Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Boudin Blanc


Boudin Blanc is a delicious white sausage that is primarily bread-based. It is found in the charcutrie aisle of the French Supermarkets. I am a little scared of its counterpart: boudin noir. This is made of blood and I am not thrilled by that notion. So, I stick with boudin blanc!

Some tricks to cooking up boudin blanc are 1. take off the skins and 2. find a nice white wine to cook it in. I chose a wine from this region: Haute Savoie. If you leave the skins on the boudin will puff up. If you take them off then it cooks nicely and still gets a brown crust.

Set the oven to 210 degrees Celsius. Put your boudin in a baking dish and fill the bottom with white wine to cover the bottom 1/3 of the sausages. Cook for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes turn the sausages over to cook the other side and be sure that the entire boudin gets a dip in the wine. Cook for 10-15 more minutes.

If anyone has advice on what to serve boudin blanc with then please email me! Last night we ate it with an eggplant pistou (like a ratatouille) and wedge cut fries. I still haven't found the perfect side dishes for boudin blanc.

p.s. my toddler loves this stuff!



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