Complete the topping with the flavoured breadcrumbs and drizzle with olive oil. 9. Cooking the Cassoulet The cassoulet needs to cook in the oven for 3 hours, but every hour it requires some attention.

Unlike a traditional cassoulet, you can easily find all the ingredients. You may already have most ingredients in your pantry, but if not, they are easy to pick up at almost any market.

Traditional French chefs insist there are only a few legitimate versions of cassoulet, which originated in southern France. The dish is said to have modest beginnings, using leftovers, when the ...

If you’ve ever set out to make a traditional French cassoulet, only to be derailed by a lengthy recipe—soak the beans, make the stew, confit the duck, et cetera—there is an easier way. From ...

Like many traditional dishes, the methods and ingredients vary from village to village and from household to household. "Cassoulet never meant more than an item on a menu until I tried to make it ...

Campigotto’s menu offers cassoulet de Castelnaudary at €30 ($44) a person, along with an eclectic range of items such as cheese flambéed with Armagnac and tuna sashimi.

A French chef, Jean-Claude Rodriguez, prepares a cassoulet in 2016. (Photo by REMY GABALDA / AFP) If you're at a loss for how to narrow down the best French dishes, the French public might be able ...

Bake everything together. In traditional cassoulet, you break the surface of the baking casserole several times to help it build a crust, but to keep things hands-off we let the top brown on its own.