Sun-ripened produce, from aubergines to olives, takes centre stage in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Olive oil is essential to the Provençal pantry. The savoury tart pissaladière is topped with oily anchovies and black olives.Sun-ripened produce, from aubergines to olives, takes centre stage in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.All the clichés about the south of France are true. The light takes on new forms by the hour, adding beauty to the simplest pleasures.
The southeastern region known as Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is also where the French go on holiday — and where throngs of Europeans descend for summer vacances, doing their best French impression. While visitors may picture it as a uniform fantasy land, it’s actually a place of wonderful variety. It’s bounded in the north by the snow-capped Southern Alps and in the south by the French Mediterranean. The Italian border marks the east; the Rhône river makes up its western edge. Within its borders are pine forests, rivers and the Camargue plains and marshes where you’ll find prized produce such as nutty, aromatic Camargue red rice and fleur de sel, a finishing salt.
The region’s food culture reflects and draws directly from these landscapes, and it’s made first and foremost at home. Translating the region’s terroir onto the plate, local flavours are vivid, fresh and largely unadorned, veering away from technique-heavy dishes associated with French haute cuisine. And while there are countless Provençal dishes that serve to exemplify this particular magic, tapenade , pissaladière and ratatouille are an excellent starting point., by Rebekah Peppler.
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