What`s it all about ??
Come and join me for a series of half days in our farmhouse kitchen and learn how to cook my favourite Breton recipes. All are quick simple, use only quality fresh ingredients and taste fantastic. Once you`re back home you can give all your friends and family an authentic taste of Brittany. No preparation or experience is needed, just bring yourself. Both men and women are welcome !
I have always been passionate about food. On this very relaxed and fun cookery course you will learn how to prepare traditional Breton dishes that you`ll then be able to cook back in England. All of the recipes will fit in with your busy home life but will be deliciously different so you will be able to impress all your friends and family with your French cuisine !
The Ingredients
Good quality ingredients are vital. I use as many organic products as I can starting with the hand harvested sea salt from the Geurande in the Loire valley to all my fruit and veg and even organic farm beef. The quality of the natural ingredients makes t all the difference
Living in rural Brittany it is easy for us to source local ingredients. Milk, cheese and the super rich cream are sourced from an organic dairy in the next village and our meat also comes from an organic farm just 5km away.
We even have hens scratching around the garden so fresh free range eggs are always available… but I have been known to start making a cake only to realise that I am an egg short and then to hover next to then henhouse waiting for a hen to lay an egg !!
I am lucky to have the space and time to have an organic vegetable garden but I do cheat and buy some vegetables from the local organic farmer. He seems to get crops a month earlier than me… and sometimes I can’t wait any longer for the first carrot of the season
Having said all that, it takes time to source local ingredients and the pace of life today simply does not allow the luxury of spending half a day trailing round farm shops.
Thankfully good quality ingredients are also readily available from most English and French supermarkets which makes cooking great food even easier !
The course itself
The courses will run for 3 mornings (Tuesday, Thursday and Friday) and will start at 9.15am and will finish at 11.45am.
The cookery courses are available any weeks during September-June inclusive (except the October and February school half terms and Xmas/New Year ) as long as a minimum of two people are signed up
Some of the recipes
Together we will cook a large selection of traditional Breton fare a small sample is below
- Crab and vegetable flan
- Spicy leek potage
- Spinach and smoked salmon roulade
- Quiche Lorraine
- Slow roasted farm chicken with spices and root vegetables
- Veau aux Carottes
- Canard a Peche
- Real mayonnaise with free range eggs and organic olive oil
- A true French dressing made only from natural ingredients
- Quick organic bread
- Tarte aux Pommes
The price
The price for the cookery course including all ingredients, tasting's and copies of all the recipes is £75.00 per person for the three sessions. If you prefer you can come for just one or two sessions and then pay £25 per session.
Note : There must be a minimum of two people attending the course
Courses are not available in July and August...sorry !
If you`d like any more info then just e mail or call me..
Bottling the tomato harvest in our garden for later use in warming winter soups !
The cook at work.......
