The ingredients...
It’s always the quality of the ingredients that makes the quality of the dish… well, almost!
You want to buy live langoustines at the market. Like everything at the fishmonger’s, you watch the prices and buy when they’re cheaper (right now you can find lovely live langoustines from the Croisic fish market (for the people of Nantes) at €18, or even less.
I buy my tomatoes from Marc Peyrey (he has a website)… I go for the Marco recipe, which is truly excellent; you can even add a little of the oil from the packet if you like your tabbouleh a touch richer and more fragrant.
For the peppers, the ideal is to have frozen some in season… Otherwise, you fall back on Monsieur Picard’s, who, by the way, really ought to offer an organic version 🙁
You try to grow your own mint in the garden or on the balcony… it’s an easy plant to grow.
You buy an organic Muscadet… for us, Joël Bouvet’s, which is excellent at a very reasonable price ^^
