SAVOY AND THE DAUPHINE
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- Information on Savoy & The Dauphine (near Switzerland)
- Recipes from 1975
In 1975 Savoy & the Dauphine were categorized in one area which is in Eastern France & extend across the French Alps. Also, sometimes included in this are is Franche-Comte. If you are a skier then you will be familiar with Grenoble & Chamonix (First winter Olympics there in 1924). In the summer walking on the slopes or relaxing around beautiful lakes is the way to go at Annecy & Evian les Bains. You will see mountain meadows, mountain herbs and wild flowers.
Savoy cabbage
(Note: We grow savoy cabbage in our garden and it makes YUMMY stuffed cabbage!)
Potatoes, a major product, are cooked in the dauphinois style & present different recipes with different cheeses in different areas of the Savoy, the Dauphine & Franche-Comte:
- International dish is Dauphine's "gratin dauphinois" which is cliced potatoes baked in cram and gruyere or beaufort cheese.
- Franche-Compte's version uses nutty comte cheese & adds cubes or slices of smoked ham
- In central Augergne the local blue d'Auvergne or bleu des Causses cheeses
- In Lyon cafes prepare several choices:
- gratin
- pommes a l'huile (warm potato salad)
- gateau de pommes de terre (a thick, potato "cake")
- galette lyonnaise (a fritter of waxy potatoes & onions)
- pommes paillasson (straw potatoes emerging from the pan like a lacework pancake)
- In Limousin:
- pate de pommes terre (potato pie with with other vegetables, cream and sometimes cubes of meat
- See photos of potato recipes below*
Fruit: Variations of fruits and Liqueurs and candies:
Cassis (black currants) or creme de cassis, abricots (apricots), fraises (strawberries) framboises (raspberries), poires (pears), pommes (apples), groseilles (red currents)
Other products: cardon (edible thistle), champignons sauvages (wild mushrooms) including morilles, girolles and cepes, chataigne (chestnuts) Noix de Grenoble (walnuts), Oignons rouges (red onions) so mild even eaten raw!!
POTATO PHOTOS*
Links for modern day recipes:
CREAM OF PUMPKIN SOUP
CHICKEN DAUPHINOISE
No modern day links for a comparable recipe. Recipes use potatoes, mustard, etc.
POTATOES SAVOYARDE
Both of the recipes below use Yukon Gold and/or russets. I am a russet fan.
The result was the Yukon Gold, the first Canadian-bred potato to be marketed and promoted by name. It received a Canadian license in 1980 and soon began exportation to the United States.
PEARS IN CREAM, SAVOYARDE
Couldn't find a modern day photo nor a recipe for Savoyarde Pears,
but the recipe above is easy, elegant and yummy!!
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