And the special Love Tea. Because I really really do love tea!
I couldn't hold back on the pancake theme yesterday. I saw it as the perfect opportunity to re-visit the time I spent in Brittany 2 years ago, and so put together a Breton-themed pancake fest. My local health food shop provided the buckwheat for my Galettes au Sarrasin, a traditional savoury pancake from Brittany, which was the first and last meal I had when living in Brittany, and many more times in between. I used to buy these galettes from the market every Tuesday and have them for my tea with cheese and peppers. Needless to say, it was quite a substantial trip down memory lane for me, and an enjoyable one.
The menu:
Traditional French Onion Soup, made with local Yorkshire onions!
Galettes au Sarrasin, with spring vegetables and cheese
Sweet crepes, with sugary toppings!
Posh French wine
Galettes au Sarrasin, with spring vegetables and cheese
Sweet crepes, with sugary toppings!
Posh French wine
with a musical accompaniment from Tetes Raides.
Preparing the first galette!
The first crepe is always doomed to fail...
A flippin' failure! (note pancake lying on oven top just off shot, and kitchen chaos!)
A tag-team of pancake chefs!
My 6th (and final!) pancake - banana and golden syrup! Yummmm!!
Sugared out, we slumped with wine in front of University Challenge. That was a real cookery marathon!
The first crepe is always doomed to fail...
A flippin' failure! (note pancake lying on oven top just off shot, and kitchen chaos!)
A tag-team of pancake chefs!
My 6th (and final!) pancake - banana and golden syrup! Yummmm!!Sugared out, we slumped with wine in front of University Challenge. That was a real cookery marathon!
Yum.....that all looks super scrummy...beautiful roses!x
ReplyDelete1) beautiful roses!!!
ReplyDelete2) i love the cooking pics! you two are adorable
3) YUM!
LOVELY :)
Looks like a lovely Pancake Day! I'll be interested to know if you like the Love Tea - I've tried Pukka's Chai before but not any of their others! Report back :D
ReplyDeleteHi Green Ink - I really like the tea, it's an extra-flowery calmomile, very soothing. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't keen on herby teas though! Pukka teas are amazing - I love their spiced winter tea, yumm!
ReplyDeleteThose roses are really beautiful.
ReplyDeletePancake no 6 looks scrummy with all that golden syrup!
Lisa x
WOW! Great pancake day!
ReplyDeleteSadly - that Tuesday was HUGE assessment day for my Music Therapy course. Presentation, Viva, musical styles assessment, improvisation tests etc - so I didn't get home til late and the pancake moment had passed!
I kept meaning to have some the rest of the week - but just never got round to buying the ingrediants!
Having just seen yours I want some now!
Al x
Go for it! A perfect way to celebrate your assessment being over (hope it went well!), to start the week, and to forget the latest cold spell that we have to contend with ;-)
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