Index
Almonds
Île Flottante
Pain Perdue
toasting
Anchovies
Pissaladière (Provençal Pizza)
Appetizers
Blini with Smoked Salmon
Cheese Puffs (Gougères)
Cheese Straws
Potato Chips
Radishes with Butter and Salt
Rosemary Cashews
Arugula
Warm Mushroom Salad
Asparagus with Hollandaise
Avocado and Grapefruit Salad

Baba au Rhum
Bacon
Brussels Sprouts Lardons
Basil
Pistou
Beans
French String (Haricots Verts)
Lentil Sausage Soup
Salmon with Lentils
White, Roast Lamb with
Béarnaise Sauce, Steak with
Beef
Boeuf Bourguignon (Beef Stew with Red Wine)
Filet of, au Poivre
Steak with Béarnaise Sauce
Beets, Roasted
Berries
Coeur à la Crème with Raspberries
Meringues Chantilly
Pain Perdue
Plum Raspberry Crumble
Raspberry Royale
Raspberry Sauce
Strawberry Tarts
Beverages
Cassis à l’Eau
Kir
Raspberry Royale
Blini with Smoked Salmon
Blue Cheese
Endive, Pear, and Roquefort Salad
Roquefort Butter
Soufflé
types of
Boeuf Bourguignon (Beef Stew with Red Wine)
Bordeaux wines, about
Bread
Brioche Loaves
Croutons, Lemon Chicken with
Pain Perdue
preparing croutons from
preparing fresh crumbs from
Brioche Loaves
Brownie Tart
Brussels Sprouts Lardons
Burgundy wines, about
Butter
Béarnaise Sauce
Herbed
Hollandaise
how to clarify
Roquefort
Butternut squash
Moroccan Couscous
Winter Squash Soup (Soupe au Potiron)

Cakes
Baba au Rhum
Plum, “Tatin”
Caramelized Shallots
Carrots
Moroccan Couscous
Cashews, Rosemary
Cassis à l’Eau
Cauliflower Gratin
Celery Root
Potato Purée
Rémoulade
Champagne
Raspberry Royale
Cheese
Blue, Soufflé
blue, types of
butterfat in
categories of
Cauliflower Gratin
Coeur à la Crème with Raspberries
Croque Monsieur
Eggplant Gratin
Goat, Tart
Goat, Warm, Salad with
Pistou
Puffs (Gougères)
Roquefort, Endive, and Pear Salad
Roquefort Butter
serving, 6.1, 6.2
Spinach in Puff Pastry
Straws
Zucchini Gratin
Chicken
with Forty Cloves of Garlic
Lemon, with Croutons
with Morels
Stock, Homemade
Chocolate
Brownie Tart
high quality, buying
Orange Mousse
Profiteroles
Truffles
Clafouti, Pear
Clams
Seafood Platter
Cocktail Sauce
Coconut Madeleines
Coeur à la Crème with Raspberries
Cooking schools, French
Cookware, French
Couscous, Moroccan
Crabs
Seafood Platter
Cream, Whipped
Crème Anglaise (Vanilla Sauce)
Crème Brûlée
Crème de cassis
Cassis à l’Eau
Kir
Croque Monsieur
Croutons, Lemon Chicken with
Croutons, preparing
Crumble, Plum Raspberry
Custard
Crème Brûlée
Pastry Cream

Desserts
Baba au Rhum
Brownie Tart
Chocolate Orange Mousse
Chocolate Truffles
Coconut Madeleines
Coeur à la Crème with Raspberries
Crème Anglaise (Vanilla Sauce)
Crème Brûlée
Elephant Ears (Palmiers)
Ice Cream Bombe
Île Flottante
Lemon Meringue Tart
Mango Sorbet
Meringues Chantilly
Pain Perdue
Pastry Cream
Peaches in Sauternes
Pear Clafouti
Plum Cake “Tatin”
Plum Raspberry Crumble
Profiteroles
Raspberry Sauce
Strawberry Tarts
Dinner
Boeuf Bourguignon (Beef Stew with Red Wine)
Chicken with Forty Cloves of Garlic
Chicken with Morels
Filet of Beef au Poivre
Lemon Chicken with Croutons
Loin of Pork with Green Peppercorns
Rack of Lamb Persillade
Roast Duck
Roasted Striped Bass
Roast Lamb with White Beans
Salmon with Lentils
Scallops Provençal
Steak with Béarnaise Sauce
Veal Chops with Roquefort Butter
Drinks
Cassis à l’Eau
Kir
Raspberry Royale
Duck, Roast

Eggplant Gratin
Eggs
Blue Cheese Soufflé
bringing to room temperature
Herbed-Baked
Île Flottante
Meringues Chantilly
Scrambled, with Truffles
separating, tip for
whites of, whipping
Elephant Ears (Palmiers)
Endive, Pear, and Roquefort Salad

