Whose for Nougat??

As we were making our way down to

Chaumont, for our overnight stop,

we took a break at the delightful services!!

(I mean that sincerely not in a sarcastic way)

We stopped at one that had the most fabulous shop

 it was filled with NOUGAT , bags of it , slabs of it,

all delightful flavours too!!

 

 

 

 

Chabert & Guillot

 

 

 

The words  "nougat" and Montélimar have gone together

since the end of the 17th century, when the first almonds were

introduced in the region by Olivier de Serre, some years earlier.
 

Nougat has always been made with honey, almonds and spices and in  the 17th century Provence became the only place to make it,  also  during this time Olivier de Serres planted the first almond trees near Montélimar, and they started adding the nut to the recipe.

Have you read or heard about the 13 desserts (Nougat being one of them)

of Christmas in the Provence??

 

Can you imagine it at all!!

 

 

The history of Diane de Poytiers can be found on here

, it is a very interesting read.

 

 

Love the tin , there were lots more designs but this one caught my eye.

 

 

I have been reading about Montelimar since I got back and

I WANT to go ,, my list is getting longer and longer ..

 

(I must take the date thing off my camera!!!)

Sorry there is not much write up, I did a

post earlier and blogger decided not to play!!

 

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