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A Fauchon Christmas

MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY TOAST!

Christmas Preserves - chestnuts and tangerines with the added spice of cinnamon and ginger. $9.

Christmas Marmalade - A combination of sweet and bitter oranges and lemons with
cinnamon, ginger and cloves. $9.

St. Nicholas Preserves - Peaches, lemons, tangerines, cinnamon and ginger. $9.

Christmas Tea - 70% China/30% Ceylon flavoured with caramel, sweet orange, maraschino cherry and pineapple.
125g tin - $12
25 crystal tea bags in a box - $13
15 crystal tea bags in round tin - $13

Christmas Coffee - not a flavoured coffee. It's called Christmas coffee because
the beans are harvested in December. This is 100% Arabica beans from Costa Rica,
full bodied, strong coffee. $15 (125g tin of ground coffee)



FESTIVE FRENCH FARE

For elegant evenings, don't forget the foie gras, smoked salmon, pâté and truffles!

Foie Gras in tins:
Mille Feuille - foie gras with layers of truffle. $95
Goose with truffle - $40
Goose, plain - $35

Foie Gras in glass jars:
Duck with cepes - $58
Goose - $60
Duck - $55

Truffles:
Truffle juice - $30
Truffle pieces 50g - $70
Truffle pieces 25g - $35
Whole Truffle 25g. - $65
Whole Truffle 50g. - $125

Smoked Salmon -
The Filet Royal is excellent as an appetizer or main course. The centre cut of the filet, it is the most delicate part of the salmon. Its exceptionally fine taste is due to exquisite slow wood smoking. 1/2 lb. - $18. 1lb. - $36.



Fauchon pink tin of chocolates
This Fauchon pink tin of chocolates is available from Neiman-Marcus online (see below for ordering info).
DELECTABLE DESSERTS BY CHEF FLORIAN BELLANGER AND HIS ELVES

Santa Claus Hat Cake - It looks like Santa forgot something on your table! This irresistibly delightful dessert features a chocolate covered shell over a chocolate mousse cake with crispy rice. Inside the cake is a chocolate cup filled with caramel sauce!
Serves 6, $45. Limited quantity available.

Bûche de Noel - The traditional French log cake available in four flavours: chocolate, pear-chestnut, fresh berries, and nougat orange.
Serves 4-6, $32. 8-10, $50.

Galette des Rois - Celebrate Epiphany French style in January with a cake of puff pastry dough and an almond filling. Each galette comes with a golden crown and a fève (porcelain charm) to tuck inside. Whoever finds the charm in their piece is crowned King or Queen for the Day. This year, Fauchon uses seven different charms.
Serves 6-8, $36.

Christmas Cakes with a Panettone base - Panettone covered with marzipan is decorated as a Chimney Sweep, Snowman and Santa Claus!
Snowman: $150. Chimney Sweep or Santa Claus: $200.



ALL THE TRIMMINGS

Marrons Glacés
(Candied Chestnuts)
Available in three flavours: plain, cognac and chocolate.
Fauchon selects the finest variety of Italian chestnuts from Turin, which undergo a long slow sugaring process using only Madagascar Bourbon vanilla bean. The process can take up to 21 days. The cognac marrons are soaked in cognac for at least 7 days. The chocolate marrons are enrobed in rich dark chocolate. $4 each or by the box.

Plain: box of 8, $25. box of 12, $35. box of 20, $60.
Cognac: box of 12, $44.
Chocolate: $4 each.

Panettone - Two sizes; 2lbs. ($16) and 3lbs ($24). This year they will come wrapped in black and white Fauchon logo paper. Available now.

Marzipan figures - A holiday set featuring a Snowman, Christmas Tree and Santa Claus. $10 each piece.


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FAUCHON GIFTS 2002*2003

Just in time for the holidays, Fauchon has a new direct mail catalogue of gift collections including Noël en France and Pont-Neuf Noël! Now Christmas in France can be brought directly to your door anywhere in the U.S.

Request a catalogue by clicking here

To order a Fauchon tea set from Neiman-Marcus, click here.