Hi, I'm Andie.
I live near the Swiss Alps, in Bern, and I love not only melting cheese, but all kinds of Swiss cooking.
All tagged abricotine
A Valais version of the classic French dessert. The custard is infused with saffron (did you know they grow it in Valais?) and Distillery Morand’s delicious mousse replaces the fussy meringues.
That’s right, you don’t have to poach meringues AND you get a hit of booze. You’re welcome.
High on a Walliser mountain is the tiny community of Mund, who harvest no more than five kilos per year. Saffron grows from crocus flowers, each bloom yielding only three thin scarlet threads. It takes over a hundred flowers to make a single gram, which can cost upwards of 30 francs.
