Friday’s recipe: Stuffed rack of lamb
It’s always dangerous to make a comittment to publish recipes. They come and go, but I thought it might be handy to receive a recipe on Friday for some inspiration for the weekend. We decided to publish what was on the docket in our house: rack of lamb. So yeah, there is a season for...
Seasonal favorite: le fava!
Now it’s time to eat fresh young raw févettes aka baby fava beans, like a little monkey. It’s spring, it’s the season, in all the good home kitchens around Nice people are having it for appetizer, or “apéritif” as we like to say here. You can buy févettes at any market around, cours Saleya, Menton,...
Chewy Granola
Okay so maybe this recipe has nothing to do with the Riviera, but it has become a staple of our breakfasts over the past few summers. In addition, it is our first breakfast recipe. Making your own granola is something so simple and tasty, and many of our guests this summer wanted to learn how...
Wood-fire pizza
For those of you who follow us on Facebook, you know that we built a wood burning pizza oven this summer. We hesitated before publishing anything while we worked on perfecting our recipe. After weeks and weeks of arduous testing :p we think we have come up with a pretty good dough recipe to share...
“Courge St Jean” Squash Torta
We finally harvested some of the beautiful heirloom squash we planted in our vegetable garden from les olivades. The “courge de la St. Jean” is a local variety that Daniel Vuillon helped us discover, and was traditionally used to make the provencal soup “au pistou.” Joshua worked with it to create a rustic quiche “torta”...
Rosé Poached Pears
The weather here in Ramatuelle can be pretty perfect all summer long. One learns to understand that there are a few exceptions to paradise: 1) the rainstorm around mid-August 2) the East wind and 3) the Mistral. Locals say the mistral winds occur for one day, three days or a week. Well, a huge mistral...
Lavender Ice Cream
Yield: 1 quart Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups heavy cream 1 cup whole milk 2-3 tablespoons fresh lavender 3/4 cup sugar 4 large egg yolks Directions: In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until light in color and fluffy, set aside. In a medium sized sauce pan, bring the cream, milk, and lavender...
Our summer cocktail: Lavender Lush
After several weeks of arduous testing sessions, we have finalized our 2012 summer cocktail. The Lavender Lush was created with fresh lavender sprigs to infuse a simple syrup. We usually make a few pitchers of the citrus-ade and then dose the drinks individually with either Vodka or Gin. Beware, these tasty creations go quickly, so...