A vegetable used often in the past for conserving, producing a rather marmalade-like jam (US: jelly). It is a long rounded thing like the green shape in the picture and is available at around 12 to 15 inches long.
Gigondas (AOC) is in the region of the Rhône Valley Côtes-du-Rhône wines in southern Rhône, in Vaucluse. Red and rosé wines are made from Grenache Noir, Syrah, Cinsault and Mourvèdre grapes. Most wines are red, and Grenache Noir dominates. The reds age very well. Maximum yields are restricted and the minimum alcoholic strength must be 12.5%. For red wines, the Grenache grape must account for no more than 80% of the blend with Syrah and Mourvèdre providing the rest.
A dish from the Auvergne of a leg of lamb studded with garlic, stewed in white wine with bacon and herbs and served with red kidney beans, braised cabbage and chestnuts.
Monkfish (US: angler fish) roasted as though it were a leg of lamb, with garlic, thyme, rosemary and oil.
