If legendary television chef and author Julia Child were still standing, she'd be 104 years old. Should you find yourself craving one of the culinary matron's masterpieces, flip on some reruns of The French Chef or In Julia's Kitchen With Master Chefs, then make yourself an authentic French recipe from scratch, courtesy of JC. Here are a handful of our favorite ideas.
Cookbook author David Lebovitz describes this decadent dessert as having "a perfect, slightly-gummy texture, backed up by a wallop of pure dark chocolate flavor," and we'd have to agree.
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Moules à la Marinière
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Seafood-lovers can't go wrong with a classic recipe for mussels steamed in white wine, leeks, and herbs like bay leaf, thyme, and parsley.
If you've never had the pleasure of trying clafouti before, it's a dessert that has a texture somewhere in between a custard, a cake, and a dutch baby. Traditionally (and in this recipe), the fruit of choice is cherries; berries are another great option.
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"While it does not require years of training to produce a juicy, brown, buttery, crisp-skinned, heavenly bird, it does entail such a greed for perfection that one is under compulsion to hover over the bird, listen to it, above all see that it is continually basted, and that it is done just to the proper turn," Julia Child wrote of the quest for perfect roast chicken.
This delicate raspberry custard might sound and taste fancy, but it only requires four ingredients (raspberries, sugar, egg yolks, and heavy cream) and is relatively simple to prepare.