{"id":40,"date":"2008-12-24T10:54:42","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T14:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=40"},"modified":"2008-12-24T10:54:42","modified_gmt":"2008-12-24T14:54:42","slug":"still-looking-for-ideas-for-your-christmas-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/still-looking-for-ideas-for-your-christmas-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"French Holidays – Still Looking for Ideas for Your Christmas Menu?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why not add some French flair to your holiday dinner? \u00a0Some very traditional French Christmas choices include\u00a0dinde de No\u00ebl<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>(Christmas turkey) which is prepared in a variety of interesting ways,<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>chapon\u00a0<\/em>(capon)\u00a0and any dish with\u00a0<\/em>foie gras<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>including\u00a0tatin pommes foie gras<\/em>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Here is a recipe for\u00a0Tatin Pommes Foie Gras<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>from\u00a0the\u00a0Marmiton<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
\nCooking Time: 15 minutes<\/p>\n

Ingredients:
\n3 or 4 apples
\n10 \u00bd\u00a0ounces of raw foie gras
\n1 puff pastry
\nbutter
\ncaster sugar
\n2 cups of sweet white wine
\ncream<\/p>\n

Preparation:
\nPreheat oven to 400\u00baF.
\nPeel the apples and slice them. \u00a0Brown them on low heat in butter with a little bit of caster sugar.
\nArrange them in a rosette in a cake pan.
\nDeglaze the frying pan with half of the wine and pour it into a saucepan. \u00a0(Deglazing means that after you remove the foie gras, you add the\u00a0wine to the hot pan. \u00a0 Scrape up all the brown bits. The wine helps lift them from the bottom of the pan and stir until it has all been lifted from the bottom of the frying pan. The wine will continue to reduce until you have only a small amount left.)\u00a0\u00a0Set aside.
\nQuickly fry the sliced foie gras on both sides.
\nSalt and pepper and place the slices on the apples.
\nDeglaze the frying pan again with the rest of the wine and add it to the saucepan.
\nPlace the pastry puff on top of the foie gras and put it in the oven for about 15 minutes.
\nMeanwhile, heat the wine in order to reduce the sauce. \u00a0Add the cream and bind.
\nRemove the foie gras pastry from the mold upside down.
\nServe accompanied by the sauce.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joyeux No\u00ebl!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why not add some French flair to your holiday dinner? \u00a0Some very traditional French Christmas choices include\u00a0dinde de No\u00ebl\u00a0(Christmas turkey) which is prepared in a variety of interesting ways,\u00a0chapon\u00a0(capon)\u00a0and any dish with\u00a0foie gras\u00a0including\u00a0tatin pommes foie gras. \u00a0 Here is a recipe for\u00a0Tatin Pommes Foie Gras\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0Marmiton\u00a0website. Preparation Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 3…<\/p>\n

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