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Bouquet garni

Used very frequently in French cuisine, a secret of French chefs, it adds flavour to a lot of recipes, and it's easy to prepare.

The basic principle is to make a small bundle of herbs, bind them in green leek leaves and to tie it up, so that the whole thing can be removed and discarded easily after cooking.

321,8973.8/5 for 31 ratings

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Last modified on: March 21^th 2017

For 1 Bouquet garni, you will need:

1 1 bayleaf
2 1 sprig parsley
3 1 green part of leek
4 1 sprig thyme
5 1 sprig celery
Total weight: 51 grams

Change those ingredients for: 1 Bouquet garni 2 Bouquets garni 3 Bouquets garni

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
12 min.	12 min.

Keeping: A few hours or several months in the freezer.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Wash and dry 1 bayleaf, 1 sprig parsley and 1 sprig thyme.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Wash and dry the green part of a leek, cut in pieces of about 3 inches (or 7 centimetre).

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Wash, dry and cut in pieces of the same size 1 sprig celery.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Put a green leek leaf in front of you, put a bunch of thyme, a bunch of parsley, a laurel leaf, and a piece of celery.

Curve the green leek leaf to fold.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Cover with the second leek leaf.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

And tie up the whole bundle, finishing with a knot.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Cut off surplus string and trim each end.

Bouquet is ready to use.

Stage 8

If you are doing bouquets, you can easily make make a few of them (the bouquet factory!) instead just one...

Stage 9

...because they can be frozen in a plastic bag.

Remarks

From this basic recipe you can add other herbs like rosemary for example.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
19 Kcal or 80 Kj	1 gr	4 gr	0 gr
1 %	<1 %	<1 %	0 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
37 Kcal or 155 Kj	2 gr	7 gr	0 gr
2 %	1 %	1 %	0 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 Bouquet garni : 0.89 €

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Home made.

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