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"Exploring the Culinary Traditions & Places of Brittany "


Ille-et-Vilaine - Plouer - Château de Péhou
The headland now known as the Pointe de Chêne Vert (Green Oak point) is very hard rock and for some millennia it has forced the river...
Anne Morenn
May 25
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Broad bean and bacon soup
Broad bean and bacon soup 4 persons - 30 minutes Ingredients: 10 grams butter 100 grams bacon lardons (or 2 slices of ham, chopped) 1...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Smoked duck breast and orange
Smoked duck breast and orange starter 2 person starter – 10 minutes Ingredients : 2 oranges, peeled and sliced (8 slices) 8 slices...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Spiced sweet potato and cucumber
Spiced sweet potato and cucumber 2 person starter – 20 minutes Ingredients for the sweet potato : 400 grams sweet potato, peeled and...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Orange and sultana cake
Orange and sultana cake 6 - 8 person dessert – 2 hours Ingredients : 100 grams softened butter 90 grams castor sugar 4 eggs 200...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Trout and orange with cucumber sauce
Trout with orange and with cucumber sauce 2 persons – 40 minutes For the fish : 2 trout steaks 2 tablespoons freshly-squeezed orange...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Trout grilled with oatmeal and bacon
Trout grilled with oatmeal and bacon 2 persons – 20 minutes Ingredients : 2 fresh trout, cleaned, de-headed and de-tailed 15 grams...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Scallops, mushrooms and potatoes
Scallops mushrooms and potatoes 2 persons – 40 minutes Ingredients : 1 shallot, peeled and chopped 50 grams bacon chopped into lardons...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Scallop chowder
Scallop chowder 2 persons – 20 minutes Ingredients for the chowder : 50 grams pancetta or streaky bacon, chopped into pieces 175 grams...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Pork fricassée with apples, nuts & fennel
Pork fricassée with apples nuts and fennel 2 persons – 60 minutes Ingredients : 250 grams lean pork cut in cubes 1 tablespoon olive oil...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Pork colombo
Pork colombo 2 persons – 50 minutes [Colombo powder originated in the Antilles. It is a sweet gentle spice mix of turmeric, fenugreek,...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Pork belly marinated in honey and lemon
Pork belly marinaded in honey and lemon 2 persons – 50 minutes Ingredients for the marinade : 1 tablespoon acacia honey the juice of...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Duck and spinach crumble
Duck and spinach crumble 2 persons – 30 minutes This recipe also works with turkey or chicken. Ingredients for 1st layer : 200 grams...
Anne Morenn
Mar 18
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Morbihan - the meander of the Blavet
The name of the river Blavet comes from the Breton for “gushing water” and it is well-named. It carries a huge volume of water throughout...
Anne Morenn
Jan 30
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Côtes d'Armor - cabanes de pêche
a renovated fishing cabin next to the remains of two others The river Rance, which flows into the sea at Saint Malo on the north coast...
Anne Morenn
Jan 16
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Morbihan - Ploermel - Column of the Thirty
The first time I heard this story, my informant was a Bretonne who said that the English took over Ploermel castle while the nearby...
Anne Morenn
Jan 12
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Finistère - Aber Wrac'h - Devil's Bridge
Aber Wrac’h is the longest of river of the three Abers (drowned river valleys) on the north west coat of Finistère. It is 33 kilometres...
Anne Morenn
Jan 10
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Ile et Vilaine - Rennes - cathedral of Saint Pierre
Ile et Vilaine – Rennes - the cathedral of St Pierre – beauty a long time in the making The cathedral of Rennes is unusual in that it...
Anne Morenn
Jan 6
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Ile et Vilaine - St Sulpice la Foret - the legend of King Arthur
Abbaye de Nôtre Dame du Nid de Merle, Saint-Sulpice le Fôret In the commune now known as Saint-Sulpice-la-Fôret stand the impressive...
Anne Morenn
Jan 6
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Côtes d'Armor - Paimpol - the tour de Kerroc'h
The tower just visible above the trees overlooking the bay of Paimpol It is so tall, soaring above the tree-line, that at first sight one...
Anne Morenn
Jan 6
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