Main dishes.
Summertime Salt Cod
Salt cod is a winter dish in Cancale, and traditional recipes generally involve potatoes, plus lots of butter and cream. This Italian-inspired dish takes it out of that cold- [...]
Seared Scallops on a Bed of Warm Leeks
The leeks can be 'fancied up' by sautéing them with finely diced preserved lemon then folding in chopped, smoked duck, sizzled chorizo, or even crab. 4 medium-sized leeks 6 [...]
Razor Clams with Beurre Blanc Sauce
On the Orkney Islands off the northern coast of Scotland, razor clams are called spoots. (According to Alan Davidson in “North Atlantic Seafood.) There, they are either grill [...]
Monkfish à l’Armoricaine
Everyone has a slightly different take on how to prepare the Armoricaine sauce, but two ingredients are essential: a fish or shellfish stock base and a good pinch of cayenne [...]
Nettle Quiche with Crab
Two wild edibles that appear in Cancale come spring are paired together in this quiche : Stinging nettles from the hiking trail that winds around the coast and fresh crab cau [...]