The Pineapple is present all year in the markets.
Choose Pineapple coming by plane, they are generally labeled "pineapple-plane"
They are more tasty than those who arrive by boat, "pineapple boat" as they ripen in the hold.
The whiting is in season and will be on the shelves until March.
If you choose whole, it is necessary that her belly is firm and tight.
Shrimp are generally of tropical origin and also from livestock in the United States and Japan are generally frozen.
The red orange is about to finish, enjoy it because they are particularly juicy to slightly acidic flavor. Remember to cook a Navarin with lamb collar. The flatfish dab inexpensive, suitable for simple meals. Containing few bones, it is well suited for children. Do not cook too, it will crumble. Monkfish French will be the best of taste until March. The first cooked beets should be tender but not soft, taste floods such as grated carrots.
The andouillette is a French specialty. Andouillette prefer nature, and if possible choose the name AAAAA awarded the association amicale lovers andouillette authentic. Before cooking, prick it with the tines of a fork to prevent it broke, do not fat. There are currently Bulot on the market stalls. Let them drain for 30 minutes. in water and vinegar, and then cook for 5 minutes. nor in the water. Enjoy the branch-Celery with Roquefort raw, in soup mixed with other vegetables or fried vegetables.
The purple artichokes of Provence, a small specimen containing no hay. Tension on the eating raw. Choose them with a bunch of fresh leaves, the scales should be tight and brittle. Do not buy when the top leaves are blackened, it indicates that they are cooler. When they have no tail avoid them because they have been refreshed several times by the seller.
Purple artichokes of Provence, also called pepper artichokes are sold in large bouquet. Enjoy them raw, marinated in olive oil in stew etc ...
The lamb tasted grass grass of spring and its flesh is more fragrant than the suckling lamb and still very tender. It is cooked with vegetables dew of spring.
Enjoy asparagus, pushed out of the earth is the sun which gives them that color. Green asparagus s'épluche does not scratch and it uses crisp.
The spider crab flesh has a very fine, when you lift its legs are agitated. Cook it the same day of purchase, choose a smaller female that the male and the more rounded abdomen.Ducklings spring and early summer to accommodate early vegetables with.The Nantais also called Chalan duck suits, is a bird of quality.The young duck is recognizable by its flexible beak.
The strawberry season is in full swing, enjoy them in fruit salads, and refreshing soup for dessert.The heat will soon be leaving peas gourmet stalls, enjoy it with a few handfuls of peas, bacon and hearts of lettuce.Enjoy your holiday at the moment is full of lobster season and the cheapest period. Choose a 1 kg lobster. for 2 people, rather than 2 servings lobsters, less tasty as too young. The best lobsters are caught in the waters of Brittany.The comb is also in full season, enjoy them for entry to the mayonnaise soup or ice.
Especially in the region of production that the apricot is the best.
Like all stone fruit apricot ripens only after picking. To avoid disappointment, taste the fruit before you buy.
The dried apricot consumed more in winter is used in many preparations, sweet or salty. The best dried apricots from Turkey.
It suffices to rehydrate in warm water or a tea light, before cooking.
Enjoy the blue d'Auvergne is the best taste of summer and autumn. Still wrapped in foil, choose a farmhouse cheese made from raw milk not pasteurized.
There are garlic all year round on the shelves. But in September we have a choice between white garlic and garlic rose appeared in August, on the shelves. If during your holiday you went through Provence, you were able to obtain garlic braid or mix, sold in stops on the roads of Provence. The best is the garlic of Lautrec, very tasty, it keeps very well, if we care to avoid moisture.
Prune Raspberries removing all the branches or ends you have fruit. For varieties that are not going back, headed the current year's growth. Palissez branches. If time does not permit the planting of fruit trees. Install them near a wall facing north burying the roots in a trench.
