Soup and nibbles

We needed to nip into Troyes last week on a few errands. Brian had bought me some gorgeous slippers, but I needed the next size up. The Ekyog shop, where Brian bought them, changed them with ease for me.

It wasn’t a great day weather wise, so we enjoyed a coffee and sandwich at a small boulangerie for lunch then headed over to the Leclerc at Saint Parres aux Tertres. It’s a very large supermarket which was well stocked with lots of tasty new year treats. I was mostly after some beef to make a slow cooked casserole. Their meat counter was packed full of choice, and the butcher was helpful in sharing his thoughts on the best cut of meat. I chose 3, rather large, slices of beef shank, that included the bone and bone marrow. I wanted this to help make the gravy thick and rich with flavour to go with some delicious dauphinois potatoes. I was planning to cook it for an easy supper with friends.

We were not too late home, and a simple supper of soup and nibbles was in order, sitting in front of the fire with a spicy Bloody Mary, a perfect end to our day