Jacques Pépin
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Episode 101: Savory Staples
Recipes: Risotto with Vegetables, Darphin Potatoes, Skillet Sweet Potatoes, Green Couscous, Corn Polenta with Mushroom Ragout
Green Couscous
Couscous, a favorite in North African cuisine, is now available in supermarkets everywhere. With its green herb puree, this is ideal served with fish.
Episode 102: Fabulous Fins
Recipes: Cured Salmon in Molasses, Tuna Steaks with Tapenade Coating, Tuna Tartare on Marinated Cucumbers, Poached Salmon in Ravigote Sauce, Ray Meunière with Mushrooms
Darphin Potatoes
The dish, also called pommes Darphin, after the chef who created it, is similar to what the Swiss call rösti potatoes.
Episode 103: Sweets For My Sweet
Recipes: Tartelettes Aux Fruit Panaches, Tarte Tatin, Mémé’s Apple Tart, Individual Chocolate Nut Pies
Individual Chocolate Nut Pies
The rich filling for these little pies is a mixture of bittersweet chocolate, corn syrup, eggs, and mixed nuts. Baked in a classic graham cracker crust in individual ramekins, they are easy and delicious.
Roast Capon with Armagnac-Mushroom Sauce
Capons (neutered and fattened chickens) are available during the holiday season in many markets. They are moist, tender, and succulent and well worth their extra cost. [watch video]
Nage Courte of Striped Bass
If you can’t find striped bass where you live, replace it with a fish of approximately the same size — anything from red snapper to porgy to black sea bass.
Chocolate Mint Trufflettes
These small truffles are especially nice to box and give to friends over the holiday season. They keep well in the refrigerator and can also be frozen.
Poached Trout In Vegetable Broth
Trout are poached with onions, carrots, scallions, and herbs. Their skin is then removed, the meat slid off the bone, and the fillets finished with a sauce made from the broth a little butter and oil.
