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Bouquet garni

Name: Bouquet garni
Prep time: 12 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 1 Bouquet garni
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 bayleaf; 1 sprig parsley; 1 green part of leek; 1 sprig thyme; 1 sprig celery

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.

440 K 3.6/5 (46 reviews)

15 min.

Easy

0.90 €

1 Bouquet garni

5 Ingredients

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: 55 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 15 min.

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.

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

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	1 RDI=0 %	3 RDI=0 %	0	20 RDI=1 %	80 RDI: 1 %
Per 100 g	1 RDI=1 %	7 RDI=1 %	0	40 RDI=2 %	160 RDI: 2 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: Celery

How much will it cost?

For 1 Bouquet garni : 0.90 €

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