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Lacking ideas for delicious recipes? Guillaume Brahimi is here to help you give taste to your little dishes. Find all his recipes on SBS in Plat du Jour section.

Chef Guillaume Brahimi guides us to the heart of France by exploring its wonderful food culture and cuisine and serving up his 'Plat du Tour' each night of the Tour de France .

Cassoulet recipe

The dish gets its name from the pot it's traditionally baked in, the cassole. This version includes duck confit and the French garlic sausages that are a specialty of Toulouse.

Cassoulet recipe >>

Ratatouille with tapenade recipe

This dish is named from the Occitan language spoken in southern France. From the words ‘ratatolha’, meaning ‘chunky stew’ (in French military slang, ‘rata’ was a mix of beans, potatoes and mixed vegetables with fatty meat), and ‘touiller’, meaning to toss, or stir up, food.

Ratatouille with tapenade >>

Pissaladière with white anchovy and olive

Traditionally from Nice , this dish is thought to have originated from a 15th century Genoese recipe. Thick pizza dough is topped with caramelised onions, black olives and of course, anchovies – the most celebrated of which are from Collioure, where they have been fished by net and salted by hand since the Middle Ages. This version uses puff pastry, marinated white anchovies and goat’s cheese.

Pissaladière with white anchovy and olive >>

Ile flottante with praline and lavender crème anglaise

Originally known as œufs à la neige – 'snow eggs', this dessert features pillowy meringues floating in a bed of custard.

Ile flottante with praline and lavender crème anglaise >>

Chicken a la crème recipe

Chicken a la crème >>

Apple tarte Tatin recipe with cinnamon ice-cream

A dark and sticky sweet treat accompanied by perfectly crisp pastry. According to legend, tarte Tatin was invented by mistake in the 1880s, when a hotelier tried to disguise a burnt apple tart.

Apple tarte Tatin with cinnamon ice-cream >>

French onion soup with Gruyère croutons recipe

Traditionally, the soup, which was a staple in rural households, was little more than water poured over stale bread crusts, with an onion bulb added and the whole lot left to simmer for the day.

French onion soup with Gruyère croutons >>

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Duck leg confit, Brussels sprouts and speck

This technique is all about pan frying the duck legs in their own fat until they are crispy on the outside and succulent in the middle.

Duck leg confit >>

Paris-Brest with hazelnut crème au beurre

This light and airy dessert was created and named in honour of the ‘Paris-Brest’ – a famous French cycling race, and is presented in the shape of a bicycle wheel.

Paris-Brest >>

Kouign-amann

The Kouign-amann is a multi-layered cake from the Brittany region of France. It has been described by the New York Times as “the fattiest pastry in all of Europe” and contains layers of butter and caramelised sugar.

Kouign-amann >>

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From Florence to the Beaches of Nice: How to Watch the 2024 Tour de France

This year’s edition starts in Italy and features one of the toughest opening stages ever, a 206-kilometer ride from Florence to Rimini taking riders through the heart of the Apennine mountains.

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The Tour de France was first raced in 1903 when journalist (and former bike racer) Henri Desgrange organized the event to promote L’Auto-Vélo, a French sporting newspaper that he edited–and is known today as L’Equipe. The newspaper was actually printed on yellow paper, which fuels one of the narratives surrounding the origins of the maillot jaune . That year’s Tour covered 2,428 km (1,509 mi) spread over just six stages–the average stage length was about 405 km (251 mi)–and only 21 of the original 60 starters finished the inaugural event.

Despite the low number of finishers, the event was an overwhelming success, and the Tour has since become one of the largest sporting events in the world, an event for which teams with multi-million dollar budgets spend years trying to win. For the riders, just a single stage win or day in the yellow jersey is a career-defining achievement. Riders who win the overall title–even just once–go down in history.

This year’s race covers 3,492 km (2,165 mi) spread over 21 stages, with eight days for the sprinters, two individual time trials, seven mountain stages, and about four stages for the punchy opportunists who head up the road in search of “do-or-die” breakaway stage victories–we love those guys.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 Tour de France:

The route of the 2024 Tour de France is unlike any we’ve ever seen, mainly because it’s bookended by two of the biggest “firsts” in the event’s 110-year history: it’s the first to begin in Italy and the first to end outside of Paris (in Nice).

The Tour begins in Florence on Saturday, June 29th, the first of three-and-a-half stages in Italy. And we’re expecting fireworks right away: Stages 1 and 2 are two of the toughest opening stages we’ve ever seen, even harder than the opening stages of last year’s Tour, which took place in the hilly Basque region of northern Spain.

