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)
Citron(s) confit au sel : 1
pièce(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)
Lemon (s) preserved in salt:
1 item (s)
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
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Greg and Fran in Paris.
This is at Bistrot
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| Snow. |
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| Me in our courtyard. |
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Military Security at CDG Airport.
Flying to London.
Paris was nearly at a standstill because of the snow. |
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| Our Courtyard. |
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| Our Courtyard. |
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| A bird in our courtyard. |
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| Our Courtyard |
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| Greg |
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| Fran in our courtyard. |
10 March 2013
Victor Hugo Mansion Place des Vosges
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| Portrait of Victor Hugo. |
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| Place des Vosges from the Mansion of Victor Hugo. |
My First Homemade Margarita
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| My first homemade Margarita |
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| Geoffrey in Follows Bar, next door, watching football. |
3 March Musée Carnavalet
Paris Walks Paris through the Ages
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| Une soirée au Pré- Catelan (1909) |
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La rue Auber
Sous la Pluie (1889) |
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| Napoleon 1er (1809) |
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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.
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2 March 2013 Apartment Courtyard
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Street entrance to our apartment.
5-9 rue des Tournelles Paris 75004 |
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| Our Courtyard |
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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 .
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| Entrance to St-Gervais. |
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St-Gervais - gargoyles.
Place Saint-Gervais. |
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St-Gervais
Leaning seats. |
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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. |
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| This is on the eastern side of the Hôtel - a stray cannonball fired in 1830. |
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Entrance to Saint-Paul Saint-Louis
rue Saint Antoine Le Marais |
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| Saint-Paul Saint-Louis - pulpit |
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| Saint-Paul Saint-Louis - alter |
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| Equestrian statue of Louis XIII in Place des Vosges |
1 March 2013 Our Kitchen rue des Tournelles
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| The rosies and lilies were a gift from Karen and Joe. |
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| One of GB's specialities- roasted endives. |
28 February 2013
Lunch at Bistrot de l' Oulette
38 rue des Tournelles 75004
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| GB's cassoulet. |
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| EB's duck. |
