Last Saturday evening we enjoyed the company of Steve and Penny who live about 100 metres down the road, along with Steve and Jeanette (my brother and sis-in-law). Penny is a pharmacist at the local hospital and was on call, so had to curtail her alcohol intake to virtually zero. Unfortunately, Steve (not brother) is … Continue reading That good old Confit de Canard<\/span> ![\"confit](\"http:\/\/needarecipe.com\/food-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/confit_de_canard_duck.png\")
For the main course, we took an easy option (for us) and served Confit de Canard<\/a> with a mixture of Saut\u00e9e Potatoes<\/a> and Cepes (penny bun or porcino mushrooms). It’s easy for us because we bring from France big tins of Confit and also tins of Cepes. So peeling and cooking a few potatoes is no hardship. However, for our friends who would not normally get to eat confit, it’s something different and fun – particularly when served with a bottle or two of Ch\u00e2teau La Caze Bellevue, a smooth, velvety 2010 Saint Emilion!<\/p>\n![\"Orange](\"http:\/\/needarecipe.com\/food-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/04-02-2014-165931.jpg\")
After a selection of cheeses (with a little more St Emilion!), dessert was a G\u00e2teau Creusois and a Carpaccio d’Oranges \u00e0 la Cannelle (Orange slices with cinnamon). Together, a nice simple, refreshing and tasty way to finish the meal (particularly since it took a new bottle of Saint Emilion to help it go down!).<\/p>\n![\"Damage](\"http:\/\/needarecipe.com\/food-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140204_074903_1_500x375-300x225.jpg\")
Meanwhile, a combination of storms and high tides has given The Island a real pounding with many of the sea walls damaged, some shops and homes flooded and everybody huddled indoors waiting for summer! Fortunately, the island is hilly, so we don’t get many places where water lays on the land for long periods such as they are experiencing in Somerset.<\/p>\n![\"castletown2robinwootton_500x333\"](\"http:\/\/needarecipe.com\/food-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/castletown2robinwootton_500x333-300x199.jpg\")
However, all’s well that ends well because Penny is coming round tomorrow night to help us finish the raclette ingredients that we had with Terry and Julie last week! We have just enough for three people, Steve’s away and Penny’s not on call, so it sounds like a good excuse to dig into the wine cellar and see what’s available – I love it when a plan comes together! Who cares about the weather?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"