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Petits Fours

Instructional & Educational

29

Mar 20, 1966

How to turn sugar and water into white fondant icing, and all about using fondant to ice and decorate your own petits fours.

Full Episodes

Season 6, 20 episodes

Genoise Cake,

The basic recipe for layer cakes, wedding cakes, and petits fours, and the professional French recipe for buttercream. This versatile cake can play many roles, depending on how you choose to dress it.

29m Mar 13, 1966

Petits Fours,

How to turn sugar and water into white fondant icing, and all about using fondant to ice and decorate your own petits fours.

29m Mar 20, 1966

The Mayonnaise Show,

How to make mayonnaise by hand or by machine; the do’s, the don’ts, and the pitfalls. Once you’ve found how easy it is to make your own, you’ll find a thousand uses for home-made Mayonnaise.

29m Mar 27, 1966

Swordfish Dinner In A Half Hour,

Swordfish steaks baked in wine and diced green beans are the main courses for this 30-minute meal. Plus Tapenade a la Provencale and Bananas Flambee.

29m Apr 3, 1966

Ossobuco,

Veal stew of Italian origin. braised veal shanks with a succulent brown sauce, pungent with the flavor of orange and lemon peel - a delightful main course for an informal dinner.

29m Apr 10, 1966

Sweetbreads And Brains,

For a menu change-of-pace, try Sweetbreads and brains; Cervelles au Beurre Noir, sauteed brains in brown butter; and Ris de Veau a la creme, sweetbreads braised in butter and served in a delicious cream sauce. Delicate and different.

29m Apr 17, 1966

Asparagus From Tip To Butt,

When you prepare asparagus the French way, you have more of it to eat, it cooks faster, stays greener and tastes fresh from the garden.

29m Apr 24, 1966

Operation Chicken,

A mushroom, rice, and herb filling replace the boned-out breast of a fine roasting chicken, which is then re-assembled. This ingenious French method combines the elegance of presenting a whole bird with ease of serving.

28m May 1, 1966

To Poach A Chicken,

A delicious and tender method of cooking a whole roasting chicken with wine and herbs in a covered casserole. Serve it plain, or use its juices to produce any number of fine sauces.

28m May 8, 1966

Mousses, Bombes And Parfaits,

Make your refrigerator work for you to produce these delicious soft French ice creams. Serve them in coupes, flutes, or cannelated molds - ambrosia to end the meal.

28m May 15, 1966

Bourride And Aioli,

The famous Mediterranean fish soup, served with garlic mayonnaise. A fascinating and unexpected combination born under the hot sun of southern France.

28m May 22, 1966

To Poach An Egg,

A French poached egg is not for breakfast. It makes its appearance later in the day; it goes into a souffle, it is served with Bearnaise Sauce and mushrooms in a buttery tartelette, or it comes shimmering to the table cloaked in aspic.

28m May 29, 1966

Roast Leg Of Lamb,

Here is a sophisticated French twist that makes carving a roast leg of lamb a pleasure; remove the leg bone from inside and replace it with stuffing. As an added fillip, slather on an herbal mustard coating, then roast to a juicy pink.

28m Jun 5, 1966

Lobster Thermidor,

An especially good recipe for this famous dish of lobster meat sauced and baked in its own shell, or in a reasonable facsimile.

28m Jun 12, 1966

Speaking Of Tongues,

Blanching, skinning, braising, saucing, serving, and eating a fresh beef tongue.

28m Jun 19, 1966

Piperade For Lunch,

A robust open-faced omelet from the Basque country, featuring ham, onions, tomatoes, peppers, and herbs; followed by a fresh idea in strawberry desserts.

28m Jun 26, 1966

Turban of Sole,

A delicate fish mousse baked in a ring of filets of sole - an intriguing mixture of textures and flavors.

28m Jul 3, 1966

Bouillabaisse a la Marseillaise,

See the color and gaiety of Marseilles with Julia, and learn how to make this famous fish chowder.

28m Oct 6, 1970

Napoleon's Chicken,

Poulet Saute Marengo is a delicious saute of chicken with fluted mushrooms, shrimp and French fried eggs, croutons and olives, glazed with cognac. Invented on the battlefield after Napoleon’s victory at Marengo.

28m Oct 13, 1970

Spinach Twins,

How to make friends with an old enemy: a spinach turnover and a spinach roulade filled with mushrooms. Demonstrated by Julia’s colleague, Simone Beck, in Provence.

28m Oct 20, 1970