A few months ago we made a trip to France. After spending a few days in Paris we made our way to Antibes, a small town in the French Riviera nestled on the coast of the Mediterranean.
Surrounded by some of the best food and ingredients I've ever seen I couldn't resist doing a bit of cooking.
La Marche' Provencal is the largest market in region. The food was simply amazing; purveyors selling spices, veggies, cheese, sausage, butter, olive oil.... Everything was amazingly fresh and the quality is something we don't even come close to here in the States. Every purveyor was so proud of what they had produced and was eager to tell you all about where it came from.
After acquiring some cheese, sausage, butter and veggies we went next door to the fish market (poissonnerie). We marveled at the array of fresh seafood and eventually settled on the item I knew how to order, fresh Mediterranean shrimp.
For an appetizer I simply cut-up the tomatoes and topped with garlic. We also had the fresh cows milk cheese and some of the garlic and boar sausage (saucisson) we purchased.
The shrimp were sauteed in butter & white wine and served with some roasted potatoes.
