France, the romantic capital, has a world-famous historical sites and strong cultural accumulation, everywhere is a beautiful natural scenery, elegant Eiffel Tower, gorgeous Versailles, brilliant Notre Dame de Paris, etc., brick by brick are full of artistic atmosphere, even the tall and dense plane trees on the street, has also become a major landscape of the country, let people not be attracted by this beautiful country at all times.
France is not only the capital of romance but also a country of gastronomy, according to legend, the princess of Italy in the 16th century, Catherine di Medici, when marrying the Crown Prince of France Henry II, specially brought 30 Italian celebrity chefs, creative chefs continue to strive for excellence, the food characteristics of the two countries together, to the French gastronomic industry brought a new "revolution".
In French cuisine, it is regarded as an "art", and chefs, like artists and musicians, have a very high social status, while chefs who are given the title of "Michelin" represent infinite glory. During the 1900 Universal Exposition, the founder of the French Michelin tire published a Michelin Guide for travelers to choose a restaurant on their journey, which marked a milestone in restaurant evaluation.
In the gastronomic world, Michelin is equivalent to the existence of the Nobel Prize, and the chef who has obtained the Michelin star rating is equivalent to obtaining the highest honor in the catering industry, a three-star Michelin chef's monthly salary is as high as 200,000 yuan or so, such a salary is enough to show the top culinary level of Michelin chefs, so many young chefs in Western countries are eager to go to France for further study, in order to learn better cooking, France's Michelin restaurants are also the most in the world, although the price of Michelin restaurants is not cheap, But the creative and quite delicious dishes are unforgettable, so France is arguably the "best at cooking" in Europe, so let's take a look at the charm of French cuisine.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > the characteristics of French cuisine</h1>
1. Wide selection of materials
French cuisine is one of the world's famous cuisines, in addition to eating French food must have exquisite tableware and picturesque dishes, the most important thing is to choose a wide range of ingredients, eclectic in the choice of ingredients, most of the choices are those more expensive ingredients, such as snails, foie gras, black truffles, etc., characterized by juicy and flavorful, in order to meet the visual at the same time, but also to highlight the chef's excellent cooking skills.
2, the ingredients are fresh
Generally speaking, French chefs have extremely high requirements for the freshness of ingredients, and the finished dishes must be well hydrated and tender, so the raw materials will definitely not be degraded, and the finished dishes also have strict considerations, such as steaks generally require three or four points of cooking, while roast leg of lamb, lamb need seven or eight points of cooking, for some special ingredients, such as oysters, salmon, vegetables choose raw food.
3. Good at seasoning with wine
French cuisine not only pays attention to the taste of the meal, but also pays special attention to the wine that accompanies the meal, when eating a formal French meal, it is necessary to match different wines according to the main course, such as the use of Chardonnay dry white wine when eating oysters, and when buying wine, the salesman will also ask them what dish they want to drink, and the combination of each dish and wine is an "art" in the eyes of the French.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > the ingredients for classic French dishes</h1>
1. Foie gras
Although France is not the birthplace of foie gras, it is a holy place for foie gras to flourish. For foodies, go to France has not eaten foie gras, is equivalent to not eatIng French cuisine, French farmers with special corn feed will be foie gras raised plump fat, after the fragrant frying of the mellow smell scattered out, with a special sauce and Su Tortoise sweet white wine, complement each other, must be a delicious dish.
2. Snails
French snail is an edible snail, in the authentic French meal will have French snail as a starter, nutritious, tender and delicious, more beauty effect, by the French people as "gold in the meat", and French foie gras, oysters together known as "French food three treasures".
3. Caviar
Caviar is one of the world's three major delicacies, but also a "regular customer" on the French meal, the particles are full, the color is clear, the texture is delicate and elastic, the delicious abnormality after the entrance, the juice bursts in the mouth of the fresh sweetness, is any delicious can not replace, but the price of caviar is expensive, about 32 ounces of a box of caviar is 160,000 yuan, can be described as a symbol of gluttony molecules or rich people.
4. Truffles
French black truffle occupies an important position in French cuisine, can be eaten raw, half-raw or used as an ingredient to cook, the most classic is the black truffle into the sauce with steak, the aroma is strong, injecting a new flavor into the dish.
The French are eager for excellence in food, in addition to filling their stomachs, they are more to enjoy an attitude of life, so the French people cook a formal French meal for at least four or five hours, from appetizers, pre-dinner soups, side dishes seafood, main dishes of meat, desserts to fruits, the dishes are interlocked with delicious and exquisite.
There are also many types of dishes, according to the cooking style, French cuisine can be divided into 3 mainstream factions, classical French cuisine faction, home-style French cuisine faction and new French cuisine faction, according to the different cuisines are also divided into a variety of unique cuisine styles, such as Burgundy cuisine, Alsace cuisine, Normandy cuisine, Provencal cuisine, etc. The reason why French cuisine can be popular all over the world is inseparable from the continuous innovation of French chefs and the high demand for ingredients, which is the essence of French food culture.
The West has French cuisine, to the East we have to mention our China, as we all know that Our country has a vast territory, many nationalities, after two thousand years of civilization development, the birth of countless delicious cuisine, as a large country of catering culture, in the Qing Dynasty on the formation of brilliant Lu cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Sichuan cuisine this "four major cuisines", to the end of the Qing Dynasty, and then derived From Zhejiang cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Hui cuisine, since then the world-renowned "Eight Major Cuisines of China" was formed.
The uniqueness of Chinese cuisine is that it is good at cooking with various ingredients, giving different cooking methods and seasonings according to different ingredients. Whether it is mountain treasures and seafood or some ingredients that "can't be on the table", in the hands of Chinese chefs, you can create a delicacy in minutes, so you can eat almost any dish you can imagine in Chinese cuisine, if you talk about the type and taste of the dish alone, as the representative of Western food, French food seems to be inferior.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="33" >- Lao Jing said</h1>
Food is not fixed, palatable treasure, everyone's preferences for food are different, each country also has its own unique food culture, in addition to filling the stomach to enjoy food, the Chinese people are more concerned about the family gathering together, the meaning of the happy and harmonious reunion, so that the attitude of "eating well" is also an important part of Chinese food culture, worth inheriting and continuing.
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