Cassoulet de Toulouse

This version of cassoulet is based on a recipe by the patron of Restaurant Émile in Toulouse, on the Place Saint-George, right in the heart of the city. Émile is at ease with itself, has a warm and uninhibited feeling, an interior bordering on the flowery and a maître d’ who is ‘bien dans sa peau’ and loves his customers, his food and his work, showering all with jokes and encouragement. The customers themselves are businessmen in jackets, which they immediately take off, and