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Index
Cover
Contents
List of Recipes
Title Page
Notes on the recipes
Notes from a journey
Soups and starters
Cream of mussel soup with celeriac and saffron
Spider crab soup with fennel, tomato and Pernod
Tourin d’ail Gascon garlic soup
French onion soup
Deep green spinach soup with a poached egg and Parmesan
Roasted pumpkin and thyme soup with Gruyère cheese
Prawn dumpling and noodle soup with chilli, mint and coriander
Vichyssoise
Sorrel, pea and lettuce soup
Charentais melon salad with tomato, cucumber and goat’s cheese
L’anchoïade with crudités
Brandade de morue with anchovy toasts
Lightly curried crab mayonnaise with lamb’s lettuce
Oysters with sauce mignonette
Mackerel escabèche with oregano, fennel and chilli
Gougères
Warm mussel and potato salad with pistou
Seared scallops with lentils and a tomato and herbes de Provence dressing
Seared foie gras on sweetcorn pancakes with a balsamic vinegar and port glaze
Ham hock terrine with a chicory and mustard salad
Sautéed calf’s brains on toasted sourdough with beurre noisette
Egg mayonnaise
Bayonne ham with celeriac remoulade
Poached eggs with an artichoke, bacon and croûton salad
Globe artichokes with mustard dressing
Warm salad of wood pigeon with pommes Anna, Cabernet Sauvignon, walnut oil and frisée
Light lunches
Pissaladière Niçoise onion tart
Baked whole Vacherin Mont d’Or with new potatoes and gherkins
Buckwheat galettes with ham, egg and cheese
Warm walnut-crusted goat’s cheese with beetroot and thyme salad
Hot Toulouse sausages with a tomato, caper and shallot salad
Steak tartare
Baked field mushrooms with tapenade on garlic croûtes
Cep omelette
Smoked ham salad with shaved Gruyère, escarole and walnuts
Marmande tomato tart with basil and garlic
Vietnamese poached chicken salad with mint and coriander
Swiss chard and Emmenthal tart
Sautéed chicken livers on puff pastry with caramelized chicory and balsamic vinegar
Grilled sardine croûtes with tomato, garlic, parsley and olive oil
Fish and shellfish
Bouillabaisse
Chilled shellfish with creamy aïoli and parsley sauce
Warm Ile d’Oléron oysters with champagne sabayon
Clams in a garlic and parsley velouté
Fillets of John Dory with cucumber and Noilly Prat
Fried trout stuffed with sliced ceps, garlic and diced bacon
Roasted sea bass with pastis and a Camargue rice risotto
Sautéed eel with persillade
Zander braised in Pinot Noir
A little ragoût of seafood with fines herbes, white wine and linguine
Roasted dourade with sea salt à la Provençal
Provençal fish pasta with fennel seeds, anchovies, tomatoes and olive oil
Squid and potato stew with rouille
Grilled cod on pommes sarladaise with truffle oil
Salmon en croûte with tarragon butter and wilted spinach
Hake en papillote with beurre blanc
Dover sole à la meunière
Moules marinière
Skate with black butter
Moules farcies
Grilled sea bass with beurre blanc
Bourride of red mullet, brill and salt cod
Sole véronique
La mouclade
Oysters charentais
Marmite dieppoise
Poultry and game
Duck confit with braised red cabbage
Vetou’s magret de canard with red wine sauce
Henry IV poule au pot
Roast chicken with chestnut mushrooms and truffle
Chicken sauté with Muscat de Minervois and crème fraîche
Griddled spatchcock quail with a red wine vinegar, shallot and mustard dressing
Rabbit with Agen prunes and polenta
Pan-fried rabbit with tarragon sauce
Pot-roasted duck with turnips
Roast partridge with Dubonnet and a frisée and watercress salad
Meat and offal
Petit salé aux lentilles Salt pork with lentils
Cassoulet
Ragoût of lamb with Provençal rosé wine, tomatoes and flageolets
Bargee’s pork and garlic stew
Bullfighter’s beef stew with macaronade
Roast pork with Emmenthal and air-dried ham
Pan-fried pork chops with rocket, capers and a cider butter sauce
Roast rack of lamb with crushed potatoes and slowly caramelized garlic
Roast loin of lamb stuffed with kidneys, spinach, mustard and lemon
Roast loin of veal with Madeira sauce and creamed spinach
Moroccan lamb tagine with ras el hanout and couscous
Calf’s liver with parsley, sage and mushrooms
Sautéed lamb’s kidneys on toasted brioche with Sauvignon Blanc, mustard and tarragon
Escalopes of pork with a crisp fennel and green bean salad
Roast fillet of beef with Provençal tomatoes
Pan-fried fillet steak with the slow-cooked flavours of daube
Bavette bordelaise with pommes Coq d’Or and cheesemaker’s salad
Rib-eye steaks cooked over an open fire with garlic butter and goose-fat chips
Desserts
Baked lemon cheesecake with summer berry compote
Tarte tatin
Prune and almond tart with Armagnac
Tarte aux pignons Pine nut tart
Hazelnut and chocolate dacquoise
Crunchy walnut tart with chestnut honey
Hot vanilla soufflés with mango, passion fruit and lime sauce
Fresh figs with vanilla fromage blanc
Caramel mousse with almond brittle and strawberries
Gateau lyonnais Rich chocolate and chestnut cake
Grilled peaches with lemon verbena ice cream and raspberries
Cherry pithiviers
Pear puff pastry tart with a red wine and redcurrant glaze
Petit pots au chocolat Little pots of chocolate
Normandy cider and apple sorbet with crisp apple wafers
Crème caramel with cinnamon, cardamom and vanilla
Baked apple and almond puddings with crème anglaise
Passion fruit crème brûlée with passion fruit jellies
Raspberry and vanilla parfait
Redcurrant tart
Vanilla poached apricots with honey madeleines
Accompaniments and basics
Conversion charts
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Copyright
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