Cooking Trip in Provence
I am now in Provence with my first cooking group in Provence: 9 women who love food and want to learn the secrets of provencal cooking.
On our first day, we went with Finette and her master to hunt for truffles. Finette is an expert dog in finding truffles. Despite the rain, Finette found several big truffles. Since we are in May, the truffles are the white truffles or spring truffles. They don’t have the same aromas as the black truffles from the winter (and are only worth about 180 euros/kg instead of 1000 euros!!).
After the hunt, we got invited by the master into his house. We were served rose and white wine and toast with truffles of course.
To make the toast: grill some little pieces of baguette on both sides, cut the truffle on top, add salt from Camargue and olive oil. Let them sit for a few hours so the olive oil can melt the salt.
It was delicious.
Tomorrow, we will be cooking a ratatouille in a farm, picking the herbs ourselves.
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