A Garden In Burgundy
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A chronological collection of images from a year in The Hungry Cyclist Lodge gardens. The ideal place to unwind after a days cycling and wine tasting in the vineyards of Burgundy.
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A Hot Tub In Burgundy
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I like to to collect things. A brocante is my favorite place to be and I have been known to come back with more things from the tip then I dropped of. Marginal returns I like to call them. So when a good friend offered me an oak wine fermenting vat, I dint hesitate.
Read MoreAsparagus with Dijon mustard Mousseline
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Asparagus is at its best when served simply, as with this classic French sauce.
Read MoreA Garden in Burgundy 2017
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As the year goes bye I am never without the handy camera on my mobile phone, and below is a chronological collection of photographs I have posted on Instagram.
Read MoreJerusalem Artichoke & Mussel Soup
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Digging over some beds to keep warm and take on a little sport the tubers of Jerusalem artichokes appear like forgotten treasure. Thats where I planted them. Bursting forth in spindly yellow flowers in the summer months, this relative of the sun slower goes to ground in the winter reproducing countless tubers. Leave a morsel behind when dogging and rest assured next year you will have kilos of the things.
Read MoreSalmorejo Recipe - A Chilled Soup for A Summers Night
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2016 hasn't been the best of years in Burgundy for the wine production, but in the garden we have been blessed with a fine year for tomatoes. The late frosts of April that devastated the vineyards, didn't get a chance to attack the tomatoes vines. A soaking wet June was followed by a searing hot summer, and with little rot and plenty of dry heat our tomatoes have thrived.
Read MoreA Wedding In Burgundy
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On August 6th we had the honour of hosting Lauren and Adam Richardson’s for their wedding at The Hungry Cyclist Lodge. Arriving from all over the world, seventy of the bride and grooms family and friends, came to Auxey-Duresses to celebrate Adam and Lauren’s special day in the heart of Burgundy wine country.
Read MoreA Garden In Burgundy - Summer 2016
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"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease, For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells."
Read MoreLemon Panna Cotta with Rosemary Shortbread
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Blossom flowered, birds sang, heavy winter jumpers were packed away, forgotten shorts were rediscovered and espadrilles were dusted off. Then the cold and rained returned. However this little taste of the balmy days ahead inspired some cooking. Rosmary, that survives the winter here, began to push out its pale and tender young leaves. Zesty lemons from Spain are still in the market and to help encourage the arrival of spring I set about making one of our guests favourite desserts.
Read MoreA Garden In Burgundy - Autumn 2015
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October in our Burgundian garden always provides a bonus. Like an extravagant dessert in a fine restaurant, it arrives after the main event, just when you think you have had enough only for your senses to be reinvigorated for one last bout of pleasure.
Read MoreLemon Verbena Creme Brule for a Summers Evening.
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Here at The Hungry Cyclist Lodge we keep our grilling simple and this summers' favourites are 'magret' of duck and the smoky rib of Charolais slow-cooked over 90-year-old vine stocks, both washed down with plenty of local pinot noir.
Read MoreChardonnay and Agastache Poached Peaches with Grilled Pain D'Epices.
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Peaches from the south of France cover the tables in the local markets at this time of year, and the secret in this heat is to eat them as fast as you can before they turn. While there are few greater pleasures in life than taking on a peach whole, juices pouring down your shirt this recipe is a little more elegant.
Read MoreRadish Top Soup - Recipe
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One of the first plants to arrive is the glorious radish. The radish is the gardening equivalent of learning chop sticks on the piano. Easy to plant and with an almost instant reward. After only a few days young leaves appear and after two weeks the rose roots break the surface like sunburned bald heads.
Read MoreWinter In A Burgundy Garden - Photography
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Hardy plants, branches, watering cans, forgotten garden tools. Nothing is sparred from the sharp crystals of frost that cling to everything. The clear night sky makes way to the bluish hue of morning. A few hungry birds chatter in the bitter cold and heavy blanket of white cold is revealed.
Read MoreDôme de Vézelay, Beetroot & Tarragon Salad
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We have plenty of tarragon here in the garden at The Hungry Cyclist Lodge and what isn't used to infuse vinegar is eaten in salads. Beetroot also grow well and provide a good burst of colour in the depths of winter.
Read MoreCourgettes Carpaccio with Citrus Olive Oil
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I ate the last courgettes from my garden last night. Lovingly wrapped in newspaper, and lined up like nuclear warheads, they were delicious and a fond memory of late summer. My first year in the vegetable garden here at The Hungry Cyclist Lodge has been a success.
Read MoreBoiled Artichokes and Dijon Mustard Vinaigrette
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Whoever discovered you could eat an artichoke? So well defended is the artichoke it’s baffling to imagine how we humans ever discovered they were edible. These armour-plated member of the thistle family look more suited to a medieval torture chamber than our dinner plates, yet get beyond their aggressive exterior pleasure await.
Read MoreTomatoes & Parsley Salad with Dijon Mustard Dressing
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The summer is over. The evening light now hangs low over tight bunches of grapes and leaves rustle and whisper against a cool wind that will soon be their downfall. Wine makers wear their heavier clothes, last seen in April, and the faint odour of burning wood is just recognisable in the dampening evening air.
Read MoreTzatziki Recipe
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Nothing betters eating outdoors in the summer months in Burgundy and wether we are enjoying a gourmet cycling picnic or a bbq in the garden, we eat outside as often as we can.
Read MoreBaked Peppers & Tomatoes
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Another cycling tour here in Burgundy and this week I am lucky enough to have a couple of vegans cycling and tasting wine with me. On first inspection the Burgundian regime might not be the first choice for our animal-loving friends but one thing Burgundians do get right is growing first-class produce.
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