Saturday, July 11, 2020

Weekend Cooking/Paris in July: Cassoulet

I mentioned a few weeks ago that we recently were given a Crockpot pressure cooker/slow cooker  combo thingy, so we have been busy trying new recipes, especially since we bought a very clever Women's Weekly cookbook recently which has both a slow cooker and pressure cooker version of recipes. There are lots of recipes that we want to try in this cookbook as evidenced by all these little bits of paper wedged in the book!

So far we we have tried making a green curry chicken which was in the recipes that came with the gadget. We might keep looking for another recipe. We also tried a roasted carrot and sweet potato soup which wasn't a success either, but the other things we have made were great! They include barbecue pork ribs for 4 July (delicious), pork belly and then this week, in honour of Paris in July, we made cassoulet.

A traditional cassoulet is made in a dish of the same name, and can include confit duck as well as sausages and beans. We didn't have either the traditional dish or confit duck, but instead we used sausages, lamb shoulder,and bacon. Despite not being totally traditional, this was delicious!! It was perfect for a cold winner's night dinner and we will definitely be having it again this winter.

Because the recipe can be done two ways I am going to share images from the book. For every recipe there is a picture of the ingredients required and the finished product and then the two different versions of the recipe. It's very effective as a way to share a recipe.















I am also sharing this post with Paris in July hosted by Thyme for Tea.

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26 comments:

  1. That sounds delicious, Marg! A perfect winter meal, but I'll have to wait a few more months. It's pretty warm here right now. :)

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  2. Cassoulet is definitely a French favorite. When we were (poor/kitchenless) students in France we used to buy it in cans. We've also tried it in fairly fancy Paris restaurants.

    be well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. We'll definitely be having this again Mae!

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  3. Ribs are definitely one of the winning dishes for the pressure cooker. Hope that next year you'll be able to make it to France ... stay healthy!

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    1. If not next year BFR, then the year after!

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  4. We had a really traditional cassoulet when visiting cacasone and found it overwhelmed by the duck fat, so im imagining the sausages might have been more tolerable. Im tempted with trying this too...

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    1. Carcassonne is on my bucket list of places to visit Tamara.

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  5. That's a cool new kitchen gadget. We haven't had a cassoulet in years but once went all out and got the duck, sausages and all.
    I think I'll look for that cookbook, sounds great.

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    1. I am not sure whether you can get Australian Women's Weekly Cookbooks there Tina. They are always good though.

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  6. A good cassoulet is so delicious! I think I'd like the sausages!

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  7. I had cassoulet several times in France last year and loved it. I should try it at home, thanks for the idea.

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  9. Sounds like you are enjoying that new pressure cooker/slow cooker. I've been using my pressure cooker for everything and it is quite a time saver

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    1. We definitely are Judee! It was a good gift.

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  10. By the way, I also had difficulty posting today- it didn't like any of my photos sizes- I almost gave up.

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    1. Sorry Judee! Glad you didn't give up.

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  11. I have been meaning to try cassoulet for years!

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  12. I've got a nice recipe for Easy Beef Catalan somewhere that I think was a cassoulet made with white beans, tomato, and a huge patty of ground beef instead of a cut of beef.

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  13. This sounds delicious, I quite fancy a slow cooker.

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  14. I love the list of ingredients! We are having cool evenings, I need to give this a try!

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