French Recipes
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Gateau Reine de Saba
Julia Child wrote that the Gateau Reine de Saba was the first French cake she ever ate. My version is a bit simpler to make than hers. I melt the chocolate with liquid, and I use all ground almonds rather than the traditional mixture of flour and almonds. I like my Reine de Saba to be slightly more like pudding and voluptuously melting. As "Reine de Saba" is French for Queen of Sheba, this seems entirely fitting. It also makes this cake eminently suitable for those who are gluten-intolerant. A little of this cake goes very far. You can easily get 12 slices out of this cake, so each person isn't consuming a huge amount of sugar. But to be defensive is to end on the wrong footing. A cake this good does you good, both body and soul.
Chocolate Cherry Mousse
This is a not-very-sweet, very grown up chocolate mousse, and it is quite easy to make. If you prefer the idea of a chocolate orange mousse, substitute Cointreau. Rum works well, too. Or you could use coffee in place of the alcohol. In any case, eating it is an example of living well.
A Cheat's Bordelaise Sauce
Classic bordelaise sauce, which can transform shoe leather into strip steak, is made with veal stock, demi-glace and time -- a lot of time. Here, though, you’ll use pan drippings from pork chops, simmering them with a red wine reduction until the two combine into an unctuous, rich sauce that flanks the old methods. Strain the whole thing, stir in a little butter and seasonings, and drizzle it over the pork chops. This takes most of a bottle of pinot noir, so choose the one you won’t mind finishing off in the kitchen yourself, alone with your heat and creativity.
Apple Bread Pudding With Calvados Sauce
Dorie Greenspan’s Chocolate Pudding
This chocolate pudding, which is adapted from Dorie Greenspan, is everything you want in a creamy dessert: It’s light and airy, just sweet enough, not too sticky, and above all, it tastes of good-quality chocolate.
Salade Niçoise
Vanilla Crème Brûlée
Five simple ingredients – cream, vanilla, salt, eggs and sugar – make for an exquisitely rich and elegant dessert. Most crème brûlée recipes require the use of a small propane torch to achieve the crackly sugar top, but this version offers a simpler (and safer) solution: your oven's broiler. One thing to note: Be sure to let the custard set for several hours in the refrigerator before brûléeing the top, otherwise you'll end up with soupy custard.
Apricot Gratin with Almonds and Kirsch
Plum Tart With Red-Currant Glaze
Garlic Soup With Potatoes and Leeks
Grilled Quail With Porcini Sauce
Salad With Garlic Dressing
Nutmeg-Scented Onion Gratin
Golden Cream And Apple Tart
Carrots Provencal
Flaky Sweet Pastry
Celery-Root Puree
Last Thanksgiving, Susy Davidson, food editor of Food & Wine magazine, prepared this wonderful celery-root puree in the microwave oven. This cooking method makes for a richer-tasting puree.
Prune And Almond Tart
Until my move to France, I really didn't feel one way or the other about prunes. But as I've traveled the country, I've discovered the wonders of this rich dried fruit. Something happens to the prunes in this tart as they bake, turning them into almost a sweet, compact candy. Be sure to make a good, strong tea (I used about one tablespoon of loose Earl Grey tea leaves to the two cups of water) for soaking the prunes.
Grilled Bluefish, Riviera Style
Tuna a la Marseillaise
Poulet a l'Estragon (Chicken with tarragon)
Fromage Blanc With Strawberries
Onion Gruyere Tart
