The Provence cherry harvest is coming to its end. To a townie like me Christmas came early. Used to the insane prices of mean and over-packaged supermarket offerings, here neighbours push free cherries by the crate-load.
Cherries are everywhere. Half-stripped orchards are part green, part red, and unpicked branches hang heavy to the ground. Talk is of cherry recipes and cherry stains.
The boys gave a thumbs down to the traditional Provencal cherry dish ‘clafoutis aux cerises’ (Husband described it as a cold cherry omelette) but thumbs up to a less eggy cherry cake (ever thankful to www.joyofbaking.com site) which I have made 5 times in as many days. Many pounds heavier and finger nails forever stained, I will be quite pleased to close the door on this harvest, ready to usher in the next.
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