Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Bouquet Garni

With French cooking, a lot of their recipe have Bouquet Garni. You may want to know what this word is this is the French word for "Garnished Bouquet". Here are the ingredients you need to combined to create your Bouquet Garni.


1 bay leaf
3 sprigs thyme
4 large sprigs parsley (including stalks)
10 cm (4 inch) piece celery stalked with leaves
two 10 cm (4 inch) pieces leek (green part)

Bouquet

Place the bay leaf, thyme, parsley and celery on one piece of green leek. Cover with the remaining piece of green leek. Tie securely with fine string, leaving a length of string attached so that the bouquet garni can be easily retrieved.

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