Mediterranean Salad - Salade Nicoise
What is Salade Nicoise?
A combination of tomatoes, potatoes, anchovy, tuna and lettuce, typical of the South of France. A perfect summer dish.
Ingredients
4 tomatoes
1 lettuce
3 cups potatoes (medium-sized)
3 cups green beans
1 cup canned tuna
6 anchovy fillets
2 eggs
1/2 cup black olives
2 tb fresh green herbs
1 cup french dressing
Step 1: Boil the potatoes for 15 minutes or until ready, peel them and cut them in quarter. Boil the green beans for 15 to 20 minutes.
Step 2: Wash, drain and separate the lettuce leaves. Boil the eggs, peel them and cut them in quarter. Drain the anchovies and tuna. Quarter the tomatoes.
Step 3: Seasons the tomatoes and beans with french dressing.
Step 4: Season the lettuce leaves. Place them around a bowl.
Step 5: Arrange the potatoes in the bottom of the bowl.
Step 6: Decorate with the beans, tomatoes, tuna, anchovies. eggs, black olives.
Step 7: Pour in the remaining french dressing. Sprinkle with herbs.
Wine suggestion: Rosé Cotes de Provence (French Wine Guide).
Bon appetit!
Mediterranean Salad
Apple Pie - French Apple Tart from Normandy
Apple Pie - French Apple Tart
What is the French apple tart?
A custard creamy apple tart from Normandy very popular in France.
Ingredients
8-inch sweet short paste
1 lb apples (such as Golden apples)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup whipping cream
3 tb cognac or calvados brandy
Step 1: Preheat oven to 375° F / 190 °C.
Step 2: Peel, quarter, cut the apples into 1/8 inch slices. Toss them in a bowl with 1/2 cup of sugar and cinnamon. Arrange them in the pastry shell. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes. Then let cool.
Step 3: Beat the egg and 1/2 cup of sugar until mixture is pale yellow. Beat in the flour, then the whipping cream, and finally the brandy. Pour in the mixture over the apples.
Step 4: Return to oven for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar and return again to oven for 20 minutes.
Keep warm until ready to serve
Wine suggestion: Cider (French Wine Guide).
Bon appetit!
Quiche Lorraine
Quiche Lorraine
Traditional recipe from East of France, Quiche Lorraine is a pie with egg and bacon.
Ingredients
Pie pastry
6-8 slices of bacon, diced
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup of whipping heavy cream
1 or 2 tsp of butter
1/2 tsp of salt
1/4 tsp of pepper
1 pinch of grated nutmeg
Step 1: Preheat oven to 400° F (200° C)
Step 2: Put bacon dices in boiling water for 1 or 2 minutes. Drain. Put in a pan and heat till brown. Drain again.
Step 3: Rool out pastry in a pie pan. Pastry should come about 1" up the sides.
Step 4: Beat eggs, cream and seasoning. Add bacon.
Step 5: Pour mixture on the pastry, no more than 3/4 of the pie pan.
Step 6: Reduce heat to 300° F (150°C). Bake for 30 minutes or until pie is cooked. Put a knife in the midle, if it comes clean the quiche is ready.
Step 7: Let the quiche cool. Do not remove it from the pan. Goes well with a salad.
Suggestion:
Although traditional recipe does not include it, you can add swiss cheese such as Gruyère (in step 4). 1 cup or 4 ounces.
Wine suggestion: White wine from Burgundy, Tokay d'Alsace (French Wine Guide).
Bon appetit!