After a day for the sprinters on Stage 3, Stage 4 begins in Pinerolo and brings the race back into France via the 2,642m Col du Galibier. The second-highest climb in this year’s race, the first rider to the summit will win a cash prize given each year in honor of Degrange. By the end of one of the earliest mountain stages in Tour history, the GC battle will be in full swing.

The sprinters will then get two more chances as the race heads north. But the GC battle will resume on Friday, July 5th, with Stage 7, the first of two individual time trials in this year’s Tour. The first week ends with Sunday’s Stage 9, an exciting stage featuring 14 sections of white gravel roads through France’s Champagne region. This will be the first gravel stage in the history of the men’s Tour de France–the women completed a gravel stage of their own through the region in 2022.

After the Tour’s first Rest Day, the race resumes on Tuesday, July 9th, and begins a southwesterly trip–through the Massif Central, which hosts a rugged finish to Stage 11–toward the Pyrenees. Along the way, the sprinters will have a few more opportunities to win a stage before the high mountains return over the weekend.

And they return in a big way, with back-to-back hors categorie (“beyond category”) summit finishes in the mountains that form the border between France and Spain. Saturday’s Stage 12 takes the riders over the Tourmalet–which Desgrange first thought was too hard for the Tour de France–and ends with a finish at the Pla d'Adet ski resort, while Sunday’s Stage 13 ends on the Plateau de Beille–after almost 198km of racing.

As if the mountains aren’t enough cause for excitement, it’s also a holiday weekend: Sunday is Bastille Day–July 14th–so expect the roads on both days to be packed with “festive” fans. By the end of the day, the list of riders capable of winning the 2024 Tour de France will be much shorter than it was a week prior.

The Tour’s third and final week takes the race back east, where an Alpine finale looms. In all, the riders will spend four days in the mountains during the third week, first in the high Alps–with summit finishes at the end of Stage 17 ( at Superdévoluy) and Stage 19 (at Isola 2000). And don’t snooze on Thursday’s Stage 18, a saw-toothed stage from Gap to Barcelonnette that’s filled with short, jagged climbs and could be the perfect place for an ambush–or a Hail Mary–before the final weekend.

But this year’s final weekend is not what we’ve come to expect from Tours of the past. With the Summer Olympics beginning in Paris just five days after the end of the race, this year’s Tour skips its traditional finish on the Champs Elysees and instead finishes in Nice–after the hardest final weekend we’ve seen in decades.

The weekend opens on Saturday, July 20th, with Stage 20, a short but intense stage through the maritime Alps featuring four categorized ascents, including a summit finish on the Category 1 Col de la Couillole.

And just in case that doesn’t settle things, Sunday’s Stage 21 certainly will, as–for the first time in 35 years–the Tour de France ends with an individual time trial. And it’s a hard one: a 33.7 km race against the clock that takes the riders over the Col d'Èze, a tough Category 2 ascent that always features in the final stage of March’s Paris-Nice, an 8-day stage race that Tour contenders often use to build form during the first part of their seasons.

This might bode well for American fans–for two reasons. First, the last time the Tour de France ended with an individual time trial, American Greg Lemond defeated France’s Laurent Fignon–who entered the day wearing the yellow jersey–to win the Tour by eight seconds.

And this year’s winner of Paris-Nice–which finished with a stage over the Col d'Èze–was American Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), a 24-year-old from Idaho who took the yellow jersey on that final stage. Jorgenson will be lining up at this year’s Tour; could history repeat itself? We can’t wait to find out.

When it comes to watching the Tour de France, you’ve got lots of options. NBC’s Peacock ($5.99/month or $59.99/year) streams all events organized by A.S.O., which means you can watch the Tour de France now and then the Tour de France Femmes in August. (And if you’re looking for ad-free coverage, you’ll need a subscription to Peacock Premium Plus, which runs $11.99 per month or $119.99 for the year.)

The Peacock app is available on Roku, Apple devices, Android and AndroidTV devices, Google platforms, Chromecast, Xbox consoles, PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles, VIZIO SmartCast TVs, and LG Smart TVs. You can also watch online via the Peacock website.

If you have a good cable package and prefer conventional viewing on your television, you’re in luck: NBC will offer the race to cable subscribers via the USA Network and CNBC. Live coverage often starts around 7 a.m. EDT, so 9-to-5ers will likely need to record each stage and watch later. (Check the full schedule for details.)

If you’re in Canada, FloBikes ($29.99/month CDN) is the best way to watch the Tour de France. All 21 stages are available live and on-demand on FloBikes.com, the FloSports iOS app, and the FloSports app for Amazon FireTV, Roku, and Apple TV.

