Learn how to peel a tomato in this clip from the DVD accompanying Flammarion’s forthcoming book, “French Cooking: Classic Recipes and Simple Techniques”. “French Cooking” offers the step-by-step kitchen techniques that are the secret to success. The book opens with a guide to the fundamentals of cooking: knife techniques, cooking methods, sauces and stuffings, eggs, dough. Each method is explained in text and photographs, with twenty-four further clarified on the accompanying ninety-minute DVD. Organized in courses, 125 classic recipes are graded with a three-star rating so that home chefs can gauge its complexity—and expand their cooking abilities gradually with experience. Practical resources complete the volume, including visual dictionaries of basic kitchen equipment, cuts of meat, and types of herbs, grains, spices, legumes; a glossary; and indexes of the recipes, main ingredients, and culinary techniques. With an introduction by Paul Bocuse, this impressive volume is an essential guide for novice and established cooks alike. ISBN: 978-2-08-030146-8 .95
three easy recipes using fresh spring ingredients : dandelions and violets .Omelette aux pissenlits (dandelion omelette ) dandelion salad and crystallized violets you can use in yugurts , ice-creams or cakes . Then a tip to make a traditional French salad dressing .
Jack Scalfani shows you how to make one of his favorite soups. Be sure to subscribe. check out his new channel “Jack on the Go” youtube.com French Onion Soup 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter 6 onions (about 3 pounds), sliced 6 garlic cloves, sliced 1/2 cup dry white wine 3 cups canned low-salt chicken broth 3 cups canned beef broth 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 4 sourdough bread slices, toasted 1 cup grated Swiss cheese 1/2 cup grated Parmesan Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and garlic and saut? until very tender and brown, about 45 minutes. Add wine and simmer until reduced to glaze, about 3 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, beef broth and mustard. Simmer 20 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Refrigerate. Return soup to simmer before continuing.) Preheat broiler. Ladle soup into broilerproof bowls. Top each with slice of toast and grated cheeses. Broil until cheeses melt and bubble.
Jack Scalfani tackles the most famous Julia Child recipe ever. It is the hardest episode he has ever done. Be sure to join the Cooking With Jack Community: cookingwithjack.net Here is the recipe Ingredients 1 6 ounce piece chunk bacon 3 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 3 pounds lean stew beef, cut into 2-inch cubes 1 carrot, sliced 1 onion, sliced Salt and pepper 2 tablespoons flour 3 cups red wine, young and full bodied 3 cups beef stock 1 tablespoon tomato paste 2 cloves mashed garlic 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1 bay leaf, crumbled 20 small white onions 3 1/2 tablespoons butter herb bouquet (4 parsley sprigs, one-half bay leaf, one-quarter teaspoon thyme, tied in cheesecloth) 1 pound fresh mushrooms, quartered Directions 1 Preheat oven to 450 degrees. 2 Remove bacon rind and cut into lardons (sticks 1/4-inch thick and 1 1/2 inches long). Simmer rind and lardons for 10 minutes in 1 1/2 quarts water. Drain and dry. 3 Sauté lardons in 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a flameproof casserole over moderate heat for 2 to 3 minutes to brown lightly. Remove to side dish with a slotted spoon. 4 Heat fat in casserole until almost smoking. Dry beef in paper towels; it will not brown if it is damp. Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and sauté until nicely browned on all sides. Add it to the lardons. In the same fat, brown the sliced vegetables. Pour out the excess fat. 5 Return the beef and bacon to the casserole and toss with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Then sprinkle on the flour …