Arts in Provence

ARTS IN PROVENCE
Welcome to the Arts in Provence Blog. This is a blog about life in Les Bassacs, a small hamlet in the South of France, where we organise summer painting courses. You can find out about the courses by going to our website.

Monday, October 24, 2016

Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness

I have news of a giant parsnip from our friends Will and Bea who live near Rustrel.  Apparently the mild autumn has produced bumper crops in some things - pears, pumpkins, parsnips and walnuts.



















A neighbour generously dropped off a huge basket of fresh walnuts this morning. I have made a delicious light walnut cake for tea!

Walnut souffle cake

6 egg whites
200gr caster sugar
20g plain flour
200gr of walnuts finely chopped
knob of butter for greasing the tin

Heat the oven to 180 C
Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they are stiff.
Fold in the flour and sugar and then the nuts.
Generously butter a 20cm cake tin.
Put the cake mix in the tin.
Bake for 30 minutes.

The cake rises but will shrink back as it cools giving it quite a rustic appearance!



















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