The tartiflette can be found in many guises as chefs in the Rhone Alps region find ways of making a ‘fusion’ dish using the local Reblochon cheese from Haute Savoie. It is one of those dishes that you just can’t get enough of especially after a good hike in the mountains, or an exhilarating cycle…
As promised in my last post here is a recipe that I have adapted to create a Savoyard fusion kringle. The Kringle bread hails from Estonia and a very fine and versatile bread recipe this is. The ideas for fillings both savoury and sweet are endless and most of the fun is creating your own.…
I could ‘virtually’ smell this delightful soup whilst still in the research stages, that is how powerful the flavour of a really good french onion soup is. And it seems there are as many variations on a theme for this soup as there are departments in France. However I believe the true French Onion soup has…
Apero time is a very serious time of day in France! This can be taken at midday just before lunch and/or at the end of the afternoon before dinner – cocktail hour to some. Apero being an abbreviation for aperitif! This is a time of day that I have found very easy to embrace in…
When living in the Haute Savoie one must realise it really is all about cheese and that star of the cheese stage here is Reblochon as I have mentioned a few times in previous posts. The main dish featured on every discerning savoyard menu is the classic tartiflette. However I have spent sometime trying to…
Tomme comes in many guises – Tomme de Savoie is a variety of Tomme cheese from The Savoie region in the French Alps. It is a mild and delicate tasting cows milk cheese, circular in shape with a greyish colour rind. The rind develops over the months that it matures in a tradition cellar environment.…
Les Bugnes are delicate and small twisted ribbon style beignets and are made from a dough very much like a doughnut and coated in a sugar icing. They are also known as Angels Wings and many other names throughout Europe. Have a look at the Wikipedia list of alternate names. They are sold at Mardi…
One of the signs that Autumn is with us are the notices all over the countryside indicating ‘La Chasse’ are out! La Chasse translated into English means the hunt! The general hunting this year in Haute Savoie started on 8th September at 07:00 and finishes on 19th January 2014 in the evening. However it is…
This wonderful salad is to be found on most menus in France and there are as many variations as there are restaurants serving this salad. I went on a quest last summer to try as many Salade de chèvre chaud as I could, in order to try and re-create a favourite one. Goats cheese has…
This dish is a great way to use the glut of summer vegetables currently available. The vegetable Tian is a baked vegetable dish hailing from the Provence region of France, but as these vegetables are all readily available in the Haute Savoie in the summer, I thought I’d give it a try. Whilst researching…
Taste of Savoie 