Light Cassoulet

Cassoulet Maigre

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
French Classics Made Easy

By Richard Grausman

Published 2011

  • About

WHAT BAKED BEANS are to Boston, cassoulet is to the southwest of France. Toulouse, Carcassonne, and Castelnaudary have competed for generations for the top honors as the city with the best cassoulet. Each town has its own special version of this legendary dish.

All versions of cassoulet contain beans as well as a combination of meats. Although made from scratch in restaurants, it is often seen as a way to use up leftovers in the home. I have made a number of changes that may be noti