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Musée Historique of Mont Saint-Michel – midweek picture post!

Garden, Musée d'Histoire Mont Saint-Michel

A visit to Mont Saint-Michel always raises our spirits and our heart rates as we clamber up so, so many steps.  The paved plateau by Chapelle Notre-Dame-sous-Terre is about the highest place visitors can explore, with a view well worth the gasping and being elbowed aside by power walking retirees. This

Tarte Aux Poires Normande

Tarte aux poires Normand recipe

Pears are grown all over Normandy and give sweet summer loveliness to perfect puddings.  Puddings like this one. You will need Shortcrust pastry to line a 10" tarte dish - if using something smaller and deeper, just bake for longer and cover with foil for the final stretch. 125g Normandy butter

Rich and creamy baked Normandy cheesecake

Camembert baked cheesecake, with a lot of lovely local fruit.

There is a cheesecake under all that fruit somewhere This cheesecake is wonderfully rich and creamy and although it contains flavourful Camembert, the final taste is not overly cheesy. The only complicated bit is keeping an eye on the last few minutes of cooking (more about that below) – not a

Easy & tasty Tarte Normande

Tarte Normande recipe

We first sent this recipe out as a tweet and had great feedback, including a photo of a non-cook’s excellent first attempt!   For a delicious treat you will need: Enough shortcrust pastry to line a large tarte mould.  Not sure about pastry? No-one will know if you use a ready-made, just

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