Top 10 tips for healthy French cooking
Top 10 tips for healthy French cooking - Three-Michelin-starred chef Michel Guérard is the author of Cuisine Minceur, and a driving force in the nouvelle cuisine movement, which redefined French cooking in the 1970s. Here he shares his top tips for making your fancy French delights a little healthier... Top 10 tips for healthy French cooking [toc heading_levels="3,4,5"] 1. Cut the fat of rich sauces Instead of using a lot of oil in vinaigrette sauces, replace three quarters of what you would use with a broth that you thicken (with corn starch for example) in order to give it an oily consistency. If you have time, you can even infuse oil with fresh herbs (rosemary, verbena, thyme, etc). This will bring a very complex and aromatic flavour to your sauces without the superfluous calories. When you are making mayonnaise, replace half the oil with fat-free yogurt. Do the same for béarnaise sauce: instead of butter, use whisked concentrated milk. 2. Go crazy for vegetables You