~584 cal · 11g protein · 87g carbs · 21g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Buttered baguette with jam beside a bowl of coffee
🇫🇷 Provence
The classic French breakfast is disarmingly simple: a length of yesterday's baguette split lengthwise, spread with good butter and fruit jam, and dunked — unashamedly — into a wide bowl of café au lait. It is the everyday petit déjeuner of Provence and all of France, more ritual than recipe.
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Ingredients
Serves 2 —
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1 baguette
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3 tbsp butter
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1/4 cup fruit jam
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to serve coffee and hot milk (for café au lait)
Instructions
1
Split the baguette lengthwise and cut into lengths.
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Spread generously with butter (or plant butter).
3
Spread jam over the butter.
4
Make a big bowl of café au lait with equal coffee and hot milk.
5
Dunk the tartines and eat right away.
Provençal tradition.
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Provence. Lavender, olive oil, and vegetables warmed by the Mediterranean sun.
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France. The country that turned cooking into a discipline.
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Europe. Village recipes guarded for generations.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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