Tag: Gascony

Rabbit

Rabbit is a much used protein in this area of France & very plentiful, a classic dish in this region is a stew of rabbit with prunes so over the last few weeks we have been serving the whole rabbit including its offal in modern interpretations of this classic dish for both starter & main…

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Rabbit

Rabbit saddle wrapped in Bayonne ham, terrine of confit rabbit leg & marjoram, seared rabbit kidney,   carrot purée, pistachio, sprout leaves, Madeira. The rabbit was served with Louis Jadot LaDoix 2011 from Burgundy, ladoix is a village north of Beaune in southern burgundy. Usually producers of red wine this white is produced with grapes…

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Confit de Canard

Duck confit is probably the most famous dish from Gascony, it is a duck leg that is salted & then cooked in duck fat. Confit is a centuries old process of preserving meat in its own fat, the only way then to preserve meats, before the refrigerator & freezer. In Gascony the confit is made…

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