Gratin Aux Fruits De Mer Julia Child Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• In a heavy bottomed 2 quart saucepan, cook the onions in butter over low heat for 5 minutes, until onions are tender but not browned.
• Stir in the flour, and cook slowly for 2 minutes without coloring.
• Off heat, beat in the boiling milk, then the wine, salmon juice, and the seasonings.
• Now bring this sauce to a boil over moderately high heat, stirring.
• Boil several minutes to evaporate the alcohol in the wine, and allow the sauce to thicken considerably. Then, thin it out to a medium consistency with tablespoons of cream. Taste carefully for seasoning.
• Fold the salmon and optional ingredients into the sauce, and check seasoning again. Spread in baking dish or pastry shell.
• Sprinkle on the cheese and distribute the butter in pea-sized dots.
• Bake in upper third of oven for about 15 minutes, or until top is nicely browned.

Steps:

• Wash the celery. Strip off the leaves and coarsely chop them up. Cut the stalks into thin pieces.
• Pour some oil from the tomatoes into a deep pan. Cut the sun-dried tomatoes into thin strips. Cut the garlic into fine slivers.
• Heat the oil and fry the celery for about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and tomato strips and fry for another 1 minute.
• Add the sieved tomatoes and crush the stock tablet and stir for 1 minute till the mixture begins to simmer.
• Add the fruits-de-mer and simmer for 3 minutes.
• Cut the French-bread in coarse diagonal slices.
• Serve the fruits-de-mer in deep bowls and garnish with the chopped up celery leaves.

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to upper third of oven and preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cook the onions in the oil and butter over low heat for about 5 minutes, til tender but not browned.
• Raise heat slightly, stir in ham, and cook a moment longer.
• Beat eggs in a mixing bowl with garlic, herbs, cheese, cream or milk, and seasonings.
• Add in the ham and onions; mix.
• Peel and coarsely grate potatoes. Squeeze the water out of the grated potatoes, a handful at a time.
• Stir potatoes into egg mixture. Check seasoning. (May be prepared in advance up to this point.).
• Heat the butter in the baking dish. When it foams, add potato and egg mixture. Place dots of butter on top.
• Bake 30-40 minutes, or until top is nicely browned. Serve directly from the baking dish or skillet.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Rub the chicken breasts with drops of lemon juice and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Heat the butter in a heavy, oven-proof casserole, about 10 inches in diameter until it is foaming. Stir in the minced shallots or green onion and saute a moment without browning. Then stir in the mushrooms and saute lightly for a minute or two without browning. Sprinkle with salt.
• Quickly roll the chicken in the butter mixture and lay a piece of buttered wax paper over them, cover casserole and place in hot oven. After 6 minutes, press top of chicken with your finger. If still soft, return to oven for a moment or two. When the meat is springy to the touch it is done.
• Remove the chicken to a warm platter (leave mushrooms in the pot) and cover while making the sauce (2 to 3 minutes).
• To make sauce, pour the stock and wine in the casserole with the cooking butter and mushrooms. Boil down quickly over high heat until liquid is syrupy. Stir in the cream and boil down again over high heat until cream has thickened slightly. Off heat, taste for seasoning, and add drops of lemon juice to taste. Pour the sauce over the chicken, sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Cook onion in butter over low heat about 5 min or so - do not brown. Add flour, cook 2 minutes without coloring.
• Off heat, beat in boiling milk, wine (if using), salmon juice (if using), and seasoning. Boil several minutes to thicken. Thin to medium consistency with 4-6 T. additional milk. Taste for seasoning. Fold salmon (and mushrooms, if using) into sauce, check seasoning.
• Spread in 8" shallow baking dish or cooked pastry shell. Sprinkle on the cheese.
• Bake at 425 degrees F for 15 minutes, or til top is nicely browned.
• Note: You can also add extra ingredients such as peas, diced hard boiled eggs, etc. to the casserole.