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Calculated for 1 serving of each recipe The following items are not included below. Cognac Fresh Coffee & Petits Fours Chevre Port Salut Roquefort Camembert Pan-Fried Butter & Citrus Glazed Carrots French Bread Pastis Kir Royal See individual recipes for excluded ingredients
Calories 2995
Calories from Fat 1567		(52%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 174.2g	267%
	Saturated Fat 86.7g	433%
	Monounsaturated Fat 58.5g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 17.4g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 515mg		171%
Sodium 1354mg		56%
Potassium 5634mg		160%
Total Carbohydrate 289.6g		96%
	Dietary Fiber 31.8g	127%
	Sugars 99.7g
Protein 85.3g		170%
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The French Lunch - allow at least 3+ hours!

Menu #2628 | 3¾ hours to 1 day | SERVES UNKNOWN (CHANGE SERVINGS) Change servings for each recipe below

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MENU BY: French Tart

"A languorous and lazy French Sunday lunch for friends or family.....most of the recipes can be prepared ahead, leaving you to enjoy the day as well. I have not listed wines - I would probably have a Rose and a Red with the main meal, such as Cabernet D'Anjou and Premieres Cotes de Blaye - a fine Bordeaux, but it's up to you & what you have available! I have listed the Cheese board BEFORE the Dessert, as is normal in France - that way, you can finish of your wine before plunging into the sweet bit!"

Recipes in This Menu

Aperitif

Savoury Cheese & Walnut Sables
Biscuits

Serve from small dishes with the aperitifs; these are called "Ameuse-Gueule" in France - something to amuse your mouth!!
(2) | By French Tart
Kir Royal
NO ice! Made with 1 part Creme de Cassis & 3 parts CHILLED sparkling wine.
Pastis
Ice with 1 measure of Pastis - with a jug of water for topping up to personal taste!

Starter

French Stuffed Red Peppers With Fennel & Goat's Cheese
stuffed pepper halves

Serve this with a small green side salad & French dressing.
(5) | By French Tart
French Bread
with Herb & Flavoured butters.

Main Dish

Crock Pot Normandy Pork With Apples, Shallots & Cider
servings

Garnish with a fresh sprig of Thyme, a slice of Apple and a dollop of Creme Fraiche.
(7) | By French Tart

Side Dishes

Crock Pot Baked Spiced Red Cabbage & Apples/Pears
servings

If the crockpot is being used for the pork, cook this by the more traditional alternative Le Creuset method.
(14) | By French Tart
Twice Baked Mini Potato Dauphinoise - Potato Gratin Muffins
Mini Gratins

Can be made ahead and frozen. Take out the night before and whilst still frozen, put on the baking tray to defrost.
(13) | By French Tart
Scalloped Potates With Heavy Cream and Cheese
servings

This potato dish would work really well with this meal - make these OR the mini Dauphinoise, but not both!
(2) | By Queen Dragon Mom
Pan-Fried Butter & Citrus Glazed Carrots
Recipe to be posted soon!

French Cheese Board

Camembert
One small whole one.
Roquefort
And a separate knife for this!
Port Salut
You could also have St. Nectaire in place of this cheese.
Chevre
Any kind of Chevre, but I particularly like Valencay from the Loire Valley.

Desserts

Lemon Polenta Cake With Lavender Syrup & Raspberries
servings

Can be made the day before. Serve with creme fraiche or pouring cream. Frozen raspberries can be used too.
(3) | By French Tart

Coffee & Pousse-Cafe!

Fresh Coffee & Petits Fours
Pousee-Cafe in France is somethng to push the coffee with.....a digestif in other words, see below!
Cognac
Served with the coffee & petit fours; this is the pousse-cafe!

Newest Reviews for This Menu

From Elmotoo

On Jul 11, 2007

Ahhhhh...sounds lovely! What? No Pineau des Charentes??? I know I'll never get that long lazy meal here in the States. Our last meal in Paris was 3 1/2 hours at a restaurant. The waitress thought it was hysterical. We'd just keep ordering courses - slowly. The cheese board between the meal & dessert is the greatest so you CAN indeed finish your wine! I think that is the whole purpose, yes? Because I tend not to drink a lot WHILE I am eating. And I have made the dessert you mentioned & it is DELICIOUS! I hope to recreate some European memories during my summer meals in Maine. You should come help with these memories. Miss you!!