Culinary tour in Normandy...
3nd day From le Prieure to le Val-de-Saire
Action in the kitchen! This morning we prepare our breakfast together...fresh madeleines with caramelised apples, apple compote, French yoghurt and of course a bowl of black coffee- the traditional way to start the day in France!
09h00, perfect time to go to the market! The earlier the better to get the best ingredients. At lunch time, all the good quality food will be gone. In our shopping basket, we have saucisson sec with porcinis, fresh tomatoes 'coeur de boeuf', a bunch of radishes, spring potatoes (so sweet and tasty!), but the artichokes will come from our garden! We complete our shopping basket with a stop at the bakery, at the supermarket and at a well-known pork butchery for the boudin blanc and boudin noir (black pudding). And now we have everything for tonight cooking class and dinner!
Smelling, touching and seeing all these beautiful ingredients have given us appetite for our lunch!
After lunch, it is time to stretch our legs in the country side, breathing the freshness of the green fields, listening to the ducks and cows telling us how happy they are over here (!) and discovering different villages...with no tourist around! This is Normandy luxury!
St Vaast-la-Hougue and Barfleur are the main ports in Le Val-de-Saire. They supply lots of restaurants along the coast, with fresh fish, seafood and sea spiders like these ones! We add fresh big squids to our shopping basket...
At the end of the afternoon, back to le Prieure! To make some flambee on the pan and in the fireplace!!!
We prepare the boudins, a chicken liver terrine for the next days and my dad opens one of his yummy marinated makerels can served with pommes frites. And to help the digestion and finish our day with a big smile, we raise our glass to the forehead, the nose, the chin..et glou, et glou, et glou...This is the trou normand!
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