Monday, March 27, 2017

Herbs de Provence ... what is it?

I made up a  batch of "herbs de Provence" about 6 months ago.  There it sat.  All lonely in my Spice rack.  I was determined to so something  with the mixture. I finally made a dish tonight to use some of it. But I'm determined to use it all up. So I did some investigating. I found this.

 Wikipedia:  ..."Herbes de Provence (French pronunciation: ​[ɛʁb.də.pʁɔ.vɑ̃s]) is a mixture of dried herbs typical of the Provence region of southeast France. Formerly simply a descriptive term, commercial blends started to be sold under this name in the 1970s.[1] These mixtures typically contain savorymarjoramrosemarythymeoregano, and other herbs. In the North American market, lavender leaves are also typically included, though lavender does not appear in the recipes in Jean-Baptiste Reboul's 1910 compendium of Provençal cooking.[2]



Here's a recipe, if you'd like to make your own mixture, rather than buy a store bought pre-made.:

There are many recipes out there to use "Herbes de Provence".  Here are some you can ponder:

Here's a pan roasted recipe from Williams-Sonoma, using Chicken breasts:

Here's a recipe from Rachael Ray, Food Network, using Red New Potatoes:

Here's a recipe from Fine Cooking, Beef Stew with Red Wine & Carrots:

Here's a recipe from Whole Food Market, Roasted Wild Salmon:

But for now, tonights recipe is from Simply Recipes.

I will show you a picture from the above site.  Be sure to give this a try, and when you do, you can use the rest of your Herbes de Provence on making it again, or trying some of the above recipes with it.


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