"Exploring the Culinary Traditions & Places of Brittany "

Anse du Verger on a calm day On the Channel coast between Saint-Malo and Cancale - the Côte d’Emeraude - there is a  beautiful...

Pear, cheese and broccoli salad 2 person starter – 15 minutes   For the salad dressing : 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice...

Peach and cheese salad 2 person starter – 15 minutes   For the salad dressing : 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil ½ tablespoon cider vinegar 1...

Couscous with apricots 2 person starter – 15 minutes   Ingredients : 140 grams couscous 50 grams apricots (fresh, tinned or preserved but...

Round courgettes stuffed with tinned fish 2 person starter – 40 minutes   Ingredients : 2 round courgettes (zucchini) 5 grams butter 10...

Clementines, fennel and cheese 2 person starter – 10 minutes   Ingredients : I small bulb of fennel, chopped 2 clementines, peeled  and...

Asparagus and crab clafoutis 2 person starter – 50 minutes   Ingredients : 2 eggs, beaten together 150 millilitres  fresh cream 150...

Red cabbage 2 person accompaniment – 20 minutes A superb accompaniment for meat in the autumn   For the cabbage : ¼ red cabbage, cut into...

Cucumber soup 4 persons - 30 minutes (this keeps in the fridge for  4 days)   Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion, peeled and...

Eggs baked with liver pâté 2 person starter – 15 minutes   Ingredients : 2 teaspoons butter 2 large eggs 60 grams duck liver pâté (or...

Pear, walnut and cheese 2 person starter – 15 minutes   Ingredients : 50 grams walnut kernels, heated in a dry frying pan until brown. 50...

Pineapple, apple, cheese and broccoli 2 person starter – 20 minutes   Ingredients : A slice of pineapple 4 cm thick, peeled and cut into...

Watermelon and goat’s cheese 2 person starter – 15 minutes   Ingredients : Watermelon (1/2 of a medium fruit, 1/4 of a large one) 75...

Chestnut and mushroom soup 2 persons - 30 minutes   Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 small shallot, peeled and chopped finely 250...

Beetroot mousse 2 person starter – 10 minutes   Ingredients : 200 grams cooked beetroot (tennis ball size), peeled and chopped 1 ripe...

Avocado, cucumber and grapefruit 2 person starter – 75 minutes   Ingredients : ½ cucumber, peeled and cut into dice 1 large avocado...

It’s possible to drive over the Marémotrice without realising it’s there. The road across the estuary of the river Rance is apparently...

The Marches of Brittany – a relic from the last Ice Age   A series of Ice Ages in the Northern hemisphere culminated in one last icesheet...

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...

Broad bean and bacon soup 4 persons - 30 minutes   Ingredients: 10 grams butter 100 grams bacon lardons (or 2 slices of ham, chopped) 1...