How To make Christmas Cassoulet

Rancho Gordo presents Cassoulet: A French Obsession

Kate Hill talks about the iconic French dish, Cassoulet.
Kate's new book is Cassoulet: A French Obsession, published by Rancho Gordo Books, Fall 2016.

Cassoulet | French Meat and Bean Casserole

Cassoulet is a centuries-old meat and bean casserole from southern France. Cassoulet is intensely rich and comforting - a proper winter warmer, in fact. There are 3 main types of cassoulet - the one from Toulouse uses mutton, the Castelnaudary version features confit duck legs, Toulouse sausage and pork, and the Carcassonne one features poultry such as goose or partridge.

The written recipe for cassoulet is here:

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00:00 Intro
00:29 3 types of cassoulet
2:39 Ingredients for cassoulet
3:48 Cook the beans
4:00 Cook the meats
4:40 Prep veggies
6:08 Assemble and cook the cassoulet
9:06 Taste test

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Elegant Escoffier-Inspired Christmas Feast: Pot Roasted Chicken with Champagne and Morel Mushrooms

Celebrate Christmas in style with champagne and morel mushrooms in this amazing pot roasted chicken dish straight from the elegant Escoffier era. 

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Classic French Cassoulet

This Classic French Cassoulet is a classic and simple yet delicious casserole with beans, pork sausage and chicken breast. Served with a french baguette and salad? Oui Oui!
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How To Make a Cassoulet step by step | French Cooking academy visit south of France

How To Make a Cassoulet in video. an easy to follow step by step cassoulet recipe where you can learn this famous french bean stew secrets. this video will give you a real life insight of how traditional hearty French food is made

This cassoulet video tutorial will show you the steps required to get a real cassoulet . however keep in mind that this recipe is best using local french produce. the recipe has not been tested with alternative produce.




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The beans have to be cooked on a medium heat between 1h and 1h.30mn depending on which beans you use. the Tarbais bean can take quite a long time to cook.

The Sausage and Pork ribs have to be cooked separately in a cooking tray in an oven at approx. 200 to 220 degrees Celcius 392 to 428 degree Fahrenheit for 15 minutes.

After building the layer of the cassoulet in the cassole (earthware pot) top up the layers of meat and beans with the cooking liquid from the beans with eventually if you like, a bit of water. when pouring the liquid be careful not to add too much. the juice should barely cover the beans .

Cooking times in the oven for the Cassoulet can vary depending on the type and size of dish you use. As a rough guide it is usually:
1 hour first, until the juices evaporates and a crust forms at the top of the beans.

Then, when the beans start to dry out and the first crust appears, take the cassoulet out of the oven and top it up with a bit of cooking juice (from the beans or plain water), then put it back the in oven until another crust forms again. typically in the tradition you should repeat the top up process 3 time at least to make sure you beans are cooked properly. That exercise can take anything from 1h to 1h30mn

the duck confit is only added toward the end before serving on top of the beans and they should go in oven nothing more then 15 minutes. you actually just want to warm them up nicely before serving the dish.

A traditional cassoulet has to be cooked in a Cassole (Earthware) pot

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Stephane is travelling to the south of France to visit his old friend Jerome roussillon, Jerome is a qualified chef and a member of the Escoffier disciples ( the town of Revel, France.

After many years in the region, Chef Jerome had plenty of time to fine tuned his Cassoulet making skills and has agreed to share his recipe with us.

The cassoulet recipe you will see in this video is one of the many traditional way of making that typical French bean stew.

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About the French Cassoulet:
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The name Cassoulet from Occitan caçolet is a rich, slow-cooked casserole originating in the south of France, containing meat (typically pork sausages, goose, duck and sometimes mutton), pork skin (couennes) and white beans (haricots blancs).

The dish is named after its traditional cooking vessel, the cassole, a deep, round, earthenware pot with slanting side.

It is important to note that there is 2 schools in the usage of breadcrumbs and tomatoes when making a cassoulet, therefore between the towns of Toulouse, Carcassonne, Villefranche de Lauragais, Revel and Castelnaudary, Cassoulet recipes can be made with or without Breadcrumbs and tomatoes.

in the video the cassoulet chef jerome is sharing is his recipe which is inspired of the Villefranche de Lauragais style cassoulet

For more information on Chef Jerome Roussillon please visit his website: lapoelee.com

Chicken Fricassee - quick French Chicken Stew

Chicken Fricassée is a traditional French chicken stew made with browned chicken pieces braised in a creamy white mushroom sauce. A rustic family style meal that's easy enough for midweek, it's almost like the white sauce version of Coq au Vin - except it's so much faster to make!

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