There are many French recipes that are actually of Italian origin. To bring them and spread them in France, many centuries ago, it was Caterina de 'Medici, who married the Henry d'Orléans, the future king Henry II. Here are 5 famous and unsuspected French dishes that come from Florence
Give her crêpe a soupe à l'oignon until to omelette, many are i French dishes that actually hide aItalian origin, Florentine to be precise. Entered in the tradition of beyond centuries centuries ago thanks to the notorious sovereign Catherine de Medici, the folds of time seem to want to mask what is poised between legend and truth even today.
From the history books to the table
It all began in 1533 from the marriage between the niece of Lorenzo the Magnificent is Henry of Orléans, the future Henry II. The young adolescent, not satisfied with the French gastronomic offer, moved to Paris bringing with her the excellence of the national table among Florentine, Tuscan and Sicilian cooks. From this political union derives the great Italian influence on the table beyond the Alps: in Catherine de Médecis ou la Reine noire of Jean Orieux it is said that the Florentines have reformed the ancient French cuisine of medieval tradition and they go back to modern French cuisine. Last confirmation comes from the very recent publication of the book The table de la Renaissance. Le mythe italien written with several hands and coordinated by Pascal Briost is Florent Quellier, which collects the contributions of different authors and highlights the influence of Italian cuisine on the French one of the time up to today.
Not just the pants!
When Catherine de Medici he moved to Paris, he managed to conquer the palates of the entire court so much to become famous and be included in the most important French recipes – sans faute! Not only: how queen of France, Caterina de 'Medici leaves her imprint on many aspects of our daily life: even the introduction of the underpants is imputed to her, which she uses when she goes riding, riding not to the Amazon, but to men's fashion. His revolution also transforms the table, which is set with damask tablecloths, the dishes are changed between a course and the other distinguishing between salty and sweet and, above all, appears the fork, putting an end to the archaic use of eating with your hands. The culinary legend continues with what it would bring to France: fromolive oil to spinach, beans, peas is artichokes (of which he was very greedy), until the cooking of birds with orange, the pasta and i fruit sorbets and finally the White bread or pan de la Reine. Caterina de 'Medici affirms the pleasure of the table in all its splendor: chronicles of the time report the menu of the gala dinner given in his honor by the city of Paris in 1549 in which dishes are served that must be divided by three, the perfect number of the superstitious queen: «33 roasts of roe deer, 33 hares, 6 pigs, 66 hens for broth, 66 pheasants, 3 bushels of beans, 3 bushels of peas and 12 dozens of artichokes … simply exceptionnelle!
5 Franco-Florentine plates on all
A quick and timely historical excursus that leads us to discover how many of the dishes that have made the French cuisine world famous are inspired by Italy, Florence and the court of the doctors to be more precise. Let's see the most known in the foreground French dishes that (maybe) you did not know were instead of Italian origin.
1) The Canard à l'orange located in the Duck with Melarancio his ancestor. It seems that the original dish was proposed by Sicilian cooks to the wedding banquet of Catherine de Medici and Henry II. The combination of meat / fruit is the particularity of this recipe, which has clear roots in Arab and Sicilian cuisine, and has spread to Florence at the Corte de 'Medici during the Renaissance.
2) The crepe, or the "grandmother's peels", Belong to the history of ancient Tuscany, then come from the countryside to the Medici family kitchens where they are prepared as crepes with the" sauce glue "(pre-béchamel).
3) There Soupe à l'oignon inspired by the Florentine onion soup, the carabaccia originally from Certaldo, imported to our court by the King of France, Henry II d'Orléans.
4) The Omelette they are simply the evolution of our omelettes, enjoyed by the Medici family for generations that Caterina brings with her across the Alps: a preparation of eggs and vegetables that the French like.
5) Also macarons they arrive in France passing from Florence: their name derives from the verb dent is Legend has it that they were born in Venice in the sixteenth century and then served as court cake at the royal wedding with the Duke of Orleans.
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