French cooking made easy – with the cookbook Le Midi by Hilke Maunder

Do you remember the blog article in which I interviewed the travel writer, journalist, photographer and blogger Hilke Maunder? Hilke not only has a great blog ( https://meinfrankreich.com/ ), she also spontaneously wrote the cookbook Le Midi with 80 selected French recipes during the third lockdown.

Hilke loves France as much as I do. She is enthusiastic about the unique culture and the people who cultivate it. On her blog she describes it absolutely perfectly: "It [the cookbook Le Midi ] is a tribute to all those French people from the Midi who are resisting the standardization of cuisine and are proud of their terroirs : from the vineyard to the onion terrace, from the lemon grove to the high alpine pastures of the Pyrenees, where cattle and sheep, donkeys and horses have grazed semi-wild for thousands of years."

This is exactly the motivation behind the founding of La Sariette! To appreciate the work of local producers and to enjoy these wonderful products that are only available here in the south of France. When you open the Le Midi cookbook, you immerse yourself in the southern French way of life, discover the variety of French recipes and automatically start to dream of your next trip.

cookbook Le Midi by Hilke Maunder

The lovingly compiled French recipes reflect the savoir-faire of the Midi region. In the cookbook Le Midi by Hilke Maunder you will find beautiful pictures in which you can see not only delicious food, but also the people who produce the food. Hilke manages to make you want to put on your apron and cook French food yourself.

 

French Omelette Recipe with Truffle Oil

 

Psst: At the end of the month you can win a copy of Hilke Maunder's cooking book Le Midi at La Sariette! More information will be available shortly in our newsletter (sign up at the bottom of this page)...

 

French recipe with truffle oil

To give you a little taste of the delicious French recipes from Hilke's cookbook Le Midi , today we're cooking Brouillade de truffes together: a typical French omelette recipe with truffle oil. The original recipe uses fresh truffles, but you don't always have them on hand when you suddenly fancy a wonderfully aromatic truffle omelette. That's why you'll find a version with high-quality truffle oil here. Just as delicious, easy to use and lasts longer than fresh truffles.

 

La Sariette's headquarters are located not far from the oldest French truffle market in Carpentras, where gourmets can enjoy their truffle every Friday morning from mid-November to the end of March.

 

This truffle recipe goes perfectly with grilled asparagus with parmesan and Sel-de-Camargue - for a little hunger between meals or for a light, balanced dinner. A slice of fresh baguette rounds off the French recipe perfectly.

 

The truffle oil gives the omelette a special aroma.

 

Ingredients for 2 people

1–2 tablespoons Amusèti truffle oil

6 eggs

1 teaspoon butter

2 tablespoons crème fraîche

 

Preparation: French omelette with truffle oil

1. Whisk the eggs in a bowl and add the truffle oil. Leave to rest in the fridge for at least 5 hours.
2. Then place a bowl in a water bath, melt the butter in it and cook the eggs in it, stirring constantly, until they slowly start to set. (Note: Do not cook the eggs as hard as you would with a normal omelette, but rather like a creamy scrambled egg.)
3. Fold in the crème fraîche and enjoy.

 

Et voilà! It's so easy to cook and enjoy French food with truffle oil! If you want to know exactly where the oil for our truffle recipe comes from, you can read this article . There you will find out everything about our truffle producer in Provence. His lands are in the Vaucluse and the Drôme department, and he uses high-quality olive oil from Nyons for the Amusèti truffle oil .

 

High-quality truffle oil from Provence