Cassoulet

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I have made the cassoulet with pan fried duck, pork and lamb pieces however instead of pork sausages I have substituted with sliced fried merguez sausages. Absolument fantastique!

Hello Hans
Are you Dutch ? Thanks for your kind comments and for having found time and energy for preparing a cassoulet. Cassoulet is from a part of France which was under the Arabic invasions during the Middle Ages but I am not aware that they had brough some food specialties like merguez !... (we can find dishes which are obviously Arabic style specialties in the southwest of France, like the "croustade gasconne" but they were brough back home by the French crusaders from the middle east). I am kidding a little bit ... Happy new year to you

Thank you Mr. Dubarry for your reaction to my "variation on the cassoulet". I would like to add, that here in Brisbane, Australia I make a cassoulet once during our winter (June-Sept)for a large number of friends and family. I like to present the cassoulet with a side dish of a mixed salad with lemon/honey dressing and topped with fried pieces of the duck's skin (slightly salted). I accompany this rather rich dish with a great Australian Chardonnay ("Devils Lair" from Western Australia). Although I live and work already for 27 years in Australia, my favorite food is and will always be French. That is what I love to cook. To answer your initial question "Oui, je suis un Hollandais/Australien". Bonne Annee et a votre Sante!

Hello Hans
Many many thanks for your feedback and for sharing your experience with us : we all are very proud when we hear that some (especially so far from France) appreciate French cooking and also when some (like you) develop personal variations from our traditional recipes and share it with us

Can somebody tell me where to buy merguez at the Gold Coast. I live in Palm Beach 4221. Merci

Hi Daniel
I do hope you do not intent to use merguez for your cassoulet ! More seriously, I leave in the Paris area and I do not know any addresses in Palm Beach.
Good luck

If you are looking for the best merguez around check out the delis stall on various Brisbane markets or online.

I was fortunate to have had this Cassoulet at A Souceyrac. It was wonderful, and this is now the recipe I use at home. M. Asfaux was a most gracious host, and particularly attentive to helping our 10 year old daughter negotiate a menu in French I always think of fondly. A true gentlemen.