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Salted Cod and Morue à l’Anglaise

Chef Juliette

Salted Cod and Morue à l’Anglaise

Salt cod rises slowly from cold water, then poaches away from the boil until pearly and tender, with buttered parsnips and sauce à l’Écossaise turning plain ingredients into a deeply comforting supper.

Morue à la Bénédictine

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Morue à la Bénédictine

Hot-poached morue and dry potato are pounded together, then fed oil and boiled milk by degrees until mellow, domed under butter, and coloured at the edges. The lesson is texture, not ornament.

Morue au Beurre Noir ou au Beurre Noisette

Chef Juliette

Morue au Beurre Noir ou au Beurre Noisette

Morue turns four spare ingredients into a complete supper: salt cod curled into paupiettes, barely poached, brightened with lemon and parsley, then covered in beurre noisette stopped when it smells of toasted hazelnuts.

Morue à la Créole

Chef Juliette

Morue à la Créole

Morue à la Créole layers gently poached salt cod over golden onion and Provençal tomatoes, then crowns it with broiled sweet peppers, lemon, and beurre noisette: a weeknight lesson in restraint, sequence, and heat.

Cabillaud Salé, or Morue à la Hollandaise

Chef Juliette

Cabillaud Salé, or Morue à la Hollandaise

Morue à la hollandaise makes salt cod tender through a barely trembling poach, then serves it honestly with green parsley, floury potatoes, and melted butter ready at the table.

Cabillaud Salé, or Morue à l’Indienne

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Cabillaud Salé, or Morue à l’Indienne

Salt cod, poached gently and folded into a mild sauce à l’Indienne, with dry, separate rice alongside: a lesson in keeping the fish’s flakes whole and the curry in its proper place.

Morue à la Lyonnaise

Chef Juliette

Morue à la Lyonnaise

Morue à la Lyonnaise turns salt cod, onions, and potato roundels into a buttery skillet supper, finished with the few drops of vinegar that make the whole pan taste awake.

Soufflé de Morue

Chef Juliette

Soufflé de Morue

Salt cod, thick Béchamel, and yolks rise under four whipped whites into a bronzed, deeply savory soufflé, a classical lesson in building a strong base and folding with a light hand.

Char (Ombre-Chevalier)

Chef Juliette

Char (Ombre-Chevalier)

Small whole omble-chevalier cooked meunière, its delicate flesh beneath a fine golden crust, then glossed with beurre noisette, lemon, and parsley. The lesson is heat: steady enough to brown, gentle enough to protect the fish.

Grilled Red Mullet

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Grilled Red Mullet

Rouget grillé rewards precision over fuss: cisel the whole fish according to its thickness, turn it over fierce heat, baste steadily, and serve its bronzed skin with melting maître d’hôtel butter.

Rouget à la Bordelaise

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Rouget à la Bordelaise

Rouget à la Bordelaise teaches the old balance: fierce heat for the fish, gentleness for the sauce, with bronzed red mullet laid over buttery, tarragon-flecked Bonnefoy.

Rouget au Fenouil

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Rouget au Fenouil

Rouget au fenouil turns a paper parcel into an aromatic cooking vessel: red mullet, fennel, lemon, parsley, and pork fat grilled gently until the skin gleams and the flesh releases from the bone.

Rouget à la Niçoise

Chef Juliette

Rouget à la Niçoise

Whole red mullet meets fierce heat, then a glossy Niçoise garnish of reduced tomato, garlic, anchovy, and black olives. The lesson is restraint: bronze the skin, keep the flesh pearly, and let the coast do the rest.

Rouget en Papillote

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Rouget en Papillote

Red mullet grilled to bronze, tucked between thick Duxelles, and sealed in an oiled paper heart that balloons in the oven. Bring it straight to the table and let each guest release its mushroom-rich aroma.

Matelote au Vin Rouge

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Matelote au Vin Rouge

A riverman's matelote of freshwater fish and red wine, poached gently, reduced by one-third, and bound off the boil until the sauce gleams wine-dark and glossy.

Matelote au Vin Blanc

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Matelote au Vin Blanc

Fish poached gently in white wine, its liquor reduced and joined with fish velouté, then mounted with butter and ringed by crayfish and heart croûtons: company cooking built on control, not fuss.

Quenelles de Brochet à la Lyonnaise

Chef Juliette

Quenelles de Brochet à la Lyonnaise

Quenelles de brochet teach the discipline of a forcemeat: pike, kidney fat, marrow, and panada worked smooth, shaped by spoon, poached without boiling, then swelled gently in a lustrous fumet-and-cream sauce.

Fish Cakes

Chef Juliette

Fish Cakes

Salt cod, floury potato, and reduced Béchamel become croquettes beneath a complete panure à l’anglaise, fried in very hot fat so the crust sets at once and the center stays tender.

Fillet of Beef (Relevé)

Chef Juliette

Fillet of Beef (Relevé)

A whole rosy fillet, larded with cool fatback and poêlé beneath butter, then carved thick under glossy jus. The lesson is exact but simple: deep colour outside, red tenderness within.

Filets de Bœuf Andalouse

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Filets de Bœuf Andalouse

A larded fillet glazed at the last moment, surrounded by rice-filled peppers, crisp aubergine cases, tomato concassée, and chipolatas: a grand garniture brought within reach of one attentive home cook.

Filet de Bœuf Bouquetiere

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Filet de Bœuf Bouquetiere

One burnished fillet, six vegetables, and a clear gravy passed beside it: Bouquetière teaches the classical art of cooking each garnish correctly, then arranging colour with generosity rather than fuss.

Filet de Bœuf Camargo

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Filet de Bœuf Camargo

Beef fillet hollowed and rebuilt around foie gras, cream, and truffle, then poêled until the center is just set and the roast gleams under Périgueux sauce and four garnished tartlets.

Filet de Bœuf Châtelaine

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Châtelaine

A whole beef fillet poêled in butter, ringed with Soubise-filled artichokes, chestnuts, and bronzed potatoes, then glazed and served with Madeira sauce built from its own aromatic roasting liquor.

Filet de Bœuf Clamart

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Clamart

Beef fillet roasted rosy, with pea-filled tartlets and crisp potato quoits alternating around the platter, plus a lightly thickened pan gravy served separately: classical order made workable for one careful cook.

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