By Ven, lifestyle manager at Les Domaines de Chabran
Rebekah Peppler is an American writer and author who lives in Paris, and le SUD is her book of the south of France: recipes from Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, from the lemons of Menton to the rice of the Camargue. With her, we made the Les Domaines de Chabran x le SUD menu. It brings the flavours of the south straight to the table, with ingredients from the farms and producers nearby, prepared for you and the people you love in your own kitchen, here in the Alpilles.
Tellines, rosé and bread
Take the tellines à la persillade, the dish I would choose for a first evening. Tellines are the tiny clams of the Camargue beaches. They open in a hot pan with garlic, olive oil and a splash of Provençal rosé, and the parsley, celery leaves and lemon go in at the very end. They come to the table in one wide, shallow bowl, are shared out into small ones, and there is always crusty bread for the juices. With a few more tellines each, it is lunch.
How to have it
Quentin, our chef, cooks the menu in your house, for an evening or for the week. Ask for it when we plan your stay, and I will book him for the evening you want. You can buy a signed copy of le SUD during your stay, and soon in our shop, so that you can cook the south again once you are home.
Ven is Liliana’s sister and the lifestyle manager of Les Domaines de Chabran. She runs the houses day to day, plans every stay with our guests, and has lived in the Alpilles for nearly six years.