Tag: Apricot

2nd September 2013

Apricot soup with rosemary

The apricot season is drawing to a close and that is a good reason to try out some recipes before it is too late. At a recent visit to Granville, a great coastal town in Normandy and the Manche department, a restaurant suggested apricot soup with rosemary as dessert. I was intrigued by the combination and conquered by the result. Back home, I wanted to […]

Dessert Fruit

10th August 2013

Apricot and almond pie

I made several jars of apricot jam last month and was looking for uses. So when I heard a good friend of ours was giving a birthday party dinner, I offered to bring along an apricot pie. Here in France, people like to have a sweet dessert after the cheese course at the end of a dinner, before the coffee and brandy. People here arrive […]

Fruit

8th July 2013

Apricot compote

Last week, I was in the Roussillon area in southwest France, the region between the Pyrenees mountains and the Mediterranean, which is a major fruit producing area. In fact, it is the second-biggest producing area in France after the Provence and France is the second-biggest grower in Europe. The apricot harvest had been somewhat delayed due to the late start of warm weather, and when […]