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) won the 2023 Tour de France, defeating Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) to defend his title from 2022. The two champions engaged in a tense battle during the first two weeks of the race and entered the second Rest Day separated by just ten seconds on the Tour’s General Classification.

But Vingegaard exploded at the start of the third week, crushing Pogačar in an individual time trial on Stage 16 and then dropping him in the Alps on Stage 17. In just two stages, the Dane’s lead went from ten seconds to more than seven minutes. Pogačar saved face by winning Stage 20, but for the second year in a row, the winner of back-to-back Tours in 2020 and 2021 was forced to settle for second place–and the white jersey as the Tour’s Best Young Rider. Pogačar’s teammate, Great Britain’s Adam Yates–won Stage 1 and wore the Tour’s first yellow jersey–finished third overall.

Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was without question the Tour’s best sprinter. The Belgian won four stages and ran away with the green jersey as the winner of the Tour’s Points Classification. Italy’s Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) won the polka dot jersey as the Tour’s King of the Mountains.

Jonas Vingegaard-Hansen (Visma-Lease a Bike)

At this point in time, we’re waiting to hear if Vingegaard will even be starting this year’s Tour de France. The defending champion was one of several Tour favorites taken down in a massive crash at the Tour of the Basque Country in early April. The Dane spent twelve days in the hospital after breaking several bones and suffering a punctured lung in the fall and only resumed training a few weeks ago. Visma-Lease a Bike recently said he has a 50-50 chance of starting the race, but only will do so if the team feels he’s 100% ready to challenge for a third consecutive victory.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)

The uncertainty surrounding Vingegaard’s participation makes Pogačar the top favorite. The Slovenian won back-to-back Tours in 2020 and 2021 and scored back-to-back second-place finishes behind the Dane in 2022 and 2023. He’s been training since winning six stages and the General Classification at the recent Giro d’Italia and looks on track to become the first rider since Italy’s Marco Pantani (in 1998) to win the Giro-Tour double.

Primož Roglič (BORA-hansgrohe) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step)

Vingegaard wasn’t the only Tour contender who went down in that terrible crash at the Tour of the Basque Country: Slovenia’s Primož Roglič–who was leading the race at the time–and Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel were victims as well, and both riders immediately abandoned the race. Roglič injured his knee–but suffered no major injuries–but Evenepoel needed surgery after breaking his clavicle and scapula.

Unlike Vingegaard, both riders were able to get back to training relatively quickly, and they both competed at the recent Critérium du Dauphiné . Roglič won two stages and the General Classification despite almost cracking at the end of the final stage. Evenepoel won the Dauphiné’s only individual time trial, but showed he still has some room to improve after fading in the mountains. He finished the race in seventh place overall.

Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers)

Rodríguez, who won a stage and finished fifth in last year’s Tour de France, won the final stage and finished fourth overall at the Dauphiné, the latest in a series of high-stage race finishes for the 23-year-old. He’ll likely be joining Colombia’s Egan Bernal (who won the Tour in 2019) and Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (Who won the Tour in 2018) on the starting line in Florence to form one of the deepest eight-rider line-ups in this year’s race.

Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike)

If Vingegaard proves unable to start the Tour, don’t be surprised if Visma-Lease a Bike turns to Matteo Jorgenson to lead the team in his place. After winning Paris-Nice and Dwars door Vlaanderen in March, the American spent much of April and all of May at training camps, building form for the summer.

Well, it must’ve worked, as the 24-year-old nearly snatched the Dauphiné from Roglič after riding away with Rodríguez at the end of the final day. In the end, he lost the race by only eight seconds–another interesting coincidence given Lemond’s margin of victory at the Tour in 1989.

The American has never captained a team at the Tour de France, but he raced the French grand tour in 2022 and 2023–so he at least knows what the Tour’s pressure-cooker atmosphere feels like. And he should benefit from the presence of his teammate Sepp Kuss , the American who shockingly won last year’s Vuelta a España and played a pivotal role in each of the six grand Tours won by the team prior to his own victory at the Vuelta last September.

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Tour de France – Romain Bardet gewinnt die Auftaktetappe

3600 Höhenmeter und hohe Temperaturen in der Toskana: Der Auftakt wird zur ersten Kraftprobe. Der Franzose Bardet gewinnt die Etappe.

Beim kräftezehrenden Auftakt der 111. Tour de France in der Hitze Italiens haben sich die Favoriten um Tadej Pogacar und Titelverteidiger Jonas Vingegaard keinen ersten grossen Schlagabtausch geliefert. Am Samstag siegte der Franzose Romain Bardet aus dem niederländischen dsm-Team um den Deutschen John Degenkolb nach 206 anspruchsvollen Kilometern zwischen Florenz und dem Badeort Rimini vor seinem jungen Teamkollegen Frank van den Broek aus den Niederlanden.

