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In order (left to right, top to bottom): béchamel, espagnole, tomato, velouté, hollandaise, and mayonnaise. In French cuisine, the mother sauces (French: sauces mères), also known as grandes sauces in French, are a group of sauces upon which many other sauces – "daughter sauces" or petites sauces – are based. [1][2] Different ...
The French Chef Cookbook, Simca's Cuisine. Mastering the Art of French Cooking is a two-volume French cookbook written by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, both from France, and Julia Child, from the United States. [1] The book was written for the American market and published by Knopf in 1961 (Volume 1) and 1970 (Volume 2).
Culture of France. French wines are usually made to accompany French cuisine. French cuisine is the cooking traditions and practices from France. In the 14th century, Guillaume Tirel, a court chef known as "Taillevent", wrote Le Viandier, one of the earliest recipe collections of medieval France. In the 17th century, chefs François Pierre La ...
French soups and stews. Bisque. Bouillabaisse – a stew of mixed herbs, fish, and vegetables. Consommé. French onion soup. Garbure – a thick French soup or stew of ham with cabbage and other vegetables, usually with cheese and stale bread added. [1] Lettuce soup. Oille – a French potée or soup believed to be the forerunner of pot-au-feu ...
Le Guide Culinaire (French pronunciation: [lə ɡid kylinɛːʁ]) is Georges Auguste Escoffier's 1903 French restaurant cuisine cookbook, his first. It is regarded as a classic and still in print. Escoffier developed the recipes while working at the Savoy, Ritz and Carlton hotels from the late 1880s to the time of publication.
Oreilette (beignet eaten during carnival or Christmas) Pan-bagnat (sandwich with whole wheat bread, salade, hard boiled eggs, tomatoes, tuna or anchovies and olive oil) Panisses. Pieds paquets (lambs' feet and tripe 'parcels' in a savoury sauce) Pissaladière (an antecedent of the much more popular pizza)
A velouté sauce (French pronunciation: [vəlute] ⓘ) is a savory sauce that is made from a roux and a light stock. It is one of the "mother sauces" of French cuisine listed by chef Auguste Escoffier in the early twentieth century, along with espagnole, tomato, béchamel, and mayonnaise or hollandaise. Velouté is French for ' velvety '.
Genoise is a basic building block of much French pâtisserie and is used for making several different types of cake. The batter usually is baked to form a thin sheet. An 1884 cookbook gives a simple recipe for a genoise: [8] Work together briskly in a basin half a pound of flour, half a pound of sugar, and four eggs: after five minutes' good ...