Simple Herb Blends Gets You Compliments Galore!

As busy cooks we are always looking for easy ways to increase the flavour and interest of our dishes. One of the most overlooked ways of doing this is to use blends of Herbs, spices and flavourings. And who better than the French to show us how to make these blends?
The French approach is one of both simplicity and subtlety. The classic French dish hardly ever uses a single herb, but usually combines a bouquet of herbs that add an Indefinable quality to a dish, but never dominate it.
These blends of herbs and spices are known as bouquets garnis. The French term for a 'Bundle of herbs.' But they are a lot more than a mere bundle of herbs. A bouquet garni is a secret “SYSTEM” that will Save You Stress Time Energy and Money. With a mere handful of carefully selected bouquets garnis in your cooking repertoire you
will be able to create a nearly endless variety of nutritious gourmet meals at will. Dishes that will, without fail, get compliments galore!
The aim of a bouquet garni is simple: To produce a balanced, complex flavour that
Makes your diner want to take another bite, not analyse it. In other words – it’s made For those that love good food.
Different bouquets garnis are used for meat, fish, sauces, dressings, etc. The success of A bouquet garni, like any recipe, depends on:
1. Selecting herbs and spices that compliment each other
2. Finding the correct proportions for each ingredient The original bouquet garni of parsley, thyme and bay is still used to flavour meat based Casseroles, stews, stocks and soups. These days rosemary or a twist or orange peel is added as well.
It's so easy to make.

You only need:
• 3 stalks parsley,
• 1 sprig thyme and
• 1 bay leaf
Tie the herbs together in a little bundle with a piece of sting. Add the bouquet garni to any stew, sauce or casserole you're preparing and remove the bouquet garni before serving. I prefer using fresh herbs but you can use either fresh or dried herbs.
Other well known traditional French bouquets garnis are fines herbs and herbs de Provence
Here's how to make your own herbes de Provence…
In Provence they sell dried, herbes de Provence in little terracotta pots topped with the local patterned cloth, or in brightly coloured bags of the same material.
If you make herbes de Provence with fresh herbs I can guarantee that you will get compliments galore each and every time you use it.
Mix one tablespoon each of finely chopped fresh oregano, savory, thyme, marjoram and rosemary.
This traditional French bouquet garni will add real French flavour to any Provencal dish.
If you’re not into French cuisine use it to complement your salads, vegetables, meat
dishes and even hot desserts.
Never limit yourself to just one or two bouquets garnis. Even if they are powerful in
their own right you don’t want to be accused of being a boring cook. Don’t only look at French cuisine either. Study your own cookbooks and watch the celebrity chefs on television. Look for recipes that use more than three herbs, spices or flavourings. Even though
the recipe, in almost all instances, won’t state that, the combination of herbs and spice they are using is a bouquet garni. Here's a tried and tested system to "Find successful bouquet garnis".
Remember. For the best results never limit yourself to only one or two herbs per dish.
Rather use three or four, plus a spice or two. It's the secret to greater depth in your finished dishes.
Be patient with yourself and you will develop your own tried and tested "universal" bouquets garnis that you can use with just about everything.
I love infusing my universal bouquets garnis in vinegar and olive oil as well. That way they become truly universal, and they are popular gifts.

Take your culinary adventure one step further. Start changing proportions, next try to add, delete or substitute the herbs in your bouquet garni recipe. You can also try the
same bouquet garni with different dishes.
 
Foreign visitors to South Africa are often taken aback when they sample dishes like bobotie for the first time. The curiously tasty mixture of sweet and savoury is a legacy from the Malay cooks who adapted oriental recipes, and used local ingredients to create
a new and unique culinary tradition.
If you are adventurous and you would like to explore the ultimate in culinary adventure creating your own bouquets garnis from scratch is for you. Just follow the easy guidelines in my "How to create bouquet garnis from scratch" article
and you will get compliments galore!
 

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