Bouquet garni

Bouquet garni of thyme, bay leaves, and sage, tied with a string
A bouquet garni in cranberry sauce

The bouquet garni (French for "garnished bouquet"; pronounced [bukɛ ɡaʁni][1][2]) is a bundle of herbs usually tied with string and mainly used to prepare soup, stock, casseroles and various stews.[3][4][5] The bouquet is cooked with the other ingredients and removed prior to consumption.[3] Liquid remaining in the bouquet garni can be wrung out into the dish.[6]

There is no standard recipe for bouquet garni, but most French recipes include thyme, bay leaf and parsley.[4] It may also include basil, burnet, chervil, rosemary, peppercorns,[7] savory and tarragon. Vegetables such as carrot, celery (leaves or leaf stalks), celeriac, leek, onion and parsley root are sometimes included in the bouquet.

Sometimes, the bouquet is not bound with string, and its ingredients are filled into a small sachet, a piece of celery stalk,[5] a net, or a tea strainer instead.[8] Traditionally, the aromatics are bound within leek leaves, though a cheesecloth,[3] muslin or coffee filter tied with butcher twine can be used.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Escoffier, Auguste (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery. London: William Heinemann. p. 72. OCLC 5362680. OL 24167463M. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  2. ^ The Health exhibition literature. W. Clowes & Sons. 1884. p. 231. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Hensperger, B.; Kaufmann, J. (2004). Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook. NYM Series. Harvard Common Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-55832-245-5. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Darling, J. (2002). Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book. Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbooks. Meredith Books. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-696-21532-2. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Bouquet garni recipes". BBC. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  6. ^ Reichl, R.; Willoughby, J.; Stewart, Z.E. (2006). The Gourmet Cookbook: More Than 1000 Recipes. Houghton Mifflin. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-618-80692-8. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Estalla 1991 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Farmer, J. (2011). A Time to Plant. Gibbs Smith. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-4236-2347-2. Retrieved January 16, 2017.