Fennel Salad
Filet of Beef au Poivre
Fish
Blini with Smoked Salmon
Pissaladière (Provençal Pizza)
Roasted Striped Bass
Salmon with Lentils
Seafood Stew
Flowers, 2.1, 3.1
Fruit. See Berries; specific fruits
Garlic
buying, tip for
Forty Cloves of, Chicken with
Mashed Potatoes
Pistou
Rack of Lamb Persillade
Goat Cheese, Warm, Salad with
Goat Cheese Tart
Gougères (Cheese Puffs)
Grapefruit and Avocado Salad
Gratin, Cauliflower
Gratin, Eggplant
Gratin, Zucchini
Greens
Green Salad Vinaigrette
Salad with Warm Goat Cheese
Spinach in Puff Pastry
Warm Mushroom Salad
washing and storing
Gruyère cheese
Cauliflower Gratin
Cheese Puffs (Gougères)
Cheese Straws
Croque Monsieur
Spinach in Puff Pastry
Zucchini Gratin

Ham
Croque Monsieur
Warm Mushroom Salad
Haricots Verts (French String Beans)
Herbs
Herbed-Baked Eggs
Herbed Butter
Herbed New Potatoes
Hollandaise, Asparagus with
Hors d’oeuvres. See Appetizers

Ice Cream Bombe
Île Flottante

Kir

Lamb
“Frenched” rack of, defined
Rack of, Persillade
Roast, with White Beans
Leeks
washing
Zucchini Vichyssoise
Lemon(s)
Chicken with Croutons
Meringue Tart
zesting, tip for
Lentils, Salmon with
Lentil Sausage Soup
Lobster
Seafood Platter
Loin of Pork with Green Peppercorns
Loire Valley wines, about
Lunch
Blue Cheese Soufflé
Croque Monsieur
Eggplant Gratin
Goat Cheese Tart
Herbed-Baked Eggs
Mussels in White Wine (Moules Marinières)
Pissaladière (Provençal Pizza)
Salad with Warm Goat Cheese
Scrambled Eggs with Truffles
Seafood Platter
Spinach in Puff Pastry

Madeleines, Coconut
Mango Sorbet
Matchstick Potatoes
Meringues Chantilly
Mignonette Sauce
Milk, scalding
Morels, Chicken with
Moroccan Couscous
Moules Marinières (Mussels in White Wine)
Mousse, Orange Chocolate
Mushroom(s)
Boeuf Bourguignon (Beef Stew with Red Wine)
Chicken with Morels
cleaning
Salad, Warm
Scrambled Eggs with Truffles
Wild, Sautéed
Mussels
cleaning
Roasted Striped Bass
Seafood Stew
in White Wine (Moules Marinières)
Mustard Sauce

Olives
Pissaladière (Provençal Pizza)
removing pit from
Onions
Boeuf Bourguignon (Beef Stew with Red Wine)
Pissaladière (Provençal Pizza)
Orange Chocolate Mousse
Oysters
Seafood Platter

Pain Perdu
Palmiers (Elephant Ears)
Pancetta
Brussels Sprouts Lardons
Parmesan cheese
Cauliflower Gratin
Cheese Puffs (Gougères)
Cheese Straws
Eggplant Gratin
Pistou
Spinach in Puff Pastry
Pastry Cream
Pâte à choux
Cheese Puffs (Gougères)
preparing cream puffs from
Profiteroles
Peaches in Sauternes
Pear(s)
Bartlett, ripening
Clafouti
Endive, and Roquefort Salad
Peppercorns, black, grinding
Peppercorns, Green, Loin of Pork with
Pernod, about
Persillade, Rack of Lamb
Pignolis (pine nuts)
Spinach in Puff Pastry
toasting
Pilaf, Tomato Rice
Pissaladière (Provençal Pizza)
Pistou
Pizza, Provençal (Pissaladière)
Plum(s)
Cake “Tatin”
prune (Italian), about
Raspberry Crumble
Pork
Brussels Sprouts Lardons
Croque Monsieur
Lentil Sausage Soup
Loin of, with Green Peppercorns
Warm Mushroom Salad
Potato(es)
Celery Root Purée
Chips
Mashed, Garlic
Matchstick
New, Herbed
Vegetable Tian
Zucchini Vichyssoise
Profiteroles
Prosciutto
Warm Mushroom Salad
Provençal Pizza (Pissaladière)
Provençal Vegetable Soup (Soupe au Pistou)
Puff Pastry
Cheese Straws
defrosting
Elephant Ears (Palmiers)
Spinach in
working with, tips for, 1.1, 2.1
Pumpkin
Winter Squash Soup (Soupe au Potiron)

