David Scott Allen · Main Course · Poultry · Provencal Recipes · Taste My Chicken Ispahan Recipe – Inspired by Pierre Hermé’s French Pastry May 26, 2025It may seem strange, but I am not a café au lait fan. However, a hot chocolate (chocolat chaud) in Paris with a beautiful pastry called an Ispahan – now that is a magical French experience. Pierre Hermé created the dessert for Ladurée, the finest purveyor of macarons in Paris ...Continue Reading
David Scott Allen · Provencal Recipes · Soup · Taste Authentic French Cream Potato Soup For Your Next Dinner Party May 19, 2025Potage Parmentier is an easy French cream potato soup that makes a delicious first course. The ingredients are only a few: potatoes, leeks, salt, water, and a little cream. Considering the ingredients, this is most likely a peasant soup, but these days, it is served in some very nice restaurants ...Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Dessert · Pies & Tarts · Provencal Recipes · Taste Tarte aux Citron a Lemon Recipe from the French Riviera May 16, 2025It is possible that lemon tarts were created to tempt the resolve of non-dessert eaters. The irresistible recipe below combines tart citrus and sweet lemony cream. While bakers worldwide craft fabulous lemon tarts, we wanted to showcase this tarte aux citron from Nice. This dessert is la Tarta al Limoun ...Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Lamb · Main Course · Provencal Recipes · Taste Lamb Chops Provençal with Olive Tapenade and Ratatouille May 12, 2025Provence has a temperate Mediterranean climate, plenty of sunshine, and well-suited soil for crops such as grapes and olives. Below is a recipe from Moulin de Calanquet for lamb chops Provençal with olive tapenade and ratatouille, which combines local ingredients and traditional flavours into a delicious main course. The Moulin ...Continue Reading