Tag Archives: Fruits
APPLE CRUMBLE
This apple crumble is an easy recipe – the black sesame seeds and honey make the buttery crumble so fabulous! Continue reading
BAKED APPLES
Baked apples a great easy apple desert Continue reading
FIG JAM
FIG JAM – While I was in England I also managed to fit in a little jam making, and not just any jam making, but fig jam, my favourite. As luck would have it my uncle had made friends with one of … Continue reading
PEACH & GINGER FLOGNARD (Clafouti) Recipe
‘Same Same, But Different’.….This was the slogan written on the shirts my brother brought back from South-East Asia for Olivier’s stag party. Odd that this phrase should pop into my head when cooking but it really does answer the … Continue reading
APPLE SPICE COMPOTE Recipe
The DUTCH Series N°2 ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ This is a great saying however this is just one minor detail they left out…. the cooking instructions! Taking advantage of this little loophole and the fact that it … Continue reading
CARROT & PEAR SOUP Recipe
EMILY THE GREAT’S CARROT & PEAR SOUP First there was Catherine the Great of Russia (1729 – 1796), and then a few hundred years later, came Emily the Great, my good friend, who proudly gave herself this name at the ripe old age … Continue reading
SPRING IN PROVENCE
{LE PRINTEMS EN PROVENCE} Spring is finally here, and with that my 1st visit of the season to Provence. You can really see the difference in climate as you drive further south – the first thing I noticed was how many … Continue reading
GRILLED FIGS WITH LAUREL LEAVES
{FIGUES GILLE AUX FEUILLES DE LAURIER} I am proud to say that this is my 1st entry for ‘SUGAR HIGH FRIDAYS’!! Which is ‘the international sweet tooth blogging extravaganza’ and, as the founder Jennifer (of The Domestic Goddess blog) put it, ‘your best excuse … Continue reading
PEAR JAM
PEAR JAM with VANILLA BEAN Seasonal fruit…. a delicacy, a rejuvenation of the senses and a welcomed change with each calender month that passes. But I find it sad how people seem to be increasingly unaware of which fruit belongs … Continue reading
PLUM AND CINNAMON TARTLETS
{TARTELETTES AUX PRUNEAUX ET CANNELLE} I know I know, I promised more savoury & less sweetie recepes - but little purple plums are TAKING OVER MY KITCHEN!!! Everywhere I look there is a bowl, box or plate of them. Why you might ask … Continue reading