Rack of Lamb Persillade
Radishes with Butter and Salt
Raisins
Brussels Sprouts Lardons
Raspberry(ies)
Coeur à la Crème with
Plum Crumble
Royale
Sauce
Rémoulade, Celery Root
Rhône wines, about
Rice Pilaf, Tomato
Roast Duck
Roasted Beets
Roasted Striped Bass
Roast Lamb with White Beans
Roquefort, Endive, and Pear Salad
Roquefort Butter
Rosemary Cashews
Rum
Baba au Rhum
Syrup

Salad
Avocado and Grapefruit
Celery Root Rémoulade
Endive, Pear, and Roquefort
Fennel
Green, Vinaigrette
Mushroom, Warm
preparing ahead, tip for
with Warm Goat Cheese
Salmon, Smoked, Blini with
Salmon with Lentils
Sandwiches
Croque Monsieur
Sauce
Béarnaise
Cocktail
Crème Anglaise (Vanilla Sauce)
Hollandaise
Mignonette
Mustard
Raspberry
Sausage Lentil Soup
Sautéed Wild Mushrooms
Sauternes, Peaches in
Scallops Provençal
Scrambled Eggs with Truffles
Seafood
Blini with Smoked Salmon
Mussels in White Wine (Moules Marinières)
Pissaladière (Provençal Pizza)
Platter
Roasted Striped Bass
Salmon with Lentils
Scallops Provençal
Stew
Stock
Shallots, Caramelized
Shallots, peeling
Shellfish
Mussels in White Wine (Moules Marinières)
Roasted Striped Bass
Scallops Provençal
Seafood Platter
Seafood Stew
Shrimp
Roasted Striped Bass
Seafood Platter
Seafood Stew
Side dishes
Asparagus with Hollandaise
Brussels Sprouts Lardons
Caramelized Shallots
Cauliflower Gratin
French String Beans (Haricots Verts)
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Herbed New Potatoes
Matchstick Potatoes
Moroccan Couscous
Potato Celery Root Purée
Roasted Beets
Sautéed Wild Mushrooms
Tomato Rice Pilaf
Vegetable Tian
Zucchini Gratin
Sorbet, Mango
Sorbet, softening
Soufflé, Blue Cheese
Soup
Lentil Sausage
Vegetable, Provençal (Soupe au Pistou)
Winter Squash (Soupe au Potiron)
Zucchini Vichyssoise
Soupe au Pistou (Provençal Vegetable Soup)
Soupe au Potiron (Winter Squash Soup)
Spinach in Puff Pastry
Squash
Moroccan Couscous
Vegetable Tian
Winter, Soup (Soup au Potiron)
zucchini, preparing
Zucchini Gratin
Zucchini Vichyssoise
Starters
Blini with Smoked Salmon
Cassis à l’Eau
Cheese Puffs (Gougères)
Cheese Straws
Kir
Potato Chips
Radishes with Butter and Salt
Raspberry Royale
Rosemary Cashews
Steak with Béarnaise Sauce
Stew
Boeuf Bourguignon (Beef Stew with Red Wine)
Seafood
Stock, Chicken, Homemade
Stock, Seafood
Strawberry(ies)
Pain Perdue
Tarts
String Beans, French (Haricots Verts)
Striped Bass, Roasted

Table settings
Tart, Brownie
Tart, Goat Cheese
Tart, Lemon Meringue
Tarts, Strawberry
Tian, Vegetable
Tomato(es)
Rice Pilaf
Roasted Striped Bass
Vegetable Tian
Truffles
black, origins of
Scrambled Eggs with
white, origins of
Truffles, Chocolate

Vanilla Sauce (Crème Anglaise)
Veal Chops with Roquefort Butter
Vegetable(s). See also specific vegetables
Asparagus with Hollandaise
Brussels Sprouts Lardons
Caramelized Shallots
Cauliflower Gratin
Celery Root Rémoulade
Eggplant Gratin
Fennel Salad
French String Beans (Haricots Verts)
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Green Salad Vinaigrette
Herbed New Potatoes
Matchstick Potatoes
Moroccan Couscous
Potato Celery Root Purée
Potato Chips
Radishes with Butter and Salt
Roasted Beets
Salad with Warm Goat Cheese
Sautéed Wild Mushrooms
Soup, Provençal (Soupe au Pistou)
Spinach in Puff Pastry
Tian
Tomato Rice Pilaf
Warm Mushroom Salad
Winter Squash Soup (Soupe au Potiron)
Zucchini Gratin
Zucchini Vichyssoise
Vichyssoise, Zucchini
Vinaigrette, Green Salad

Walnuts
Brownie Tart
Endive, Pear, and Roquefort Salad
toasting
Wells, Patricia
Whipped Cream
Wine (French)
from Bordeaux
from Burgundy
from Champagne region
choosing, guidelines for
classification of
Kir
from Loire Valley
from Rhône region

Zucchini
Gratin
Moroccan Couscous
preparing
Vegetable Tian
Vichyssoise