Frangipane con confettura di fiori di tarassaco
Devo ammettere ...pur abitando in Francia la frangipane non l'avevo mai fatta ! Grazie ad Ambra vincitrice dell'MTC di Marzo eccomi alla prova . Devo ammetterlo :sono una fanatica delle erbe...
View ArticleCamargue/ Aigues Mortes
I do adore Camargue ,it's amazing ! If you come to Provence I highly recommend you to have a trip there . It's wild , and strange ....not easy to get as a tourist :you'll have to be open-minded . The...
View ArticleCamargue/Aigues-Mortes and the 'Bac de Sauvage'
Last Weekend my son came from Italy with a friend and we went back to Aigues-Mortes : I wanted to take him to Papy-Moise for a nice lunch . We arrived very late because of an heavy traffic on the roads...
View ArticleMay in Provence
The month of May is one of the more beautiful in the South of Europe .In Provence May is simply amazing , there is not still the most famous lavender but we can find a surprising variety of flowers...
View ArticleWhole rice and peas purée
After a week of cold rain sun is shining all over Provence warm and delightful so we can eat outside again .Yesterday temperatures got higher , 25° in the shadow but when we put the thermometer under...
View ArticleStrawberries and Nigel's burnt yoghurt
I found this recipe on here , the beatiful blog of Ashley Rodriguez . A very very simple recipe though...so good ! I made it with goat's milk yoghurt because here in Provence I can find it from some...
View ArticleCherries & Wine Spritzer
Cherries in Provence are simply wonderful ! Now we have the first ones , called " Burlat" : someone offered me a bag of them and as cherries don't last more then two or three days I thought to make...
View ArticleSkinny clafoutis
Do you know clafoutis? It's a traditional French dessert ( on the link you'll find the recipe by Bea , La Tartine Gourmande) made with eggs ,milk ,cream and fruits .The most well known is with...
View ArticleFarewell Provence : a cocktail in Goult
I live in Goult ,a small village in the South of France where I work as a personal chef and I do cooking classes on demande . Last year Erica & Irwin took a sabbatical period and came to Goult ,...
View ArticleDeclinazione di barbabietola ovvero : il budino per MTC
Eccomi qua , all'ultimo minuto con una ricetta che avevo nel cassetto da tre anni e che non ho mai scritto quindi ....benvenuto MTC per avermi "obbligato" a farlo ! Me lo ricordo come fosse oggi : mi...
View ArticleSweet life in Provence III & a Rhubarb & Cherries crumble
What I do really like here in Provence is that people take the time for living . So , you don't need to wait for the Weekend to be invited somewhere or to invite someone .It was just a thursday like...
View ArticleCold tomato soup : the taste of summer
Today I want to share with you a really easy recipe for summer days . I have to admit : I don't like so much gazpacho , it's very difficult to obtain the right balance between all the ingredients and...
View ArticleWeekend in Camargue and a fiesta
Last Sunday we were invited to a birthday party in Aigues Mortes (here) and as parties in Camargue are " very serious" we programmed to stay 2 days , that became eventually 3. We arrived at noon and...
View ArticleWeekend in Camargue part two
The day after the party here we took a day of relax . As we love so much fish and the seaside we decided to have lunch in "Le Grau du Roi" , a village on the coast and then to make a "siesta" at the...
View ArticleJune in Provence
I love June : summer's coming , cherry trees charged with rich and juicy fruits , the first shiny lavender flowers and the last poppies dance together in wind.....That's what you will see if you're...
View ArticleA day in Provence : cooking class in Gordes
I work as personal chef in the Luberon and there's a house where I'm oftenly called . It's name is Fontblanche, just near the village of GordesLast week I went there for a cooking class and even more :...
View ArticlePie Party 2012 : Rhubarb & Cherries Pie
Yesterday I was surfing on internet and I went to see Eat the Love ,a blog that I love . Irvin is so much fun and a talented baker. Today ( in USA , in Europe we are in the next one ) is Pie Day , an...
View ArticleLe scaloppine d'agnello per l'MTC
Le scaloppine.....un piatto che ho fatto raramente e senza troppo pensare alla ricetta ,il che vuol dire :fatte un po a caso . La spiegazione dettagliata di Elisa mi ha aperto un mondo : W le...
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