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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.

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Last modified on: March 21^th 2017

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For 2 Bouquets garni, you will need:

1 2 bayleaves
2 2 sprigs parsley
3 2 greens part of leek
4 2 sprigs thyme
5 2 sprigs celery

Change these quantities to make: 1 Bouquet garni 2 Bouquets garni 3 Bouquets garni

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How long will it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
12 min.	12 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Wash and dry 2 bayleaves, 2 sprigs parsley and 2 sprigs 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 2 sprigs 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.

Keeping

A few hours or several months in the freezer.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
38 Kcal or 159 Kj	2 gr	8 gr	0 gr
2 %	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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Celery

How much will it cost?

For 2 Bouquets garni : 1.77 €
Per Bouquet garni : 0.89 €

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