therese Madeleinerie

I know. I've been MIA again, and I am still immersed in coquillage (scallops) but this time the famous baked little cakes of Monsieur Proust.

Last Thursday I was invited to an early morning tasting at madeleinerie, Mamy Therese, brand new to Paris from Nancy located on 19 rue Saint-Antoine, 75004.

An adorable shop just a hop and a skip from Hotel du Sully by the way.

I've lost count of all the flavors but many use Nancienne products like mirabelle and bergamot

Look, even the spatula has scallop edges! With all the madeleines i've downed this week I'll soon grow a few scalloped edges myself...

These little cakes have nothing to do with church at Place Madeleine in case you were wondering. They are named after the cook who first made them. At. Mamy Therese their creater is chef Benoit Molin.

You may have heard of the French expression, "la madeleine de Proust". It refers to any food that brings back childhood memories. In fact in an early draft of "Rembrances of Things Past" it was a bit of toast with a smear of honey. Fortunately an editor, in the third draft suggested the madeleine instead. Aren't we lucky. What a delicious little morsel.

These golden orange tablier are handsome.

We get a detailed dissertation on madeleine structure and composition. Much tasting is included.

Mamy Therese's colors match nicely with Champagne Veuve Clicquot

Not just madeleines either. I spied these gorgeous croque monsieurs  lurking on a tray.

They gifted us tasters with a dozen box of different flavored madeleines. I had every intention of handing them directly over to my landlord. Ha. The best laid plans of mice etc.

Naturally immediately after I headed over to La Grand Epicerie. I remembered they had madeleines shaped exactly like scallop shells.

I thought I could pop them in the shells and paint them but it was not to be. They did taste quite nice though.

Time for another DIY paint a madeleine session this week PBers.

Simply trace around your madeleine with a pencil. 

Then throw in some watercolor washes using Yellow Ochre, Burnt Siena, Burnt Umber plus a blue for shadow. I like to paint the shadow first. Et voila! 

I made tons of these this week as bonus watercolors if you subscribe.

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