A French Christmas dinner, planned for you.
Christmas in Paris is a complete holiday-hosting cookbook by Chef Eliane Muskus. Inspired by the elegant multi-course Christmas dinners of her childhood and the menus of her restaurant in Cannes, it brings a French holiday table to your home with the planning, shopping and preparation already worked out.
What's inside:
• Planning and preparation: stress-relief strategies, a grocery shopping checklist, a prep timeline and mise en place
• Starters: Kir Royale with blinis, gougères, avocado mousse verrine with smoked salmon, foie gras on pain d'épices, and a white wine and pear granité
• Main courses: prime rib roast with Bordelaise sauce, roast turkey breast with chestnut stuffing, seared duck breast with cherry port sauce, and a vegetable Wellington with chestnuts and spinach
• Side dishes: Hasselback butternut squash, green beans amandine, French-style Brussels sprouts and gratin dauphinois
• A French cheese course
• Desserts: Bûche de Noël and poached pears in vanilla and white wine syrup
• Wine pairings and digestifs