This week on French Fridays with Dorie is tuna and mango ceviche (page 178). I have mentioned before that I don’t like tuna that does not come out of a can and I also don’t like raw fish or meat. My husband dislikes mangoes and avocados so this recipe just wasn’t going to fly in…
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French Lentils
This week on French Fridays with Dorie we prepared french lentils: a basic recipe (page 367). I have never made lentils before, eaten them many times but never cooked them. This was an interesting technique to keep the onion whole unless I missed something. I managed to confuse the insertion of a clove into the…
Curried Chicken, Peppers, and Peas en Papillote
The last en papillote we made for French Fridays was baby bok choy, sugar snaps, and garlic which I loved so I was looking forward to trying the same technique with chicken. The prep for curried chicken, peppers and peas (page 221) could not have been easier. Place cut up chicken breasts, sliced red onion,…
Gerard’s Mustard Tart
Since mushrooms do not go over well in my house, I decided to do a make-up for French Fridays with Dorie. I have seen many rave reviews about Gerard’s Mustard Tart (page 154) so I decided to make that. This was delicious. Dorie’s tart dough is fool proof and I like her ratio of ingredients….
Couscous Salad
This week on French Fridays with Dorie, we made couscous salad (page 136). This was very reminiscent of another recipe I make called grilled lemon chicken with cilantro and almond couscous. Since we liked that recipe we were pretty sure we would like Dorie’s. This ramped up couscous salad was a hit with me and my…
Roasted Peppers
This week on French Fridays with Dorie was roasted peppers (page 112) something we are very familiar with in our house. We often have roasted peppers as part of our roasted vegetable sandwiches we make for dinner though we make our roasted vegetables on the BBQ. Dorie’s version has you roasting peppers in a 425…
Tuna Confit with Tomato Salsa
We are back to fishy Fridays on French Fridays with Dorie. This week was tuna confit with black olive tapenade and tomato salsa (page 305). Tuna is not consumed in this house unless it comes out of a can but we were up for the challenge and cooked it anyway. This recipe has you soak…
Gateau Basque
We dove into desserts this week for French Fridays with Dorie, gateau basque page 470. Dorie describes this as a double-crusted tart in which the crust is like butter cookies. The filling is traditionally pastry cream or thick cherry jam. I had an abundance of strawberry jam so that is what I used. I was…
Provencal Vegetable Soup
This week on French Fridays with Dorie was provencal vegetable soup. I didn’t mind having soup in the summer because it was filled with so many fresh vegetables. Dorie says this classic dish is from the south of France. It is a soup but is almost like a stew since it is packed with so…
Tomatoes Provencal
We are off and running in our July selections for French Fridays with Dorie. This week’s selection tomatoes Provencal (page 344). Dorie states “You can serve tomatoes Provencal as a side dish, but because they’re very good at room temperature, they’re great on a buffet or in a picnic basket, or brought to a friend’s…
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