As we have mentioned, we very much enjoy sharing meals and conversation with our French friends. With have lunches with Estelle, our French daughter, meals with Roger and Dominique, our first landlords and very good friends, and lunches with our DelCano friends (see also April 30th post).
Tuesday evening we hosted Nathalie and Stéphane, our landlords and friends, for dinner (see also 4/26 post re lunch with them). Anna prepared "Simple Pan-Seared Duck Breast" (Delicious and easy! Happy to share the recipe.) which went well with David's Silver Oak 1995 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. (Yes, we do bring some wine from home, and we also take some French wine home with us. That's an example of balance of trade - right? 😏)
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| Lovely complement to the duck breast. |
Anna has discovered a couple of interesting things about French duck breasts. First of all, they are about twice as big as American duck breasts, weighing about 1 lb. each. They also are readily available and can be found in most grocery stores and, of course, in any local boucherie. In fact, she finds she has to alter her US recipes, cutting the quantity of duck breasts in half.
One of the big bonuses of coming to France is the enjoying various repasts and conversations with our friends here in Lyon. Yesterday we enjoyed another lunch with our DelCano friends and will be going to lunch at Roger and Dominique's on Sunday. Delightful people and interesting conversations - it doesn't get much better than that.
Bon Appetit!
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