It’s been rather warm in Paris recently so when my friend Martine stopped by à l’improviste for dinner last night I opted for a couple of starters — proscuitto with fresh figs and tomatoes with mozzarella. Okay, purists might say that this is Italian cuisine, not French. But they may be forgetting that a swath of southern France was part of Italy not that long ago…
In any event, tomato-mozzarella salad and country ham with melon or another fruit have become part of the everyday Paris repertoire in both bistros and homes. To complete the dinner, you could make a little salad of arugula (recipe forthcoming soon) or enjoy some wonderful leftovers, which is what we did.
Jambon de pays aux figues / Cured country ham with fresh figs
Tomates-mozzarella-basilic / Tomato-mozzarella salad
By the way, many thanks to all who replied to my first entry yesterday. Some of you noticed that the site was down for a while — this was due to a major crash of my domain server, but the problem is thankfully fixed now. As I am not very tech savvy there are still some glitches on this site, but I hope to have them ironed out in the next few days. I am grateful for your interest and support, and welcome your comments on the recipes.
