Cheese – Cheese – Cheese…The main staple of this wonderful region of France. The Haute Savoie, Savoie, Ain… in fact the whole Auvergne Rhone Alpes region of France is all about the local produce and one of the stars just has to be the cheeses! So this section is dedicated to everything about cheese! These include cheese recipes that I’ve created or adapted in the Taste of Savoie Kitchen. Let me know what is your favourite cheese from this region.
My latest recipe with Reblochon – A leek, bacon, mushroom and Reblochon tart. I’m always looking for ways to cook with Reblochon cheese because I love this versatile cheese – it works in practically any dish. It’s a local cheese in the Haute Savoie and has had the prestigious AOC status since 1958.
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It would be hard to live in the Haute Savoie in France and not love cheese. Luckily I’m a lover of cheese and baking! I’ve put together some of my favourite recipes from Taste of Savoie using cheeses from this region.
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Everyone has their favourite flavour muffin, don’t they?… I normally associate muffins with sweet flavours and enjoy mine with a
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Canelés traditionally come from the Bordeaux area in France. I decided on a fusion creation of this French classic – so here is a recipe for a savoury version using Beaufort Cheese in celebration of their 50th Anniversary of achieving the prestigious AOP label.
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Beaufort cheese I would say is one of the finest cheeses in France. The origins of this versatile, firm and flavourful cheese can be traced back as far as Roman Times! And this year is the 50th Anniversary of Beaufort Cheese receiving the AOP* accolade (Appellation d’Origine Protégée)
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Five Ways with Reblochon – I’ve put together 5 recipes from my Taste of Savoie blog all using the wonderful, versatile and well-known cheese from this region – Reblochon. *Reblochon cheese gained AOC status in 1958 and was first produced in the Thônes and Arly valleys, in the Aravis in the Haute Savoie.
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I think I may be beginning to dream in French…or maybe I just dream in French cheese, especially when I eat a lot of it! Living in the Haute Savoie this is unavoidable but also delicious so I am not complaining although my jeans sometimes do! Every recipe I see with cheese in, I look for ways of adapting it to use Reblochon and other local and seasonal ingredients – it must be the time of year, as winter approaches and the snow is falling in the Alps and when all the ski resorts burst into life!
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Time to get inventive in the Taste of Savoie kitchen with the oh so delicious Savoyard staple ingredients! Reblochon cheese made here in the Haute-Savoie is the most popular cheese in the region and the star of the wonderful mountain dish the Tartiflette.
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Les Gets is a wonderful traditional Savoyard village in the Haute Savoie, a tree-lined mountain ski resort that is part of The Portes du Soleil and a year round MUST visit village in the French Alps with so much to offer the whole family. Alpine skiing in winter, Cycling in summer, 18 hole golf course, lake, beautiful hiking. There are numerous good restaurants in Les Gets and here are a few of our favourites…
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The tartiflette can be found in many guises as chefs in the Rhone-Alps region find ways of making a ‘fusion’
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