Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy by Susan Herrmann Loomis

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  • Cheese puffs with thyme (Gougères au thym) (page 24)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Pies, tarts & pastries; Appetizers / starters; French; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: unbleached all-purpose flour; thyme; unsalted butter; eggs; Gruyère cheese
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  • Avocado, cherry, and chive salad (Salade d'avocat, cerises, et à la ciboulette) (page 26)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Salads; Appetizers / starters; French; Vegetarian; Vegan
    • Ingredients: cherries; vanilla sugar; avocados; chives; fleur de sel; pistachio nuts
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  • Salted Spanish almonds (Des amandes d'Espagne salées) (page 27)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; French; Vegetarian; Vegan
    • Ingredients: hot paprika; Spanish almonds; sea salt
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  • Fig and haselnut bread with cocoa nibs (Cake au figues et aux noisettes au eclats de cacao) (page 28)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Bread & rolls, savory; Appetizers / starters; French; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: unbleached all-purpose flour; eggs; unsalted butter; dried figs; Gruyère cheese; fennel seeds; cocoa nibs; hazelnuts
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  • Cucumber puree with herbed fresh cheese (Cervelle de canut, concombre en purée) (page 30)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Summer; French; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: seedless European cucumbers; fromage blanc; chives
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  • Grilled shiitakes (Shiitakes grillés) (page 31)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Summer; Cooking for 1 or 2; French; Vegetarian; Vegan
    • Ingredients: shiitake mushrooms; toasted sesame oil
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  • Oysters on the half shell with two mignonettes (Les huitres à la sauce mignonette) (page 33)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Dressings & marinades; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Small plates - tapas, meze; French
    • Ingredients: oysters; shallots; red wine vinegar; sherry vinegar
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  • Tapenade with green and black olives (Tapenade aux olives vertes et noirs) (page 35)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking for a crowd; French
    • Ingredients: anchovy fillets in oil; brine-cured black olives; brine-cured green olives; capers; thyme flowers
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  • Golden roast chicken with shallots and apples (Poulet roti aux échalotes et pommes) (page 38)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: whole chicken; bay leaves; oranges; shallots; tart apples; parsley
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  • Roast chicken with fresh tarragon (Poulet roti à l'estragon) (page 41)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: whole chicken; tarragon; dry white wine; crème fraîche
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  • Cider-braised duck with onions, shallots, leeks, and carrots (Canard façon boucher) (page 43)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stews & one-pot meals; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: duck legs; duck thighs; onions; shallots; carrots; leeks; hard apple cider; bay leaves; thyme sprigs; parsley
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  • Braised guinea hen with morel cream (Pintade braisée à la crème au morilles) (page 47)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stews & one-pot meals; Sauces, general; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: morel mushrooms; whole guinea hen; onions; shallots; white wine; bouquet garni; crème fraîche; egg yolks; parsley
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  • Happy toasts with chicken livers, lardo, and caper sauce (Les toasts heureuses aux foies de volailles et sauce verte) (page 50)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Lunch; French
    • Ingredients: tamari; fresh ginger; curry powder; chicken livers; country bread; lardo; parsley; capers; bird's eye chillies
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  • Chicken in the pot with fresh farm vegetables (Poule au pot) (page 51)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stews & one-pot meals; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: whole chicken; carrots; leeks; thyme; bay leaves; celery root; chicken stock; black peppercorns; thyme sprigs
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  • Wine-braised chicken with leeks and cream (Poulet à la picarde) (page 55)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stews & one-pot meals; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: butter; leeks; whole chicken; bay leaves; thyme sprigs; white wine; egg yolks; lemons; crème fraîche; parsley; baguette bread
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  • Chicken with walnuts and lemon, from the Dordogne (Poulet aux noix et citron) (page 58)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stews & one-pot meals; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: whole chicken; lemons; white wine; garlic; walnuts; parsley
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  • Pastis and saffron-scented chicken ragoût (Ragoût de poulet parfumé au safran et pastis) (page 60)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stews & one-pot meals; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: whole chicken; chicken stock; bay leaves; zucchini; onions; carrots; fennel; tomatoes; new potatoes; pastis; saffron; thyme sprigs; lemons; basil
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  • Rabbit with sorrel cream sauce (Lapin à la crème d'oseille) (page 63)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stews & one-pot meals; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: slab bacon; whole rabbit; onions; dry white wine; bay leaves; sorrel leaves; crème fraîche
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  • Anchoïade with seasonal raw vegetables (Anchoïade aux crudités) (page 72)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Dips, spreads & salsas; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: anchovy fillets in oil; country bread; fennel; carrots; zucchini; potatoes
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  • Fish soup from Flanders (Waterzooi) (page 74)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Soups; Belgian
    • Ingredients: carrots; fish stock; bay leaves; leeks; onions; turnips; waxy potatoes; parsley; fish of your choice; egg yolks; heavy cream
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  • Marseillaise fish soup (Bouillabaisse) (page 76)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Soups; Sauces for fish; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: onions; fennel; fish stock; oranges; parsley; saffron; new potatoes; tomatoes; fish of your choice; red bell peppers; garlic; egg yolks; baguette bread
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  • Fish and the Virgin sauce of tomatoes, shallots, and fresh herbs (Poisson, sauce vierge) (page 79)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Sauces for fish; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: cod fillets; shallots; waxy potatoes; soft herbs of your choice; tomatoes
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  • Grilled peppers and cream with cod (Poivrons grillés à la crème au cabillaud) (page 81)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Sauces for fish; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: red bell peppers; garlic; heavy cream; cod loins; bay leaves; piment d'Espelette; fleur de sel; basil
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  • Steamed cod with melted leeks and caper sauce (Cabillaud à la vapeur, sur fondu de poireaux et sauce verte) (page 84)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Sauces for fish; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: cod fillets; leeks; bay leaves; capers
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  • Smoked herring and potato salad with mustard vinaigrette (Salade de hareng fumé et pommes de terre à la vinaigrette de moutarde) (page 87)

    from Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis

    • Categories: Dressings & marinades; Quick / easy; Salads; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: waxy potatoes; Dijon mustard; shallots; red onions; smoked herring; parsley
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  • ISBN 10 1682684504
  • ISBN 13 9781682684504
  • Published Jan 12 2021
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 352
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Countryman Press

Publishers Text

Discover the pleasures of cooking?and eating?with this French approach to everyday meals. Featured on bistro menus and dinner tables throughout France, the plat du jour is the centerpiece of a two-course meal, a formula that Susan Loomis cleverly presents here. By pairing substantial main dishes such as Boeuf Bourguignon, Poule au Pot, and Bouillabaisse, with just the right starter, side, and/or dessert, Plat du Jour makes getting dinner on the table as easy as un, deux, trois! This is a long-awaited collection of classic recipes by Loomis, an American-born cooking teacher and author who resides in Paris. She has perfected these iconic dishes and shares what she’s discovered while living in France, cooking for family, friends, and students. In addition to the recipes, the cookbook includes helpful tips and intriguing details about French culinary history. It’s a must-have for any aspiring home cook with a craving for simple French cooking.

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