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October 27, 2005

Classical Cuisine - Week Three - A Week Late

Ok. Well I've had these pictures posted and saved as a draft since last Wednesday, I've just been either too busy or too lazy to actually type out something about each dish. So here it goes...

Veloute Dame Blanche - This is a thick chicken and almond flavored veloute based soup. Veloute is basically flour and butter cooked into a roux and then made into a sauce or soup with stock. There are four different garnishes that can be used with this soup. The toasted almonds are considered the classic garnish while diced chicken, chopped parsley and a chicken quenelle are the other options.

Grenouilles au Gratin - This appetizer starts with a circle of duchesse potatoes as a border. Inside the potato border is a pair of frog legs, sliced mushrooms and sauce gratin. The entire appetizer is topped with buttered bread crumbs and toasted until golden brown under the broiler.

Ris De Veau Braises with Flan de Legumes and Pommes de Terre Facon Champignon - Our Entree for the evening. Are you sitting down? Did you just eat? Hope you have a strong stomach. What is Ris De Veau Braises, you ask? Its braised veal sweetbreads. Sweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal, young beef, lamb and pork. These sweetbreads where braised in veal stock and then served over a bed of cooked english peas and lettuce and tourned (cut into a seven-sided football) carrots and turnips.

Along with the Sweetbreads we made Flan de Legumes, which was basically broccoli flan. It was broccoli and cream pureed and then cooked in a water bath. Lastly, the Pommes de Terre Facon Champignon were the most simple and "normal" thing we cooked all evening. With such a big name, you would never guess that they are basically just red potatoes cut into the shape of mushrooms.

I have more pictures from Week Four that I will post this evening. They are still on my camera and I can't get to them from work.

Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at October 27, 2005 06:00 PM

Comments

yah @ posting pics again!!!

since i've been off work all i seem to do is watch food network. i've learned a
lot of stuff, unfortunately....some of it didn't taste like it looked when paula
deen did it.

honey told me to stay out of the kitchen.
but i'll keep tryin.
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Posted by: kimmyk at October 28, 2005 05:39 AM