DAY ONE
Sunday afternoon arrival.
A first taste of Normandy follows for Sunday night supper in the form of a Norman cheeseboard with salad, crusty bread, pastries, and wine or some locally produced organic cider.
DAY TWO
8.00 am Continental Breakfast
9.00 am Market visit. Absorb the ambience, pick up some fresh produce for lunch and sample whatever we’re offered before our first cookery session.
1.30 pm Lunch at La Blonderie
3.30 pm Visit to Le P□re Mahieu Ciderie where the best of Normandy’s organic apples are transformed into the most delicious drinks in the forms of cider, pommeau, calvados and apple juice. After a guided tour of the distillary and a walk up to the orchards (weather permitting) we sample the various ciders, calvados, pommeau and apple juice.
Evening free restaurant recommendations and reservations are made for you where necessary.
DAY THREE
9.00 am Breakfast
10.30 am Cookery class # 2 Together we prepare a three course lunch which is enjoyed afterwards washed down with a glass of local, organic cider or wine.
3.30 pm A siesta may be welcome or a chance to visit La Maison du Biscuit where keen shoppers are spoilt for choice.
Dinner suggestion reservations made where necessary.
DAY FOUR
9.00 am Continental Breakfast
10.30 am Food preparation Serious food prepartaion is required for the final cookery (and history) class. Vegetables will be prepared, pork loin will be prepared into Orloff, starters discussed and decided upon and whatever else is necessary for the unique foodie adventure which follows.
12.30 2.30 Lunch in local restaurant (formule du midi)
3.00 pm Excursion #3 a full meal is prepared and cooked in an authentic post-revolution (1789) boulangerie oven (bread oven) chez Fran ois at La Ferme Auberge. While waiting for bread to rise and the food to cook, Fran ois will give a talk on the history of the boulangerie and provide lots of anecdotes for a fun-filled, educational afternoon over a glass of his home made apple juice or cider a serious treat for lovers of history, terroir and food!
7.00 pm Aperitifs with Francois
8.00 pm Dinner
DAY FIVE
All good things must come to end alas, so after breakfast we’ll say our goodbyes. You’ll leave laden with
recipes, tips and more importantly perhaps, an understanding of life in rural Normandy!
