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Main dishes anchor the meal. This category gathers poultry, seafood, meat, pasta, grains, and plant-forward recipes with clear methods and satisfying structure.

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Rognons Sautés Bercy

Chef Juliette

Rognons Sautés Bercy

Lamb kidneys meet a fierce pan, then a shallot and white-wine reduction takes meat glaze, lemon, and cold butter: quick cooking with no room for hesitation, and a sauce worth every second.

Rognons Sautés Bordelaise

Chef Juliette

Rognons Sautés Bordelaise

Rognons sautés bordelaise turns a swift, fierce sear into supper: rosy lamb kidneys glazed with wine-dark Sauce Bordelaise, poached marrow, parsley, and cèpes browned in butter.

Rognons Sautés Carvalho

Chef Juliette

Rognons Sautés Carvalho

Rognons sautés Carvalho turns a fast kidney sauté into a composed dinner: crisp cockscomb croûtons, mushroom and truffle on every piece, and Madeira demi-glace mounted with butter at the last breath.

Rognons Sautés au Champagne

Chef Juliette

Rognons Sautés au Champagne

Rognons sautés au Champagne teach the essential wine-pan sauce: brown the kidneys fast, reduce Champagne almost dry, then add meat glaze and mount with butter until every piece wears a bright, savory gloss.

Rognons Sautés Hongroise

Chef Juliette

Rognons Sautés Hongroise

Rognons sautés hongroise turns a fierce, brief sear into tender kidneys under a paprika, cream, and velouté sauce, with one governing rule: once the meat returns, the pan must never boil.

Rognons Sautés Chasseur

Chef Juliette

Rognons Sautés Chasseur

Rognons sautés chasseur teaches the clean rhythm of a sauté: brown the kidneys fast, reduce the wine nearly dry, then toss them once through glossy mushroom-and-tomato sauce. Heat, timing, and no boiling.

Rognons Sautés à l’Indienne

Chef Juliette

Rognons Sautés à l’Indienne

Lamb kidneys seared fast in butter, then folded into a smooth onion-curry velouté and warmed without boiling, with rice à l’Indienne served separately to catch every glossy spoonful.

Rognons Sautés Turbigo

Chef Juliette

Rognons Sautés Turbigo

Mutton kidneys seared fast in butter, ringed with browned chipolatas and small mushrooms, then covered in a peppery tomatéd half-glaze: a lesson in fierce heat, swift hands, and proper timing.

Croûte aux Rognons

Chef Juliette

Croûte aux Rognons

Croûte aux rognons turns a fast kidney Sauté into supper: crisp buttered bread cups, bronzed mushrooms, tender little forcemeat quenelles, and black truffle, all heaped high and carried to the table fiercely hot.

Turban de Rognons à la Piémontaise

Chef Juliette

Turban de Rognons à la Piémontaise

A saffron risotto crown carries butter-seared kidneys and black truffle beneath a glossy tomatéd half-glaze, a grand-kitchen composition made practical through timing, one hot mould, and one decisive pan.

Rognons à la Brochette

Chef Juliette

Rognons à la Brochette

Mutton kidneys split but kept hinged, held flat on skewers, grilled under fierce heat, and finished with a hazelnut of maître d’hôtel butter: quick French cooking with nowhere to hide.

Rognons Brochette à l’Espagnole

Chef Juliette

Rognons Brochette à l’Espagnole

Skewered kidneys prove that offal rewards speed: lamb kidneys grilled just through, set over tomatoes melting with capsicum maître-d’hôtel butter, then circled with crisp fried onion.

Rognons Brochette au Vert Pré

Chef Juliette

Rognons Brochette au Vert Pré

Butterflied kidneys, pinned open on skewers and grilled over fierce heat, with pommes paille and vivid parsley: a classical grill lesson in exact trimming, dry surfaces, and stopping at the right second.

Brochettes de Rognons

Chef Juliette

Brochettes de Rognons

Fierce heat sets lamb kidney before bacon, mushrooms, butter, and crumbs meet the broiler, producing bronzed skewers with tender centers and teaching the discipline of two brief cooks.

Cassoulet

Chef Juliette

Cassoulet

White beans, pork, mutton, and garlic sausage settle into a rind-lined cocotte beneath a burnished crust. Baste it, let the crust return, and the Southwest's great casserole proves patience is an ingredient.

Currie à l’Indienne

Chef Juliette

Currie à l’Indienne

Mutton, onion, curry, and a flour-bound sauce prove the classical lesson: frizzle well, cook the roux, then let gentle heat turn a spare pantry into a generous supper.

Daube Froide

Chef Juliette

Daube Froide

Yesterday’s daube becomes tomorrow’s cold luncheon: collagen-rich beef and pork rind packed into a small mold, set in its own clear jelly, turned out, and carved thin beside a bright ring of chopped jelly.

Émincés et Hachis

Chef Juliette

Émincés et Hachis

Cold roast gets a second life three ways, but the law never changes: slice or mince it finely, bring the sauce to heat, and never let the meat boil.

Moussaka

Chef Juliette

Moussaka

Fried aubergine skins hold alternating layers of savoury mutton and aubergine, gently set in a bain-marie, then turned out whole for a generous dinner-party centrepiece.

Mutton Pudding

Chef Juliette

Mutton Pudding

A sealed dome of suet paste turns modest mutton, salt, pepper, and water into its own rich gravy: four quiet hours in the basin, then a generous pudding for the middle of the table.

Pilaw de Mouton à la Turque

Chef Juliette

Pilaw de Mouton à la Turque

Tomato leads this mutton navarin, scented with ginger or saffron, while buttery pilaff rice keeps every grain distinct around the platter's edge. Brown the meat deeply, simmer gently, and one generous dish carries supper.

Baron (or Pair of Hind-quarters) of Lamb

Chef Juliette

Baron (or Pair of Hind-quarters) of Lamb

A whole saddle and its two hind legs, butter-poêlé under a close cover, carved rosy beside new vegetables and clear pan gravy: grand anatomy brought within reach of one home oven.

Double (or Pair of Legs) of Lamb

Chef Juliette

Double (or Pair of Legs) of Lamb

Two lamb legs become one burnished joint under a covered butter roast, then their own drippings become a clear, peppery gravy. Gentle heat and faithful basting teach the discipline of poêler.

Quarter of Lamb

Chef Juliette

Quarter of Lamb

Quartier d’Agneau Poêlé teaches the discipline of basting: a young hindquarter slowly enclosed with butter, then uncovered to bronze, with clear lamb jus and spring vegetables carried proudly to the Sunday table.

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