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Recipe of the week:

Mushrooms in snails

Mushrooms in snails

This recipe treats mushrooms like snails, stuffed with a garlic, parmesan and parsley butter, then baked.

The result is amazing mushrooms, with a delicious taste of snail butter.

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In September...

Just coming into season: Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin), Beetroot, Cabbage, Pumpkins, Mont-d'Or cheese,
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In season: Grapefruit, Peaches, Pears, Apple, Plums, Grapes, Blackcurrant, Hazelnuts, Pineapples, Bananas, Quinces, Redcurrants, Raspberries, Figs, White beans, Leek, Turnips, Purple globe artichokes, Tomato, Aubergines (eggplants), Leaf beet (swiss chard), Celery, Celeriac, Cauliflower, Red cabbage, Morbier,
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