Hohe Temperaturen zehren an Fahrern

Die Favoriten hielten sich zurück, möglicherweise kommt es am Sonntag zum ersten grossen Showdown. Einige Beobachter rechneten mit einer frühen Attacke des Slowenen Pogacar. «Heute ist es noch nicht soweit. Aber ich denke, Sonntag oder die Etappe am Dienstag wird super hart für die Favoriten», sagte er vor dem Etappenstart.

Zum ersten Mal startete die Tour in Italien. Und das erste von insgesamt 21 Teilstücken hatte es nicht nur wegen der 3600 Höhenmeter in sich, die es zuvor laut der Organisatoren zum Start nie zuvor gegeben hatte. Die hohen Temperaturen zehrten an den Kräften der Fahrer. Teils wurden an die 38 Grad auf der Strecke gemessen.

Insbesondere Sprint-Star Mark Cavendish litt bei seiner 15. Tour-Teilnahme unter den Bedingungen. Kurz vor dem Col de Valico Tre Faggi, dem ersten von insgesamt sieben Anstiegen des Tages, musste er sich sogar übergeben. Seine Teamkollegen spritzten ihm immer wieder Wasser in den Nacken. Cavendishs italienischer Kollege Michele Gazzoli musste 89 Kilometer vor dem Ziel das Rennen beenden.

Die Schweizer klassierten sich wie folgt: Stefan Küng 77. mit 18:46 Minuten Rückstand, Stefan Bissegger 114. (29:14), Silvan Dillier 151. (30:18).

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Rivalries, crashes and meltdowns: Tour de France storylines to watch

Imagine speeding down a winding mountain road going 60 mph, protected by little more than carbon, spandex and a helmet, surrounded by nearly 200 competitors as thousands of stunned onlookers shout and jeer. 

Now, imagine doing that for six hours a day for three weeks, with just two rest days to gather enough strength and wits to keep going.

Welcome to the Tour de France, the most elite bicycle race in the world and perhaps the most grueling endurance challenge undertaken by professional athletes.

For the first time in the race’s 111-year history, the Tour de France will begin in Italy and end somewhere other than in Paris, which is hosting the Summer Olympics . Cyclists will traverse nearly 2,200 miles of stunning European landscapes, departing from Florence on Saturday and snaking up to the Pyrenees Mountains, through the Alps and down to the Mediterranean Sea. It will conclude in Nice on July 21. 

It’s no secret that while the Tour de France draws tens of millions of viewers worldwide every year, American audiences have largely overlooked professional cycling after Lance Armstrong’s very public professional demise. 

In 2012, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency accused Armstrong’s seemingly untouchable team of running “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.”

Armstrong, who won seven Tours after having cancer, vehemently denied the allegations for years until he confessed in a 2013 interview with Oprah Winfrey. His downfall culminated when the Union Cycliste Internationale, professional cycling’s governing body, stripped him of all seven Tour de France victories. 

After years of disinterest, American viewership may be on the rebound, thanks, in part, to the release of “Unchained,” a Netflix show by the production team behind the blockbuster “Drive to Survive” docuseries, which focuses on Formula 1 racing. “Unchained” goes behind the scenes of cycling’s biggest rivalries, capturing in vivid detail the commitment, sacrifice and zeal needed to conquer the Tour de France. Think violent crashes, uncontrollable sobbing and inter-team mudslinging.  

With so much drama surrounding professional cycling’s biggest race, here are a few storylines to watch in the coming Tour de France.

Jonas v. Tadej 

This year’s biggest showdown will be a tiebreaker for the ages. Jonas Vingegaard, the Danish superpower leading team Visma-Lease a Bike, will return to defend the yellow jersey after he won the Tour de France in 2022 and last year. But Tadej Pogačar, a Slovenian wunderkind riding for UAE Team Emirates, has a score to settle. He took home the yellow jersey in 2020 and 2021, and this year he obliterated competitors in the spring classics and in Italy’s grand tour, the Giro d’Italia. 

Vingegaard heads to Florence with a major disadvantage after he was hospitalized for nearly two weeks with a collapsed lung, a broken collarbone and broken ribs in April during the Tour of Basque Country. He spent much of the spring recovering from the horrific crash and training at altitude with teammate Wout Van Aert, who was injured in a separate crash. 

Complicating matters is the recently announced departure of American cyclist Sepp Kuss from Visma’s Tour de France lineup. He shepherded team Visma to three grand tour victories last year. But Tuesday, Visma announced Kuss has Covid and won’t ride in the Tour. 

