Adventures of renovation, DIY and much more in South West France

Category: Food and drink

Chocolate Orange Thins are not only easy to make, delicious to eat but ensure you always have a welcomed gift to hand.

When we first visited the Gers house-hunting, our first local aperitif was Orange Armagnac liquor based called a Pousse Rapier. The Rapier…

Our Kiwi Fruit Marmalade recipe is one of our successes, but whilst experimenting with kiwi fruits, we had many failures. Unplanned Kiwi…

Our recipe for Sloe Armagnac Ice Cream came about after many experiments as I refused to simply throw the Armagnac soaked fruits…

Our Sloe Armagnac is now legendary in our area. We love it too. Our recipe is an adaptation from English Sloe gin…