Walnuts

Turning Green Walnuts into Nocino, Liqueur de Noix

June 24, 2019

In France and Italy, June is the month for making a fortified wine with green walnuts - Liqueur de Noix (French) or Nocino (Italian). Intended as a digestive, this drink is strong at roughly 30% alcohol. The sweeter, and less alcoholic, version is called vin de noix. The vin de noix is served either as an aperitif (like a sherry) or as an after-dinner drink.…

Breads · Paula Kane · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Pain aux Noix a Recipe for Walnut Bread

April 16, 2018

French walnuts are amazing, meaty, sweet, gorgeous. So this is my attempt at recreating the best pain aux noix (walnut bread) I’ve ever had.…

Main Course · Maison Mirabeau Wines · Provencal Recipes · Taste · Vegetarian

Easy Recipe for Sweet Potato Gnocchi

November 24, 2016

Simple baked potatoes transform into delicious little bites packed full of fall flavours with sage, walnuts and pumpkin seeds. …

Lunchtime Meals · Maison Mirabeau Wines · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Mirabeau Recipe: Fig, Walnut and Lardon Quiche

December 7, 2015

seasonal quiches, as there’s always a nice combination that will work. Figs are lovely with nuts, so you can make a very tasty number with some crushed almonds or walnuts, figs and some lardons …

Ashley Tinker · Taste

How to Pick Walnuts

November 19, 2015

If you happen to live near to a walnut tree here in Provence that has yet to have been ravaged by squirrels… I suggest the very satisfying activity of foraging free food! There are many walnuts here in Provence; you’ll often find wild specimens on country lanes. These tend to …Continue reading here Recipes with …

Ashley Tinker · Taste · Wines and Spirits of Provence

Vin de Noix – Fête de la St Jean

July 2, 2015

June 24th, Saint John’s day, is the traditional time in Provence to pick green walnuts for walnut wine. Yes, it is a specific day but if you manage to find some new walnuts on the ground during the next couple weeks- your walnut wine should turn out just fine! Just …Continue reading here…

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Walnuts

Turning Green Walnuts into Nocino, Liqueur de Noix

Pain aux Noix a Recipe for Walnut Bread

Easy Recipe for Sweet Potato Gnocchi

Mirabeau Recipe: Fig, Walnut and Lardon Quiche

How to Pick Walnuts

Vin de Noix – Fête de la St Jean

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