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GRILLED BEEF TOMATOES WITH CHILLI GARLIC AND GINGER

By Sheila Wilton
September 21, 2020
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These tomatoes are delicious, and so easy. All you need is some crusty bread, to mop up all those yummy tomato flavoured juices. A tip from Yotam Ottolenghi: if … Continue Reading →

GAZPACHO

By Sheila Wilton
September 17, 2020
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Gaspacho is the perfect iced cold soup for a hot summers day. The secret is in the tomatoes, there is no substitute for ripe fragrant, sweet tomatoes. You could … Continue Reading →

SPAGHETTI CON SALSA CRUDA

By Sheila Wilton
August 17, 2020
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Pasta with a sauce of uncooked tomatoes,and herbs is one of the delights of summer. This is so very easy to make. It is taken from one of our … Continue Reading →

TOMATO SALAD WITH THAI DRESSING

By Sheila Wilton
August 13, 2020
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This easy and tasty dressing makes a refreshing change to the usual french style vinegarette. Ingredients serves 4 1 kg Tomatoes thickly sliced 6 – 8 mint leaves Sea … Continue Reading →

BRUSCHETTA OF ROAST TOMATOES AND PEPPERS

By Sheila Wilton
August 13, 2020
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This is a dish we’ve had many times, it’s easy and as always when you roast Tomatoes and peppers they become deliciously rich and unctuous. Serve as a starter or … Continue Reading →

CUMIN-ROAST GREEN BEANS AND TOMATOES.

By Sheila Wilton
August 12, 2020
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Another recipe using tomatoes, plus your freshly harvested green beans. If you’ve never roasted green beans, you have missed a treat. Ingredients. Serves 6 500g Cherry tomatoes on the vine, … Continue Reading →

CHILLI-ROAST TOMATOES WITH FETA CHEESE.

By Sheila Wilton
August 12, 2020
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Summer for me says “tomatoes”. Salads, tarts, sauces, I remember fondly the squashed tomato sandwich’s I used to take on school picnics. Probably been in my pocket for 5 hours … Continue Reading →

TOMATO TART

By Sheila Wilton
August 8, 2020
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A simple tomato tart, another way to use up all those gorgeous tomatoes. I just thought “a tart” (as you do) and started to throw a few ideas around, … Continue Reading →

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DOMAINE DE SAINT-MAUR Ideally located in Anjou, the Domaine Saint-Maur is located on the hills that dominate the left bank of the Loire, the Thoureil, Maine and Loire. The vineyards of Saint Maur became the property of the CHOUTEAU family in 1962. Winegrowers and winemakers for several generations, we bring our passion and our know-how to the breeding of our vines. The main grape varieties that make up the 36 ha predominantly clay-limestone are theCabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon-Chenin, Sauvignon Blanc and Grolleau .

Manoir de Jouralem Manoir de Jouralem is a new stylish boutique bed and breakfast & Gite in The Loire Valley, France. Opened in July 2018, Mel & Hywel are English speaking owners living the good life with their young family and Tilly the wonder-dog. There are 8 hectares of grounds to explore, including the new natural swimming pool, walks through the woods, passing the flower garden, orchard and picnic area. They look forward to welcoming you for a well deserved stay, whether you are wine and food enthusiasts, keen cyclists, chateaux visitors or just need a good cosy rest.

Domaine Leduc Frouin Nathalie and Antoine LEDUC now run the family estate founded in 1873. Before them, four generations of winegrowers - parents, uncle, grandparents - built and developed the Seigneurie vineyard. Combining tradition and modernity , they do everything they can to offer you typical Anjou wines, subtle and surprising. Passionate, they work rigorously on their vineyard of around thirty hectares located in Martigné-Briand, in the heart of Haut-Layon. The diversity of their terroirs - falun, schist, clay - allows them to produce plot-by-plot vinifications that reveal the character of the Seigneurie wines each year.