A town in the Jura where red, white and rosé wines are made as well as vin jaune and Arbois Mousseux. Arbois was made famous by Brillat-Savarin and Louis Pasteur, who worked on his theories about the action of bacteria having observed a curiosity of some Jura wines - that they form a ‘veil’ on the surface while they are in the cask. The red and rosé wines come from Poulsard, Trousseau and Pinot Noir grapes while the dry whites are from Savagin and Chardonnay.
Breadfruit. Generally eaten as a vegetable and related to the fig. The fruit resembles a round or oval melon, 20-25.5 cm (8-10 inches) in diameter with a thick, rough, yellowish-green rind which ripens to brown. It is so named because the pale, pulpy flesh around the large central core has a mild flavour similar to fresh bread or globe artichokes. To use, peel it and then either bake, fry or boil it, or it can be made into soup. It can be part of either sweet or savoury dishes. It grows on a tall tree with broad green leaves, providing shade as well as fruit. A well-watered tree can produce as many as 1000 fruits in a year.
