With a warm, dry Spring has come a wonderful season of strawberries and cherries here in the Alps. Apparently the same conditions have produced a bumper crop in the UK too, where the season has arrived so early they're worried there'll be no strawberries left for Wimbledon. Oh, the horror!
Here at Ferme du Ciel we've discovered with great delight an abundance of tiny wild strawberries in our garden. The conditions have been just right and our neighbour Edmund tells us he hasn't seen such a beautiful crop of
fraises du bois (strawberries from the woods) in decades. We've looked them up and officially, these little strawberries are known as 'Fragaria Vesca'.
So after an hour spent picking delicately on our hands and knees we realise that making a big
tarte des fraises du bois is going to require more dedication than we perhaps have to offer. A
tartelette is more realistic! It won't be large enough for a dinner party dessert, but just perfect to accompany a nice coffee this afternoon ...
Here at Ferme du Ciel we've discovered with great delight an abundance of tiny wild strawberries in our garden. The conditions have been just right and our neighbour Edmund tells us he hasn't seen such a beautiful crop of fraises du bois (strawberries from the woods) in decades. We've looked them up and officially, these little strawberries are known as 'Fragaria Vesca'. 
So after an hour spent picking delicately on our hands and knees we realise that making a big tarte des fraises du bois is going to require more dedication than we perhaps have to offer. A tartelette is more realistic! It won't be large enough for a dinner party dessert, but just perfect to accompany a nice coffee this afternoon ...
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