Name: Jalousie d’Été (Summer Vegetable Jalousie)
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: poppy seeds or caraway seeds; 1¼ cups warm water; 1½ tablespoons active dry yeast; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1½ level teaspoons salt; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley; a few sprigs of fennel or lovage, chopped; salt, freshly ground pepper; 2¾ cups 85% or wholewheat flour; ½ cup buckwheat or rye flour; 1 stick celery, diced and blanched; a few florets of cauliflower, blanched; 1 small zucchini, sliced; 1 baby carrot, sliced and blanched; ½ red pepper, seeded and diced; ½ green pepper, seeded and diced; 1 clove garlic, chopped; 1 large tomato, diced; 5 tablespoons olive oil; 1 small onion, chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

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Recipes from a French Herb Garden

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1999

About

Jalousie is the French name for the louvred wooden shutters still to be seen on many houses in the South of France. A sweet pastry with a lid cut into narrow strips has also been given the name because of its shape. I have adapted the idea to make a flat loaf, filled with vegetables and herbs, that is good for taking on a picnic.

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Filling

5 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove

Method

To make the filling, heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a heavy skillet and sauté the onion and garlic until soft and transparent. Add the tomato, peppers, and zucchini and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Stir in the remaining vegetables and cook for 4 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the he

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