Gourmet food: Everything you need to know about the delicacy Foie Gras

Gourmet food is basically fancy food. It is usually rich, made up of unique, rare, or expensive ingredients. Gourmet dishes rely heavily on appearance as much as they do on taste. Foie-gras is an extremely popular gourmet delicacy, which originated in France. Take a look at what foie gras is and where can you find this popular french delicacy.

What do you mean by Gourmet food and foie gras? 

The word gourmet originated from a French word. Gourmet is used for a person who is a connoisseur of food. In simple terms, a Gourmet is an expert of good food.

Foie-gras is an extremely popular gourmet delicacy, which originated in France. It is duck’s liver which is pale yellow and looks like a soft block of butter. Foie gras is used in distinct recipes across European countries. Any foie gras dish is invariably on the almost every fine-dining restaurant in Europe and America.

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Everything you need to know about Foie-gras:

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One of the most well-known foie gras dishes is foie gras with peaches and hazelnuts. This dish is served in almost every restaurant in Paris. However, it's not completely necessary to spend tons of euros for a single portion of foie gras. You can also cook it at home as well.

All you need to do is saute your foie gras in a saucepan on high flame, and cook until its brown and crispy from both the sides. You can combine it with a vegetable salad or cooked peaches, and your foie gras is ready to be served. The key here is not to overcook the foie gras, as it shrinks in size in no time.

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