Setting a Tour record 

Will Mark Cavendish beat the record for most stage wins at the Tour de France? With 34 victories behind him, Cavendish, the Astana Qazaqstan Team sprinter, remains tied with the great Eddy Merckx. He planned to smash that record last year and retire from professional cycling, but he crashed out of the Tour before he achieved his dream. Now 39 years old, Cavendish will head to Florence with that one goal in mind.

But he has fierce competition by the name of Jasper Philipsen of team Alpecin-Deceuninck. Philipsen, of Belgium, emerged last year as the peloton’s top sprinter, winning four stages with the help of teammate Mathieu van der Poel, also known as the Flying Dutchman. 

Combined, Philipsen and van der Poel are perhaps the most formidable pair and perhaps the most controversial. Philipsen’s aggressive tactics, including trying to block other riders, repeatedly came under question last year, triggering reviews by race officials and drawing criticism from viewers and pundits alike. Race officials ultimately ruled in favor of Philipsen, but his reputation had been sullied by the end of the Tour.

Evenepoel debut 

Soudal Quick-Step’s Remco Evenepoel will chase a podium finish in his Tour de France debut. But at 24 years old, Evenepoel remains untested at the grand Tour, and he has suffered several setbacks in recent months. 

Evenepoel, the two-time world champion from Belgium, broke his collarbone and a shoulder blade at the Tour of Basque Country in the crash that took out Vingegaard. He crashed again this month at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He quickly recovered and went on to conquer the time trial, but he ultimately lost the top spot to Slovenian cyclist Primož Roglič, who is also gunning for the yellow jersey at the Tour de France. 

In his latest setback, Evenepoel was forced to bow out of the Belgian National Championships after he came down with a cold. He has less than a week to recover before he tackles the Tour de France.

Roglič vengeance 

Whether Roglič can beat former teammate Vingegaard and win his first Tour de France will be one of the best storylines to watch. 

Roglič, who rode on team Visma for five seasons, is no stranger to first place. He won the Vuelta a España three years in a row, from 2019 to 2021, and he took first at the Giro d’Italia last year. In 2020, he came in second at the Tour de France but lost to fellow Slovenian Pogačar. 

Last year, Roglič sought a second win at the Vuelta a España, but he was pressured to back up his then-teammate Kuss. The unexpected change frustrated the already ornery Roglič, and soon afterward he announced he would leave Visma. Now with team BORA-hansgrohe, Roglič will face off against both Vingegaard and Pogačar at the Tour.

Doping problems

Professional cycling can’t seem to shake the shadow of doping more than a decade after Armstrong confessed to cheating.

Vingegaard’s jaw-dropping time trial last year, when he beat Pogačar by 98 seconds, set tongues wagging. His performance was almost too good, triggering rumblings inside and outside the peloton that he might have used performance-enhancing drugs. Vingegaard, who tested negative several times throughout the 2023 season, denied cheating and said he welcomed the tests to help prove his innocence.

This year, two cyclists have been disciplined for using prohibited substances. In May, Colombian cyclist Miguel Ángel López was banned for four years in an investigation led by Spanish authorities concerning a doctor who worked in the sport. The UCI anti-doping tribunal found him guilty of using and possessing menotropins, a female fertility drug that can stimulate production of testosterone in men. 

Last week, Italian cyclist Andrea Piccolo was dropped by his team, EF Education-EasyPost, on suspicion of transporting human growth hormone. His dismissal was all the more shocking given that his team manager, Jonathan Vaughters, had confessed to doping during his tenure as a professional cyclist riding on Armstrong’s team. 

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2024 Tour de France begins June 29 and includes historic firsts. Everything to know

The Paris Olympics and Paralympics will not be the only prestigious international sporting event held in France this summer. 

The Tour de France, the preeminent event on the men’s cycling calendar, will return for its 111th edition from June 29 to July 21. During the three-week ride, 176 cyclists, representing 22 teams of eight, will complete 21 stages across hilly, flat and mountainous terrain. The course includes a grueling 52,230 meters (over 170,000 feet) of elevation gain and is 3,492 kilometers (2,170 miles) long. The taxing schedule includes only two rest days. 

This year’s race will start in Florence, Italy, and conclude at the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. It will be the first time the finish line is not in or near Paris because the city will be hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games. And the first time since 1975 the race will not finish on the Champs-Élysées.

The final stage will also break from tradition as it will be one of two time trial stages, which means the leader could be determined in the final leg. The last time the Tour de France ended with a time trial was in 1989.

In addition to Italy and France, the route passes through San Marino and Monaco. The route is famous for its picturesque scenery, from quaint rural villages to the towering Alps. 

