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Welcome to French Cooking Terms Explained. I'm Margot and I spent years cooking in French kitchens before coming back home. Today we focus on French Recipe Verbs Mijoter, Déglacer, and Réduire because these three show up constantly in the recipes you actually want to try. You pull out a trusted French cookbook or watch a favorite cooking channel and the instructions tell you to mijoter the stew yet the English note just says simmer. However that simple swap leaves out the gentle bubbling pace French cooks expect. Since you follow along at home the missing detail can turn a tender dish into something dry or underdone. In other words textbook French often skips the kitchen reality. Meanwhile the next line asks you to déglacer the pan after searing the meat. Actually that step uses the browned bits for flavor instead of just adding liquid. Therefore getting the timing right changes the fina

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Welcome to French Cooking Terms Explained. I'm Margot and I spent years cooking in French kitchens before coming back home. Today we focus on French Recipe Verbs Mijoter, Déglacer, and Réduire because these three show up constantly in the recipes you actually want to try. You pull out a trusted French cookbook or watch a favorite cooking channel and the instructions tell you to mijoter the stew yet the English note just says simmer. However that simple swap leaves out the gentle bubbling pace French cooks expect. Since you follow along at home the missing detail can turn a tender dish into something dry or underdone. In other words textbook French often skips the kitchen reality. Meanwhile the next line asks you to déglacer the pan after searing the meat. Actually that step uses the browned bits for flavor instead of just adding liquid. Therefore getting the timing right changes the fina

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