Gaston Lenotre

In discussing pate de fruit on chowhound, it came up that Gaston Lenotre a famed pastry chef from Paris had pate de fruit that didn't use pectin. I

Chef Gaston was born in Normandy and the son of Eleonore, the first woman chef of Paris, and chef of the Rothschild family. He founded a bakery dynasty and a school (Ecoles Lenotre), which has produced some books that I have. I believe he's retired and still living in the Loire valley.

I think Nita said that she went to the school to learn some pastry things.

Anyway, almost all pate de fruit recipe I've seen attributed to Chef Lenotre, has references to Certo which is a liquid pectin. I know someone visiting Paris, and I'll ask her if she has some time that she can look around for some cookbooks.