Each stage is timed, and the rider with the lowest cumulative time across all stages wins the acclaimed maillot jaune, or yellow jersey, to signify the general classification winner. Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, 27, hopes to seek a coveted three-peat but is still working his way back from a serious crash that hospitalized him for 12 days in April. If he does race, he will face fierce competition from a talented field that includes 2020 and 2021 winner Tadej Pogača of Slovenia.

Separate awards are also given to the best sprinter, climber and young cyclist. 

Sepp Kuss, who finished as the top American in 12th place at last year’s Tour de France, is also set to return. Like last year, he will race on the same team as Vingegaard. 

How to watch the 2024 Tour de France live

All stages of the Tour de France, as well as pre- and post-race coverage, will be available to stream live on Peacock. USA Network will also stream some of the stages. 

NBC will simultaneously broadcast select stages of the event. 

Stage 1 will begin June 29 at 6 a.m. ET. The rest of the stages typically start between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. ET. 

Full Schedule:

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Tourte de meule.

French country bread

Tour de France  is something very popular and known by almost everyone. But  Tour and Tourte de Meule?  No worries, in order to bake this recipe, you don’t have to be a cycling superstar . Just the hand-kneading part could result a bit more exhausting than normally. But believe me: this will be rewarded with a s uper aromatic open crumb edition of this quite well known french country bread classic : Tourte de Meule

Paris – Verdelot – Moulins Bourgeois

The first time I got in touch with this beautiful bread tradition was last July, when I was invited by the godfather of flour , Manfred Schellin ( bongu.de ) , to join him for a baker training in Paris, France. Even more precisely: in Verdelot (80 km away from the city) in the traditional and very well known french mill “ Moulins Bourgeois “. Since 1895 the mill is in hands of the Bourgeois famil y and stands for high quality flour . Their main focus areas are: supplying  classic french boulangers (within a quite huge radius of 200 kilometers) and the export of their magic flour power .

100  workers are doing their best to get roughly 500 tons of wheat milled – every single day ! The major part of Bourgeois’ grains (conventional and organic), among the best wheat sorts all over France, are cultivitaed pretty close to the mill itself.

Stoneground T80 Label Rouge

So lets talk about the characteristics of a very special flour from David and Julien Bourgeois’ mill: the stoneground T80 Label Rouge wheat flour . Label Rouge is a seal of quality issued by the french Ministry of Agriculture . Only food with the highest quality level receive the label. There are very strict regulations and controls on that. As for wheat flour : it is forbidden to use insecticide s after harvesting.

So what makes T80 so special? It is a stoneground flour with a very high water-absorbing ability and it features your bread with a unique taste character . Tour de Meule (that’s how the flour is called in France) means “round  millstone”. So let’s clear up the recipe name: it means that the majority of used flour in the recipe is stoneground T80  . And as you traditionally bake a round loaf (like a cake) in France with this flour – the bread itself is called “Tourte de Meule” (Tourte = cake).

Steinmühle Moulins Bourgeois

Tourte de Meule feat. Open Crumb

No #brotokoll recipe without a challenge:  at first, I was chasing after the taste I was still remembering from my time in France. At second, I wanted my Tourte de Meule to become part of the #brotokoll   Open Crumb Sourdough Series with an irregular and pretty wide opened crumb . I was having a tinker with that as this very special flour has sometimes a quite stubborn character while you are working with it (but hey…would you be happy if there was somebody mixing, stretching, folding or even salting you?).

For an open crumb , dough strength and extensibility is a must (to be able to hold the gases produced during the fermentation process). Besides the right amount of levain , an extended retardation of the final loaf was tipping the scales. Not less important: the leavening power of the sourdough . As I consider my starter a creature of habit , I (nearly) always use the same type of flour for building the levain (french: sourdough) as I normally use for doing my regular feedings. But for the main dough : this loaf received 100% french stoneground T80 .

Et Voilà here it is: the  #brotokoll Tourte de Meule Open Crumb Edition . Super airy crumb, great ovenspring, mild  and great taste and a dark and crunchy crust.   Commercial yeast? No need for that.

Happy Baking!

A huge Thank You to  Manfred Schellin, Maxime Debat, Debora Kadne and Julien Bourgeois for these amazing days at Moulins Bourgeois !

Check out these great impressions from my journey to this amazing french mill  in Verdelot .

• 274 g T80 french flour available at bongu.de
• 118 g Levain
• 194 g Water cold

The indicated recipe quantities are for 1 loaf of 593g .

Check out my sample levain-building timetable at the recipe  Lime story.

Do you have specific questions or issues?  Contact me via the contact form . I am happy to help you.

Tourte de Meule - Christmas Variation: sprinkle the dough during the lamination step with  a 50-60g mix of nuts and dried fruits!

