The Suitors
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4 sifters
1 series small tartlet molds
CUPBOARD C
2 conical strainers
3 colanders
4 small strainers
21 whisks
16 ladles
9 skimmers
1 spider skimmer
1 scoop
1 sauce ladle
CUPBOARD D (CASSEROLES)
7 double boilers
17 casseroles
4 sauté pans
14 lids
2 sauce warmers
Recipe inventory
PASTRIES AND DOUGHS
Pâte brisée
Pâte sucrée
Sweet shortbread
Puff pastry
Inverse puff pastry
Brioche
Sweet roll
Danish pastry
Savarin
Croissant
Crêpe
Fry cake
Cream puff
Sponge cake
Kneaded puff pastry
ICINGS AND GLAZES
Chocolate
Bitter chocolate
Ganache
Chocolate cacao content Nos. 1, 2, 3
Opéra cake fillings (cream, white, currant, raspberry, lime, coffee, mixed fruit)
PETITS FOURS SECS
Cigarettes russes, cats’ tongues, almond tuiles, orange tuiles, raisin cookies, shortbread, macarons, light-glazed petits fours (rolled cookies, sponges, miroirs)
Recipes
PASTA SALAD WITH CHICKEN
AND PINE NUTS (SERVES 8)
Ingredients
2 lbs. penne rigate
6 chicken breasts
5 very ripe medium-size tomatoes
12 leaves basil
¼ cup pine nuts
5 T mayonnaise
3 T Worcestershire sauce
Cook pasta in salted boiling water with a drizzle of olive oil. Drain, cool, and chill in refrigerator. Salt and pepper chicken breasts, drizzle with olive oil, cook in 325° oven for 7 to 8 minutes. Chill. Peel, seed, and julienne tomatoes. Tear basil into small pieces by hand. Toast pine nuts in fry pan. When all ingredients are cool, toss with dressing (mayonnaise and Worcestershire sauce). Layer pasta, basil, tomatoes, pine nuts. Slice chilled white meat into thin strips, arrange in rosette on pasta.
COEUR À LA CRÈME (SERVES 8–10)
Ingredients
1 quart whipping cream
1-1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
3 cups plain yogurt
10 T sour cream
1 vanilla bean
Whip cream and sugar until stiff, chill in refrigerator. Whip yogurt and sour cream in large bowl until smooth. Open vanilla bean and scrape out seeds. With a rubber spatula, carefully fold together whipped cream, yogurt/cream cheese mixture, and vanilla seeds. Line a pierced, heart-shaped mold with cheesecloth, and pour the cream mixture into the mold. Fold the ends of the cheesecloth over the top and refrigerate at least eight hours.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
One: Prologue 1
Spring 2007
Nanny
The house
Two: Weekend of July 14
Friday, 7:00 a.m.
The Rules of the Game , film by Jean Renoir (1939)
Friday, 12:30 p.m.
Friday, 3:00 p.m.
Friday, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, 8:00 p.m.
Dinner, Friday, July 14
Saturday, 9:00 a.m.
Luncheon, Saturday, July 15
Saturday, 6:30 p.m.
The beach in winter
Dinner, Saturday, July 15
Sunday
Luncheon, Sunday, July 16
Three: Weekend of July 21
Friday, 6:00 p.m.
Dinner, Friday, July 21
Friday, 11:00 p.m.
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon, Saturday, July 22
The shortcut
Saturday, 7:00 p.m.
Dinner, Saturday, July 22
Sunday, 9:30 a.m.
Luncheon, Sunday, July 23
Four: Weekend of July 28
Friday, 6:00 p.m.
Trop bien élevé , 2007, by Jean-Denis Bredin
Dinner, Friday, July 28
Saturday, 8:00 a.m.
Luncheon, Saturday, July 29
Dinner, Saturday, July 29
The road to Eden-Roc
Sunday, 1:00 p.m.
Thank-you letter
Five: Appendices
The Characters
Staff Menu Notebook
Kitchen Cabinet Inventory
Recipe Inventory
Recipes