Thursday, December 16, 2010

About French Food: Hearty Stews and Gingerbread

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From Rebecca Franklin, your Guide to French Food
Scroll down for two delicious, traditional stews, including our Christmas Eve favorite, a party-perfect pissaladiere, and cozy-as-can-be pain d'epices, or gingerbread.

Cassoulet Recipe

This chicken and sausage cassoulet recipe is a modern update on the classic white bean cassoulet from Toulouse. This version evokes particularly complex and developed flavors by cooking certain ingredients separately, and then together. The result is an irresistible, hearty stew... Read more.


Pissaladiere Recipe

If you have puff pastry and onions on hand, you can pull a steaming, flaky cafe favorite from your oven in just one hour. Pissaladiere is a savory, Provencal onion tart layered with olives, anchovies, and herbs. Serve it cut into little rectangles for a fabulous appetizer... Read more.


Boeuf Bourguignon Recipe

There are so many recipes out there for classic beef Burgundy, or boeuf Bourguignon. Here is the traditional version that you are likely to have encountered at some point in your life and also our household's Christmas Eve tradition. Universally enjoyed, this slow-cooked beef stew is the ultimate comfort food... Read more.


Pain d'Epices Recipe

Easy, rustic pain d'epices, or gingerbread, is the perfect dessert recipe to whip up during a busy day. Feel free to use ½ cup of chopped toasted almonds and 1 teaspoon almond extract in place of the hazelnuts, or leave the nuts out of the cake altogether. I like to allow the cake to cool, and develop its flavor, for a few hours before serving. Whether you enjoy it with a steaming mug of coffee or tea or a tall, cold glass of milk, you're sure to love the rich spiciness of this honey butter cake...Read more.


 


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