Provence Cooking
Rain's Low Fat Dressing
The Provence Cooking
usually starts with session
on the patio looking for a
Provence recipe in Mireille
Johnston's book,  "The
Cuisine Of The Sun" ,  
(Amazon), a good source
of authentic recipes, and
the book "At Home In
Provence"  by Patricia
Wells,.   At other times
fledgling chefs fall back on
old habits and go online
risking a sauce-drenched
computer. Tasting while
you cook is always fun.  
June in Provence brings fresh asparagus, zucchini,
cherries, plumbs, apricots, berries, egg plant, melons, and
much other produce.  Provence wines are inexpensive and
plentiful. Here one dispensed from a carton de glazes the
pan.
After dinner a
walk through
town to catch
the low light of
a 9:30 sunset
satisfies the
urge to make
photos of
beautiful
Provence.
Stuffed peppers started with a wild boar sausage and ground beef from the butcher
browned in the pan. The local garlic has a purple covering and is milder than the
familiar white garlic.
A little of the fresh thyme
and rosemary from the
foraging trip will go into a
blender and be added to
the stuffing.

French bread has at least
three lives. Fresh, sliced
and eaten; second day,
toast; third day stuffing and
pedestals for baked
peppers.
Olive Oil and Herbs de Provence
Provence cooking Vacation, South
of France
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Provence Cooking, Stuffed Peppers
Rain Rodolph's low-fat salad
dressing: Provence inspired recipe

Ingredients
herbs de provence     pinch
extra virgin  oil    2 ozs
rice vinegar           1 oz
lemon juice               1/2 teaspoon
honey                        1/2 teaspoon
*orange/ginger/sugar syrup   2
tablespoons (*mix one to one of OJ
and sugar, add sliced ginger, heat
for about 10-15 minutes until a light
syrup forms. Strain and use reserved
sauce.
Fresh chopped basil       1  teaspoon
mix all ingredients together and alter
the balance of sweet and sour to
your taste. Drizzle over salads or
serve on the side.
Provence Cooking Vacation,
South of France
The peppers, once stuffed with the meat, herbs, and breading, get a
sprinkle of grated Parmesan and a tomato cap. As the tomato roasts it
releases its intensified juices into the stuffing.  
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