Tofu is a great thing...from Chez Teresa

Tofu is a great thing....Today I made a veggie tofu dish in a vibrant Thai style source with lots of veggies thrown including Courgettes, Aubergines, Sugar Snap Peas, Tomatoes, Onions and grated garlic, a generous grating of fresh ginger, and some diced orange, yellow and red peppers.  Add a large splash of Tamarind sauce which is great to use plus a dash of Soya Sauce, Worcestershire sauce (Lea & Perrins we love) plus a little brown sugar.  Saute your tofu in onions and garlic then add a tin of tomato pulp, add some chopped basil then all of the above.  Simmer until the flavours suit your palette.  It is simply delicious served with brown rice.  To be honest with a lot of my dishes today I also add a veggie Knorr stock pot  which I suppose you might see as a bit of a cheat, but what the hell.  A tsp of black bean sauce is also a wonderful addition to this dish and makes it rather sticky and gorgeous and that is just what I added today.

Yesterday was a bit of a sad day for us at Chez Teresa/A Taste d'Angleterre in Fontevraud l'abbaye as we hardly had anyone in and after a busy couple of  weeks what with all the Italians and visitors from Chile and also Kwait it was rather disappointing.  Today however we have been back on track and have had many customers in mainly from France and Holland as it happens, but also from the UK and Portsmouth in particular.  Our Lemon drizzle cake has been a huge hit along with the fondant au chocolat.  Quite a few people have wanted to drink Chocolate Chaud which we make with creme fraiche, full cream milk, sugar and melted chocolat.  This is a sure sign I think that Autumn is on the horizon and cannot we just feel it in the air first thing in the morning?  There is something about the quality of the air as late August and early September approaches whereby you can almost smell Autumn nights, the changing of the trees and the time when hot soup and a baked potato are going to be just what you want whilst you contemplate solstice and of course the impending lead up to Christmas.

Au revoir for now

T. xx