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 Wysłany: Śro 11:07, 13 Kwi 2011 Temat postu: jordan retro 5 A Gastronomic Weekend in Perigord |
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Préparation
Serves : 6
Hachis de Cepes aux Oeufs
To Serve: Creme anglais (thin vanilla custard)
Serves 4
email : class="dynamic">Two regional recipes from Perigord:
Grandmothers Chestnut Cake / Gâteau aux Châtaignes façon Grand-mère
Prep Time : 15 mins
The best way to start your visit is by swatting up at the Eco-musée : Maison du Châtaignier, Marrons et Champignons in Villefranche-du Périgord itself. (in season open daily except Sun and Mon. afternoons. All other days 9.30am -12.30pm and 05 53 29 98 37. Admission charge) It is housed in the Tourist office building in the main square and has a room devoted to Sweet chestnut cultivation [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], history etc and a room devoted to the ‘science’ of mushroom hunting. Plus which the chance to buy lots of associated products. It also runs weekend nature rambles to teach you how to look for wild mushrooms and to help you learn more about the conditions and environment needed for them to grow.
Ingredients :
Cook the chestnuts in simmering water for 10minutes. Peel them from their outer skins with a sharp knife.Over a low heat gently melt the chocolate and butter with the creme fraiche.Drain the nuts and mash them roughly. Then add to the chocolate mixture and stir well.Next incorporate the sugar and the liqueur. Mix well.Place in a lined cake tin and leave in the fridge for 12-24 hours.
Whilst there don’t miss the Fête de la Châtaigne et Champignons (chestnuts and mushrooms) which takes place the 3rd Weekend in October. Over the two day period there’s a chance to sample local produce, compete in the mushroom hunt [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], enter a chestnut cake competition and take a turn in stirring the largest mushroom omelette in the world. Not content with one Guinness book of records entry the weekend also offers the opportunity, should you want it, to challenge the World Record of Chestnut spitting!
If on return from the forest your basket is empty – fear not – every Saturday morning (during the season) there is a special chestnut and cepes market under the covered halles in the centre of the town.
Whilst the town of Villefranche du Perigord itself is small and sleepy, it is renowned for its 13th century fortified architecture and covered market place. It is also the regional centre, earlier in the year, for foie gras, truffles and walnuts. But in autumn there’s no where better to spend a weekend in the woods than here [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], hunting for the world famous cêpes and gathering the rich abundance of wild sweet chestnuts that carpet the woodland floor.
Read on
Cabecou du Perigord. Soft Goats Cheese Tart
Local Food Festivals in Roussillon, France
Canoeing Down the Dordogne River
According to local knowledge the best place to start looking is at the foot of the Chestnut trees on a wet morning after a warm spell. They grow quickly and are best eaten freshly harvested.
Rue Notre-Dame
Refrigeration time : 12hours +
Fax: 33-553-30-40-12
1 kg sweet chestnuts400 g dark chocolate50 g sugar70 g butter50 g crème fraîche½ small glass of chestnut liquer or rhum
Office du Tourisme du pays du Chataignier
24550 Villefranche du Périgord
More information can be had from :
Tel: 33-553-29-98-37
(Traditional recipe à Maison Lambart with permission)
Prep time : 10mins
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Cook Time : 40 mins
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