Oreillettes

We drove away from Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne after a month’s stay at the riverside camp-site beside the bridge. Our four-year-old daughter’s lower lip quivered – only a small bag of warm oreillettes straight from the boulangerie could help offset her disappointment at leaving France until the next year. These crisp nothings, modelled on piglet’s ears, are also known as ‘bugnes’ and are traditionally made at Christmas in the Ardèche.