Tahitian Vanilla : a tresor of flavors. First, let me introduce in a few words our Tahitian vanilla. The “ordinary” vanilla of the species fragrans, explode in maturity and has to be picked before it is wall up. On the contrary, that of Tahiti does not open and can be…
This sauce can also be served with fried or steamed fish. For a small bowl 5 minced stoves of garlic 1 small minced piece of ginger 1 tea spoon of…
It’s the season to harvest the uru (bread fruit), and my freezer is full of the gnocchis I have prepared. I already gave you my recipe on the website. Sam and I did something like 10 kilos…… It’s time for new ideas in order to preserve the bread fruit. That’s…
Sam works hard in his fa’a’apu so the harvests are plentiful. I had to be creative, because even if we gave a lot of them, we had more in the garden! So, I cooked our pumpkins different ways : Steamed with a knob of butter, chicken sauté with pumpkin, pumpkin…
In Tahiti and the islands, as here in Moorea, big family reunions are an opportunity to prepare the traditional “ahima’a”. For our daughter’s wedding, the whole family gathered to help with the huge preparation work. “Ahima’a” is the name given to the Tahitian oven, which consists of a hole dug…
The nature is generous and in the tropics, even more than somewhere else. We harvest so many passion fruits, that except the juice, we decided to make it some sorbet. And also some margarita! For now, here comes the receipe sorbet. 250 cl passionfruit juice 250g sugar ½ liter of…
Passion fruit sorbet is great, but for a small break aperitif, margarita is perfect ! For 1 person 4 cl of Tequila 2 cl of cointreau 2cl de jus de lime 2 ice cube of passion fruit juice 6 Ice cube Blend it. Savour !