Potages/Soups
Discover classic soup recipes from La Varenne’s Le Cuisinier François. Each recipe offers a taste of 17th-century French cuisine and is presented with its original spelling and grammar, along with a contemporary English translation, allowing readers to experience the flavours and culinary traditions of the past.
Bisque de Pigeonneaux / Bisque of young pigeons
Potages de santé / Soup of health
Potage de perdrix aux choux / Partridge soup with cabbages
Potage de canards aux navets / Duck soup with turnips
Potage de poulets garnis d’asperges / Chicken soup with asparagus
Potage de perdrix marbrées / Marbled quail soup
Potage de fricandeaux / Fricandeaux soup (meatball and dumpling soup)
Potage de cailles marbrées / Marbled quail soup
Potage de ramiers garny / Garnished woodpigeon soup
Potage de profiteolle / Veal meatball/dumpling soup
Potage à la Reyne / Queen’s soup
Potage à la Princesse / Princess’ soup
Potage à la Jacobine / Jacobin’s soup
Potage d’estudeaux / Cockerel soup
Potage de sacerlles à l’hypocras / Duck soup with hypocras (spiced wine)
Potage d’alouettes au roux / Lark soup with roux
Potage de pigeonneaux / Young pigeon soup
Potage de sacerlles à suc de navets / Duck soup with turnip juice
Potage de beatilles / Beatilles soup
Potage de poulets aux choux fleurs / Chicken soup with cauliflowers
Potage de poulets en ragoust / Chicken soup/stew in a ragout
Potage de pigeonneaux rostis / Roasted squab soup
Potage d’oyson à la purée / Gosling soup with purée
Potage de petite oye d’oyson / Gosling soup
Potage d’oyson aux poids verds / Geese soup with green peas
Potage d’oye sallée à la puree / Salted goose soup with purée
Potage de poulets aux poids verds / Chicken soup with green peas
Potage de pigeons aux poids verds / Pigeon soup with green peas
Potage de sallé aux poids / Salted meat soup with peas
Potage de lapereaux / Young hare soup
Potage d’abats d’agneau / Lamb offal soup
Potage d’alloüettes à la sauce douce / Lark soup with a sweet sauce
Potage de jarret de veau / Veal shank soup
Potage de mouiette / Mavis or thrush soup
Potage de tortuës / Turtle soup
Potage de cochon de laict / Suckling pig soup
Potage de mouton aché / Minced mutton soup
Potage de trumeau / Knuckle of beef soup
Potage de chapon au riz / Capon soup with rice
Potage de poulets au riz / Chicken soup with rice
Potage de trumeau de bœuf au tailliadin / Knuckle of beef soup with tailladins (noodles)
Potage de marmitte / Marmite soup (soup from the pot)
Potage de teste de veau fritte / Fried calf’s head soup
Potage de mouton frit aux navets / Fried mutton with turnip soup
Potage de manche d’espavie en ragoust / knuckles or shoulders with ragout
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Potage de beccasse rostie / Roasted woodcock soup
Demie bisque / Half bisque soup
Potage de Jacobine au fromage / Jacobin’s soup with cheese