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La Gentiane: ten ways to prepare it celebrates the raw and authentic bitterness of the gentian, a wild plant that defies the standardization of taste. Valérie Sevenet Gentil offers ten creative and flavorful recipes, where the gentian enhances both savory and sweet dishes: lentil salad, roasted guinea fowl, gentian jelly, Reblochon fondue… An essential book for lovers of bold flavors, wishing to explore gastronomic and local cuisine with a touch of claimed bitterness.
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Loving gentian means fully embracing bitterness, a characterful flavor that refuses to smooth itself out to suit today's sweet trends. Valérie Sevenet Gentil celebrates this emblematic plant and offers ten original recipes that highlight it in surprising and refined pairings.
This book invites you to a unique culinary exploration, where the gentian root becomes a key ingredient in savory and sweet recipes:
✔️ Lentil salad, red onions, dates, gentian vinaigrette
✔️ Monkfish sauerkraut with gentian
✔️ Smoked eel, sour cream with gentian
✔️ Fennel and artichoke compote with gentian
✔️ Gentian jelly, coffee cream
✔️ Cocoa and gentian meringue
✔️ Roast guinea fowl, chestnuts glazed with gentian
✔️ Reblochon fondue or aligot with gentian
✔️ Mashed potatoes, smoked bacon, and gentian
✔️ Endive and Stilton tart on a gentian shortbread
In this book, the bitterness of gentian is claimed as a strong taste experience, far from sweetened flavors. Gentian becomes a culinary act of resistance, a return to authentic and intense tastes that were once at the heart of traditional gastronomy.
Lovers of spirits, bitter aperitifs, and local cuisine will find a source of inspiration to reinvent their dishes and discover new taste harmonies.
With its 24 pages and its compact format, Gentian: Ten Ways to Prepare It is a practical and original cookbook, perfect to enrich your culinary library with a touch of character and bitterness.
Are you looking for a gift idea for a lover of local cuisine, spirits, or authentic tastes? This book is perfect for those who like experimenting in the kitchen and playing with flavor contrasts.
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