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Hi. Thank you for the recipe. I get a crumb that is tacky/wet so it sticks to the knife when cutting. Have separate thermometer to verify oven temp. Tried baking for up to 65mins but still tacky bread. Any help appreciate. Thanks

Hi Per! Make sure that you let your bread cool down for at least 1 hour or longer before cutting it! Cheers, Alex

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Tour de France: Gastronomic Specialties Along the Route

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Let’s celebrate the Tour de France…🚲  … of food!🍴 While the cyclists embark on a rigorous 21-stage journey around the country, Taste France takes you on a “tour de food” to discover some of France’s most emblematic regions and their gastronomic specialties. 

On July 2, cyclists of the 2024 Tour de France will cross the border from Italy into France, where they’ll embark on a rigorous 21-stage journey around the country. As riders race along coastlines, through mountain ranges, vineyards, and tiny medieval villages, spectators get the opportunity to take in some truly spectacular views! Of course, if there’s anything we love more than witnessing the majestic regions of France, it’s discovering their local food and wine specialties. Following the route of the Tour de France, we embark on a “tour de food” to discover some of France’s most emblematic regions and their gastronomic specialties.  

Grenoble Walnuts from the Alpes 

Cyclists will enjoy a relatively flat ride for this portion of the journey, perhaps allowing them to enjoy the vibrant landscapes between St-Jean-de-Maurienne and Saint-Vulbas (located just 20 miles from Lyon) in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes . Those feeling peckish might find a much-needed boost of energy after snacking on the region’s famous Grenoble Walnuts . For the best quality, make sure the package is labelled “PDO” to ensure they are cleaned, sorted, and dried according to the traditional methods. The region’s famous Fin Gras du Mézenc beef , with its incredible marbling, or the absolutely iconic Tartiflette featuring Reblochon cheese are options for a more hearty meal!  

Mustard from Burgundy  

Mustard-lovers will delight in this 6th stage of the race as riders pedal from Mâcon to Dijon in Burgundy . While everyone has heard of bright and smooth Dijon Mustard (a name which actually refers to a style of mustard rather than its place of origin), fewer know Burgundy Mustard . A true product of the Burgundy terroir, this mustard is crafted in Burgundy using locally produced mustard seeds and Burgundy white wine, resulting in a strong flavour that adds character to any dish. Of course, we can’t mention Burgundy without mentioning its famous vineyards: thanks to the region’s 1,247  “climates” (parcels of vines with their own unique characteristics, such as geology or exposure), Burgundy wines are renowned around the world for good reason.  

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Champagne from Champagne 

In this stage, cyclists will traverse Troyes, a stunning medieval town located in the heart of the Champagne region , known for its wines. Naturally, the star of Champagne is… well, Champagne ! Undoubtedly one of France’s most famous wines and a long-standing symbol of refinement , this bubbly drink is an excellent choice for celebration, and you might even see some cyclists toasting with a glass at the end of the race!  

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Saint-nectaire from auvergne  .

As cyclists make their way to Auvergne, they’ll soon find themselves in the enchanting mountainous area of the Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Nature Park. It’s here, in the volcanic peaks of the Monts Dore, that Saint-Nectaire cheese originated. This smooth, semi-soft cheese has a strong earthy and nutty taste that works perfectly on cheese boards, in salads and sandwiches, or even incorporated into baked dishes .  

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Agen prunes from nouvelle-aquitaine .

Stage 13 will find competitors in the countryside of Southwest France, biking through Lot-et-Garonne in Nouvelle-Aquitaine , which happens to be one of the defined areas where one can find Agen prunes . Made using plums that are harvested when at the peak of their natural sweetness and then dried to concentrate their taste, Agen prunes are packed with vitamin and fibre as well as flavour, making them an ideal snack on-the-go or an excellent accompaniment to a comforting dessert . For a dish that’s 100% regional, cyclists might enjoy a baguette sandwich made with salty, melt-in-your-mouth Bayonne Ham and rich, nutty Ossau-Iraty cheese, paired with a fresh and fruity Saint Emilion red wine.    

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Sisteron lamb from provence .

In the 18th Stage of the Tour de France, cyclists will race through the breathtaking Southern French Alps via Gap and Barcelonnette. This mountainous region is famous for its Sisteron lamb , which is a tender and mild-tasting meat produced according to local traditions and artisanal savoir-faire .  

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Niçoise salad from côte d'azur .

