Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Ceps, glorious Ceps!

No use pretending any more - although the sun shines brightly autumn has arrived. It is distinctly chilly outside and visitors to Vaison's market this morning were bundled up in their winter coats. But there are rewards: Porcini season has started -  just look how beautifully one of the vendors presented his ceps.

He even cut them apart to show me their premium quality - no blemishes, no worms, nothing but mushroom goodness that doesn't need much to be turned into a very simple but très gourmet cep omelette. 

Mise en place: eggs, ceps, a small handfull of bacon bits, 1 finely minced clove of garlic, one half of a finely chopped mild onion, pepper and salt.


 Sauté all ingredients in butter - I added a few leftover potatoes -

 until nicely browned

add the lightly beaten eggs, let cook on low then decorate with a few chopped chives.

14 comments:

  1. Yummy! I wish I could have gone to the market this morning. I would have bought a bunch of Ceps too. I'm surprised there have not been ceps before now. It seems we have bought them in October before.

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    1. Michel I am not sure if there have not been ceps before - we were away.

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  2. I am so jealous! I've only had properly fresh ceps like these once, and they were so delicious!

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  3. i can never get them here. i saw plenty in the czech republic though.

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    1. Poland and the Czech Republic are real mushroom countries.

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  4. I would love to taste these. We have them here, but they are conventionally grown - just not the same.

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    1. I didn't know that ceps are commercially grown.

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  5. I wonder do you ever collect them like so many people do here? My hubby loves this time of year for the mushrooms(market source), and I love his omelettes :-).

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    1. I would love to go and collect theem but I am too afraid to pick the wrong ones....

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  6. Oh, Barbara, this look absolutely gorgeous and yours come freshly picked : ) loved your omelette, I could eat this everyday! enjoy for me too please : ) Ozlem x

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  7. Can I do the same thing with Girolles? This looks wonderful...

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