French Leave: A Wonderful Year of Escape and Discovery by John Burton Race

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    from French Leave: Over 100 Irresistible Recipes French Leave by John Burton Race

    • Categories: Egg dishes; Breakfast / brunch; Fall / autumn; French; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: brioche bread; eggs; truffles; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Roasted figs and walnuts

    • veronicafrance on July 31, 2015

      This was good, but not exceptional. We weren't convinced the walnuts were really a good idea. Maybe toasted almonds would work? The syrup was very intense, with good acidity from the lemon.

  • Pears in honey and thyme

    • veronicafrance on February 18, 2014

      This wasn't very good at all. Perhaps it was the fault of my pears, which were a little too ripe -- I was looking for a way to use them up quickly. But they didn't look attractive, the syrup was a murky beige, and they didn't taste that interesting either. I ended up binning half of them. Waste of a bottle of Muscat! Even with better pears I don't think it would have been exceptional. I'd have done better with the pears in saffron and vanilla syrup from Delicious Days, or Belgian Pears.

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  • ISBN 10 0091898307
  • ISBN 13 9780091898304
  • Published Jul 01 2004
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 232
  • Language English
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Ebury
  • Imprint Ebury Press

Publishers Text

French Leave, tie-in to the major TV series directed by Pat Llewellyn, who discovered Jamie Oliver and the Two Fat Ladies, follows two-star Michelin chef John Burton Race, his wife, six children and Labrador dog as they escape everyday life in London and head off to rural France to set up home for a year. This warm and witty book seasonally chronicles John Burton Race's return to his culinary roots and his adventures along the way. There are specially commissioned authentic French country recipes including Asparagus Hollandaise; Pommes Boulangeres; Roast Duck with Prunes and Wild Strawberry Shortcake. For those whose imagination was captured by the TV series or those who simply want to read about a wonderful year of escape in France and enjoy sensational food writing, French Leave will be without doubt, the perfect book.

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