Morello cherries. Large, near black, sour cherries used in cooking and in making jams (US: jellies) and syrups. They are often preserved in wine or syrup for serving as a condiment or dessert sauce.
One of the nine grand cru vineyards in the commune of Gevrey-Chambertin, producing some of the finest celebrated red wines of Côte-de-Nuits, Burgundy. Chambertin was Napoleon’s favourite wine. Eight villages are entitled to hyphenate their names with Chambertin. Alexander Dumas once said "Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin".
Morello cherries. Large, near black, sour cherries used in cooking and in making jams (US: jellies) and syrups. They are often preserved in wine or syrup for serving as a condiment or dessert sauce.
A slab-shaped dairy and farmhouse cow's milk cheese cured in brine and beer, resulting in a strong tasting and smelling cheese with a pinkish-grey sticky rind.
An over-wintering variety of shallot with good flavour. It has a dry appearance but a good, strong, fresh flavour and is considered by many to be the true shallot.
A slender mushroom of the amanite family with a pale grey, ribbed cap, mild scent and flavour. It must be eaten well cooked or it will cause gastro -intestinal problems.