The 2024 Tour de France ends in the city of Nice, capital of the French Riviera in the enchanting Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region , with its bright blue skies, Mediterranean waters, and palm trees. And who can say “Nice” without thinking of its namesake dish, the Niçoise salad ? This French classic combines tomatoes , hard-boiled eggs, Nyons Black Olives , green beans, anchovies , and tuna for a deliciously savoury, refreshing, and satiating dish. Other regional hits like the quintessential Ratatouille and refreshing Pastis spirit go down particularly well under the warm sun of the South of France.   

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Hoping to explore more of France?  

Now that we’ve completed our culinary journey of some of the 2024 Tour de France’s most delicious destinations, you might be wondering how to enjoy these dishes in person. Consider booking your own bicycle trip or travelling France by train to discover even more of what the country’s many distinct regions have to offer!   👉 france.fr 

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Tour de France and a Zucchini Pie Recipe

The Tour de France , the most important cycling race in the world, takes place July 5th through July 27th. One of the most interesting aspects is that, this year, for the first time in history, women’s cycling will join the final stage of the race, when the elite from women’s cycling will race on streets in the heart of Paris for the La Course by Le Tour de France , finishing on the Champs Elysees.

One day, the Tour de France passed through my village of Bar-sur-Loup. I had been following the tour for the coverage of culinary delights found along the route in the villages and towns they whizzed through, so when it was announced that it was arriving in my village I was filled with anticipation. So was everyone in my village.

Like dancers stretching at a ballet barre, the men from my village could be seen limbering their limbs over the stone ramparts in the weeks leading up to the Tour de France. One day they would be dressed normally, the next day suddenly appearing in the skin-tight black bicycle shorts and close-fitting colorful tops broadcasting the name of their favorite team.

A bicycling enthusiast, my husband joined the teams from neighboring towns every Sunday to pedal up and down dizzyingly steep hills for weekly exercise. The day the Tour de France was to visit our village, my husband disappeared with his peloton up the hill, while my neighbor, Madame, walked down the hill with a picnic for us to take along.

Whooooooosh. Fifteen seconds and they were gone.

Our reward, we agreed, was more from the delectable pie Madame prepared for us to eat than from the wind and whir of the bicycle wheels.

Madame’s pie had a bottom and top crust, and the slices she brought stood at least a couple of inches high with filling. Inside it was moist and savory, while the pie crust was one of the best I ever tasted.

This is her recipe. It easily serves 8.

Tour de France Zucchini Pie

For the filling:

2 cups cooked rice

3 cups coarsely grated zucchini (about 2 zucchinis)

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 medium white onion, finely diced

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 1/2 cups thinly sliced, tightly packed ham, diced

1 cup grated Emmental cheese

3 large eggs, plus 2 large egg yolks

1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1/2 teaspoon honey

freshly ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

freshly ground black pepper

For the piecrusts:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

2 sticks cold unsalted butter, cubed

4-5 tablespoons cold water, plus more if needed

1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water for an egg wash

To make the filling, begin by adding the cooked rice to a large mixing bowl.

Squeeze the grated zucchini in paper towels to eliminate any moisture, and add to the bowl with the rice.

Heat 3 tablespoons oil, add the onion and garlic, and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes. Add to the bowl. Add the ham and cheese to the bowl, and mix everything with a fork.

Whisk together the eggs, egg yolks, mustard, honey, nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and lots of freshly ground black pepper. Add to the bowl and mix well.

To make the piecrusts, add the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder to the bowl of a food processor; pulse 4 times. Add the cubed butter and pulse 15 times, until the mixture begins to look mealy; then pour in 4 tablespoons water and process. Pinch the dough to see if it comes together. If not, add 1 more tablespoon water and process.

Scoop out the dough onto a large piece of parchment paper and bring it together with your hands into a ball. Slice the ball in half, wrap each half in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1 hour.

When you are ready to roll out the piecrusts, take one piece of dough from the refrigerator. Roll it out on a lightly floured work surface into a circle large enough to fit the bottom of the springform pan and reach at least halfway up the sides. Fit it into the pan. Pour in the filling and pat down with a spatula.

Roll out the second piece of dough to fit over the top of the pie with a little to spare. Lay it over the top of the filling and gently press down around the edges and against the wall s of the pan to seal the two piecrusts together. Gently crimp the edges around the perimeter to create a stand-up crust. With a pastry brush, paint the top of the crust with the egg wash, and make 2 small knife slits in the center. Place the springform pan on a baking sheet in the oven and bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until golden brown.

Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes before releasing the spring, moving the pie to a serving plate, and slicing.

Hillary Davis is the author of Cuisine Niçoise: Sun-Kissed Cooking From The French Riviera (August 2013), where this recipe came from, and of the upcoming cookbook, French Comfort Food (August 2014). She is a food blogger at Marchedimanche.com, food journalist, and cooking instructor.

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