Cassoulet

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Cassoulet is a part of French cuisine. It is a slowly cooked stew or casserole. This stew is usually made with some type of meat such as pork sausages, mutton, which is a type of lamb, and goose. Cassoulet is served with white haricot beans.

Cassoulet in different reasons

There are many regional varieties of cassoulet in France. One version of this stew comes from Castelnaudary. This region of France considers itself The King of Cassoulet. Cassoulet that is prepared with confit of goose isn’t considered a traditional cassoulet.

How cassoulet is commonly eaten

In France, cassoulet is usually consumed from can that can be purchased in a grocery store or supermarket. The prices on cassoulet vary. The cheapest variety of cassoulet only has beans, tomato sauce, cheap sausages, and some pieces of pork because both goose and duck are very expensive. More expensive versions of cassoulet have goose fat, a special type of sausage plus, goose, lamb, or duck confit.

Haute cuisine versions of cassoulet

An haute cuisine variety of this stew has to have pre-cooked meats and beans it. And, the beans have to be cooked separate from the meat. It also has to be cooked with good smelling vegetables; however, this is a contradiction of cassoulet’s peasant origins. This type of cassoulet is cooked in a pottery covered pot. Cassoulet is so popular that the writer and poet Maya Angelou served cassoulet to the food writer M.K. Fisher in completely new pottery pots. And, this went off without any problems.