FèVES AU LARD (TRADITIONAL QUEBEC NAVY BEANS)
Here is a quick version of this traditional recipe. Normally, these beans are baked for hours in a stoneware pot, but using a pressure cooker is a great way to speed up the process, saving not only time but also a lot of electricity! (Unless you're in winter and the heat from the oven makes you save on the heating bill.) The Prep Time includes the soaking of the beans, and the Cook Time includes the depressurizing of the cooker. You can double the recipe, and it freezes and thaws very well. Serving size is for a main dish, maybe use a half or a third of the portion size for a side dish.
Provided by Elie de Combys
Categories Breakfast
Time 19h
Yield 3 pounds, 5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Put the beans and water into a jar with a lid for 18 hours (counting the cooking time, that's 5 hours later than you want to be eating them the next day, so if you want your beans at 5 pm on Tuesday, soak them at 10 pm on Monday. It's ok to give or take a couple hours, but I'd rather give than take.).
- When the 18 hours are almost up, finely dice the fatback, discarding the skin, and dice the onion.
- Put the diced fatback in the pressure cooker, lid off, and cook it on medium heat until it starts to sizzle.
- While you're waiting for it to sizzle, drain the beans, reserving the water.
- Also, mix together the molasses, ketchup, mustard and savory in a small bowl, adding a little bean water so it can pour easily.
- When the fatback sizzles, stir it a little and add the beans.
- Then, add the onion, about half of the water and the condiments and stir well.
- Add more bean water just until it covers the beans, using it to rinse the remaining condiments from the small bowl if necessary.
- Put the lid on (with the high pressure valve, not the one for vegetables), put on high heat until steam comes out and reduce the heat to the lowest you can without stopping the whistling sound (for me it's a little lower than medium).
- Cook that way for 40 minutes, take the cooker off the heat and wait at least 20 minutes before opening it.
- Troubleshooting and tips : if there's a significant amount of liquid left on the bottom of the cooker, stir the beans, screw the lid back, put on high heat, let the pressure build and take off the stove as soon as it whistles. Then, wait 10 minutes before opening.
- Also, beans are at their best when reheated. Once refrigerated, always stir them well before serving the first leftover portion, so as to distribute the sauce that will have settled to the bottom and hardened.
POMMES DE TERRE A LA BOULANGERE: POTATOES A LA BAKERY
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- Melt half the butter with the olive oil in a saute pan, and gently fry the onions until soft and lightly golden, about 15 minutes. Spread half the onions in the bottom of a casserole. Lay a layer of sliced potatoes on top, season with salt and pepper, and scatter with thyme leaves. Build another layer of onions, then a final one of potatoes, and finally pour over the stock. Cover the pan with foil, and bake until all the liquid has been absorbed, 2 to 3 hours, removing the foil for the last hour if you like a crisp top.
FONDANT POTATOES WITH GARLIC (FONDANT DE POMMES DE TERRE)
These potatoes are peeled and baked whole. They get a nice golden brown and are very soft inside. Potatoes should be medium size. If they are larger, cut them in half. (thanks, Loof, for the tip)
Provided by Outta Here
Categories Potato
Time 50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Put oil and butter in a baking dish. Put dish in oven until butter melts.
- Add potatoes and garlic and turn to coat all sides of potatoes. Bake 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.
- Add the broth and rosemary and bake another 15 minutes, or until the stock is absorbed and potatoes are soft. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve. (discard garlic).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 341.2, Fat 24, SaturatedFat 13.1, Cholesterol 53.4, Sodium 102.5, Carbohydrate 29.5, Fiber 2.6, Sugar 1.4, Protein 3.8
CLASSIC POMMES BOULANGèRE - FRENCH GRATIN POTATOES
This classic French potato gratin dish literally translates as "Potatoes in the Style of the Baker's wife". The story is, that in the past, a French family would prepare these potatoes and then take them to the local boulangerie, the baker, to be cooked in the even heat of his oven, hence the name. Any sort of good quality stock will do, chicken, lamb, beef or vegetable. For a richer taste, a ratio of 50% hot stock and hot milk/cream can be used. If using lamb stock, it is nice to sprinkle the top of the potatoes with fresh Rosemary, and I often add a sprig of thyme to my potatoes when baking them. I have found that melted butter gives a better result than dotting butter, no burned and upturned edges anymore!
Provided by French Tart
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Pre-heat oven to 150C/300F/Gas mark 3.
- Butter a large shallow ovenproof dish.
- Peel potatoes thinly, do not rinse.
- Peel and slice the onions thinly.
- Using a mandolin slice if possible,slice the potatoes very thinly, again do not rinse.
- Arrange the potatoes over the base of the dish slightly overlapping, sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and then add the sliced onions.
- Continue until all the potatoes & onions are used up, ending with a potato layer.
- Pour over the hot stock.
- Brush with the top of the potatoes with the melted butter.
- Place the potatoes on the high shelf of the oven for 1 hr to 1 1/2 hrs or until tender and the top layer is a crisp golden brown.
- Serve immediately with roasted meats, as an alternative to roast potatoes, or with a pot roast, hot-pot and vegetables.
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