Fête de la pomme

We decided to have dinner in Troyes last night, and enjoyed a delicious meal at ‘les Crieurs des vins’, a lovely little restaurant and wine merchants that serves delicious, typical French fare. It meant though that we got back a little late, and all a little tired from our eventful day in Troyes. we were all ready for a lazy start to our Sunday.

I suggested we could then either go for a walk through the local vineyards or head to an apple festival in the village of Laignes, about 30 minutes away.

Everyone was up for going to the ‘fête de la pomme’, as we hadn’t been before, and I think we were all looking forward to a little excursion.

We arrived just on lunch time, but the stall holders were still all keen to chat and explain their produce with us. We particularly liked a stall selling various ‘crème de’ liquors, which were around 18% alcohol. The lady mixed us a crème de raspberry, lime juice, mint and cider cocktail, which was rather delicious. It was enough to convince us all to buy some.

In the centre of the market square they’d set up a juicing stall, where a number of the growers were helping to squeeze the apples to make deliciously, fresh fruit juice.

Such a fantastic day out. for lunch, we chose a little stall where the lady was making spicy, salt cod fritters. We had a selection of them which included some aubergine and prawn ones, followed by some syrupy plantain for dessert. All rather scrumptious.