Aunty Betty in Paris: March 2013

22 March 2013

rue Saint Antoine Le Marais

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20 March Cooking Lesson

L'Atelier des Chefs de Paris Hôtel de Ville

8 rue Pernelle
75004 Paris

Cooked Suprême de Volaille contisé au choritzo courgette au citron confit

Suprême de Volaille contisé au choritzo courgette au citron confit

Les ingrédients (quantités pour 6 personne(s))

Suprême(s) de poulet : 6 pièce(s)
Tranche(s) de Chorizo : 6 pièce(s)

Courgette(s) : 3 pièce(s)

Courgette(s) jaune(s) : 3 pièce(s)

Oignon(s) nouveau(x) : 3 pièce(s)

Citron(s) confit au sel : 1 pièce(s)

Coriandre fraîche : 6 branche(s)

Beurre doux : 30 g

Piment d'Espelette : 2 g

Réduction de vinaigre Balsamique : 5 cl

Fleur de sel : 6 pincée(s)

Huile d'olive : 5 cl

Description de la recette
Couper le chorizo en tranches fines. Décoller la peau des volailles du bout des doigts et insérer les tranches de chorizo dessous. Assaisonner puis cuire pendant 3 min dans une poêle ou dans une cocotte avec un filet d'huile d'olive. Colorer les 2 côtés en grillant la peau en premier. Débarrasser ensuite sur une plaque.

Préchauffer le four à 210 °C. Couper les courgettes en petits dés (brunoise). Couper le citron en 4, l'évider et couper la peau en petits dés. Émincer finement les oignons nouveaux. Ciseler la coriandre et conserver des feuilles pour la décoration.
Dans une cocotte, mettre une noisette de beurre et faire suer les oignons nouveaux avec une pincée de sel. Cuire 3 min et ajouter le citron et les courgettes, puis laisser cuire pendant 6 min. Ajouter la coriandre.
Enfourner les volailles à 210 °C pendant 10 à 12 min, puis les laisser reposer pendant 10 min à la sortie du four.

Dans une assiette, dresser un lit de courgettes et déposer un suprême dessus. Décorer avec quelques traits de réduction de vinaigre balsamique et de feuilles de coriandre.

Ingredients (quantities for 6 person (s))

Supreme (s) Chicken: 6 item (s)
Tranche (s) Chorizo: 6 item (s)

Courgette (s) : 3 item (s)

Courgette (s) Yellow (s) : 3 item (s)

Onion (s) new (s) : 3 item (s)

Lemon (s) preserved in salt: 1 item (s)

Cilantro : 6 branch (s)

Unsalted butter 30 g

Piment d'Espelette: 2 g

Balsamic vinegar reduction: 5 cl

Fleur de sel: 6 pinch (s)

Olive oil: 5 cl

Description of the recipe

Cut the chorizo into thin slices. Peel the skin from poultry fingertips and insert slices of chorizo below. Season and cook for 3 minutes in a pan or in a casserole dish with a drizzle of olive oil. Color 2 sides by grilling the skin first. Then remove to a plate. Preheat oven to 210 ° C. Cut the zucchini into small dice (brunoise). Cut the lemon in 4, core and cut the skin into small cubes. Thinly slice the onions. Chop the coriander leaves and keep for decoration. In a casserole, put a dab of butter and sweat the onions with a pinch of salt. Cook for 3 minutes and add the lemon and zucchini and cook for 6 minutes. Add coriander. poultry Bake at 210 ° C for 10 to 12 minutes, then let stand for 10 minutes out of the oven. In a plate, arrange a bed of zucchini and file a supreme above. Garnish with a few strokes of balsamic reduction and coriander leaves.

18 March 2013 British Library

17 March

St Patrick's Day in London

16 March 2013 This was a busy day for us.

The British Museum

The Borough Market

Oxford 14 March 2013

8 March to 18 March 2013

Greg and Fran

from Wellington Point Queensland

Greg and Fran in Paris.
This is at Bistrot

Snow.

Me in our courtyard.

Military Security at CDG Airport.
Flying to London.
Paris was nearly at a standstill because of the snow.

Our Courtyard.

A bird in our courtyard.

Our Courtyard

Greg

Fran in our courtyard.

10 March 2013

Victor Hugo Mansion Place des Vosges

Portrait of Victor Hugo.

Place des Vosges from the Mansion of Victor Hugo.

My First Homemade Margarita

My first homemade Margarita

Geoffrey in Follows Bar, next door, watching football.

3 March Musée Carnavalet

Paris Walks Paris through the Ages

Une soirée au Pré- Catelan (1909)

La rue Auber
Sous la Pluie (1889)

Napoleon 1er (1809)

Portrait de Juliette Récamier (1777-1849)
by François Gérard.
This is one of the most beautiful paintings of the Musée Carnavalet.
"Carnevalet's Mona Lisa".
Wife of a wealthy banker, Jacques-Rose Récamier.
There was a rumour that he was her natural father who married her to make her his heir.
François-René de Chateaubrian,
a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian was a constant visitor of her salon.

2 March 2013 Apartment Courtyard

Street entrance to our apartment.
5-9 rue des Tournelles Paris 75004

Our Courtyard

2 March 2013
View of our courtyard.
On left, is the entrance to our apartment on the 2nd floor

2 March 2013 Paris Walks the Marais Circuit 1

A guided walk on the south side of the Marais. Local history, beautiful architecture, medieval streets, classical mansions and Place des Vosges .

Name adopted in 2000 in memory of all the French citizens who helped or hid
Jews hunted by the Nazis and collaborators during WW II.
All the Jews who lived in this block were deported and killed by the Nazis.
it was previously named rue Grenier sur l'Eau.

Wallace Fountain (Fontaine Wallace)
These are fountains scattered throughout the city of Paris, small cast iron sculptures,
named after the Englishman Sir Richard Wallace who financed their construction.
There are 77 Fontaine Wallace still standing in Paris, most of which still function as serving water to
residents, visitors and the destitute of Parisians for whom the fountains were originally intended.

Mur des Justes (Wall of the Righteous)
in the Avenue of the Righteous.
The wall bears the names of the men and women who risked their lives
and contributed to the rescue of Jews in France during WWII.

Entrance to St-Gervais.

St-Gervais - gargoyles.
Place Saint-Gervais.

St-Gervais
Leaning seats.

Medieval mansion l' Hotel de Sens on rue du Figuier.
Built in the 14th century. Originally owned by Tristan de Salazar, Archbishop of Sens.
It was a city palace in the Marais, Henry IV's wife Marguerite de Valois lived here after their divorce.
It is now le Bibliothèque Forney - a fine arts library.