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Roasted Peppers with Anchovies Recipe Type: Appetiser Author: Head Chef – La Paloma Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 60 mins Total time: 1 hour 10 mins Serves: 4 Getting visitors to La Paloma to try the local anchovies is always a challenge, until they taste them. They are not the salty kind, they are …
Apricot Compote Recipe Type: Dessert Author: [url href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_David" target="_blank"]Elizabeth David[/url] Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 20 mins Serves: 4 With over 300 days of sunshine a year the area around La Paloma is perfect for growing soft fruit. [br]This Elizabeth David recipe is perfect if you get carried away at …
Salmon in Parchment Paper Recipe Type: Main Author: [url href="http://www.joanne-harris.co.uk/v3site/books/frenchkitchen/index.html" target="_blank"]Joanne Harris[/url] Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 25 mins Serves: 6 This is an excellent way to cook fish so that it stays tender and moist, with a light, delicate flavour. Its French name is Saumon en Papillote. Ingredients 6 …
Crema Catalana with Rosemary and Orange Recipe Type: Dessert Author: Neil Morris Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 35 mins Serves: 4 The Catalan take on the French creme brulée is often a bit eggier. Try it with rosemary collected on your morning walk to the village bakery and local oranges …
Pisto Manchego Recipe Type: Main Author: Neil Morris Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 45 mins Total time: 1 hour 5 mins Serves: 2 This is the Spanish take on southern France’s ratatouille. Stock up on summer’s seasonal vegetables at the [url href="http://www.lapaloma.info/2013/05/thursday-market-amile-les-bains/" target="_blank" title="Thursday Market – Amile les Bains"]Amelie market[/url] or head to La …
Escalivade Recipe Type: Main Author: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 2 hours Total time: 2 hours 5 mins Serves: 4 Escalivade is the summer barbecue grill dish of French Catalonia. Try it chilled or warm, with anchovies or not. But always pour [i]le vin [/i]with! Escalivade is the perfect excuse to …
Hungarian Goulash Recipe Type: Main Author: Adam Rood Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 20 mins Serves: 2 Not very French, but at least its from the same land mass! Ingredients One onion One pepper Steak pieces Butter Paprika Tomato puree Instructions Chop up the onion and pepper and smother it …
Iced Lemon Balm Lavender Tisane Recipe Type: Drinks Author: [url href="http://www.autumnmakesanddoes.com/"]Autumn Giles[/url] Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 8 hours Total time: 8 hours 10 mins Serves: 2-4 After a walk in the surrounding hills, a bike ride to the next village or a nap under the southern French sun, you’ll need a little refresher. …
Pan-roasted Trout with Dandelion Greens and Ramp Aioli Recipe Type: Main Author: Amy Maltzan In the spring, ramps (called [i]d’Ail des bois[/i] in French), are wild, strongly garlic flavored leeks. They’re one of the first wild edible plants to be harvested and are about as coveted by French connoisseurs as the sought after wild asparagus …
Spinach-Sorrel Soup Recipe Type: Appetiser Author: Adapted from Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison’s Kitchen Sorrel is a tangy wild or cultivated green often seen in the stalls of local producers at the [url href="http://www.lapaloma.info/2013/05/thursday-market-amile-les-bains/" target="_blank"]outdoor market. [/url] Mix it with spinach and you’ve got a vitamin-packed soup to get you through till summer’s bounty hits …