Confiture de tomates
You can use green or red tomatoes — red tomatoes result in a lovely colour, but the jam is very sweet. All the usual rules for jam-making apply.
You can use green or red tomatoes — red tomatoes result in a lovely colour, but the jam is very sweet. All the usual rules for jam-making apply.
A sumptuous cocktail, to be enjoyed on a palm-fringed tropical beach …
A recipe for grape harvesters …
These really are an “amuse-gueule” — when you bite into the crisp caramel coating, the sweet tomato inside explodes with juice. We had the recipe from one of our favourite local restaurants, the Relais du Val d’Orbieu.
Worth making double quantity and freezing some.
This sauce is utterly divine poured over vanilla ice cream …
… inspired by a recipe for white chocolate and lime mousse. The flavours complement each other surprisingly well. Use good-quality chocolate with a high proportion of cocoa butter (i.e. 25%), not the Milky-Bar type which won’t melt properly.
We used pain d’épices, which is a kind of gingerbread, for this. It makes a nice change from a classic tiramisu. Makes four generous helpings, or six daintier ones.
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