My kitchen here in Paris is about the size of a laundry board cupboard so it has forced me to be a super neat, super cautious cook when preparing things (things are piled on top of each other!) Having one hotplate and a small toaster oven, I’m having lots of fun getting nifty with what I have. Of course the produce here is an incredible change from what I’m used to getting in the tropics, so everything is exciting in its raw and unadulterated form. At the moment stoned fruit, raspberries, apples, and pears are good (lucky me) as well as white asparagus, fennel, beefsteak tomatoes, and wonderfully waxy new potatoes. Of course I’ve also been taking advantage of the incredible bread and cheese that comes with being in a place that prides itself on these wonderfully delicious things. Each day I have my breakfast bathing in the morning sun, perched on my little windowsill. I like to keep things real simple, after all, simple things are what make me happiest (I’d be a real cheap date haha).
Anyways, I present to you 10 French provincial inspired simple breakfasts that represent Spring in Paris. All colour, all sweet yummies, nothing too fancy…. and that French butter! man!
Deltana apple (French variety) / Yellow peach / Sheep’s milk fromage blanc / Homemade apricot conserve with traditional wax covering / Blood orange juice /
Mache (lamb’s leaf) salad with coriander, vine ripened tomato, and cucumber / Balsamic vinaigrette / Pumpernickel bread toasted with French demi-sel butter / Orange juice /
Fresh strawberries / Goat’s milk fromage blanc / Apple & blueberry compote / Toasted pumpernickel with organic chocolate hazelnut confiture / Cafe au lait / Blood orange, orange, and lemon juice /
White asparagus sautéed in French butter / Free range, organic scrambled eggs / Country style rice & chia seed toast (GF) / Reinette Grise du Canada apple / Blood orange, orange, and lemon juice / Cafe au lait /
Country style rice & chia toast (GF) with French butter and homemade apricot conserve / Fresh raspberries on raw cow’s milk fromage frais / Orange juice / Cafe au lait /
Fresh cherries & apricot on sheep’s milk fromage blanc with a dollop of red currant confiture / Organic multi-grain ficelle / French demi-sel butter / Ruby red grapefruit juice / Cafe au lait /
A country ham & gruyere scramble with organic free range eggs / Toast with French butter / Apricot / Reinette Grise du Canada apple / Blood orange & grapefruit juice / Cafe au lait /
Pears caramelised in French butter & fleur de sel / Organic hazelnut & chocolate confiture / Goat’s milk fromage frais / Ruby red grapefruit juice / Cafe au lait /
Country style rice & chia toast (GF) / French demi-sel butter & apricot conserve / Organic hazelnut chocolate confiture & raspberries / Orange juice / Black coffee /
Fresh cherries / Charden apple / red current confiture / Raw cow’s milk fromage frais / Ruby red grapefruit juice / Cafe au lait /
