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Savez-vous pourquoi le village de Chefchaouen (au Maroc), a été complètement peint en bleu ?!! 

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Le potimarron est un « cultivar » (variété de plante obtenue en culture) de potirons, originaire du Japon. C’est une recette qui ne vous prendra que 15 minutes de préparation mais près de 65 minutes de cuisson, notamment si vous le faites pour 8 personnes.

- PUDDING DE POTIMARRON -

INGRÉDIENTS :

- 500 g de potimarron

- 1 cuillère(s) à café de poudre à lever

- 2 cuillère(s) à café de cannelle en poudre

- 1 cuillère(s) à café de quatre épices

- 160 g de farine

- 120 g de sucre de canne complet

- 3 oeufs

- 1 banane très mûre

- 25 g d'huile d'olive

- 1 cuillère(s) à café de vanille en poudre

- le zeste et la moitié du jus d'une orange non traitée

- 30 g d'écorces d'orange confites

PRÉPARATION :

1 - Coupez le potimarron en deux, puis en morceaux, sans l’éplucher, ôtez les graines, et faites-le cuire dans une casserole remplie d’eau à hauteur pendant 20 mn.

2 - Égouttez et écrasez en purée.

3 - Dans un grand bol, mélangez la farine, la poudre à lever, les épices et une pincée de sel.

4 - Préchauffez le four sur th.6/180°.

5 - Dans un grand saladier, battez le sucre avec la banane écrasée et les œufs, jusqu’à ce que le mélange commence à mousser légèrement. Continuez à battre en incorporant l’huile, le zeste de l’orange et la moitié 
de son jus.

6 - Incorporez ensuite la purée de potimarron, la vanille, le mélange farine-épices, puis les écorces d’orange coupées en petits dés.

7 - Versez 
la pâte dans un moule à manqué de 24cm de diamètre et faites cuire 45 mn. Laissez tiédir avant de démouler. Servez tiède ou frais.

L'ASTUCE :

Ce dessert tout simple est délicieux accompagné de fromage blanc fouetté. Vous pouvez ajouter au fromage blanc 2 ou 3 pincées 
de cannelle et des zestes d’orange.

Dramatiques en hiver, poétiques en été, les Yorkshire Dales sont constituées de vallées en forme de “U” ou de “V” qui ont été façonnées par des glaciers aujourd’hui disparus. Le mot “dale” lui-même signifie en anglais “vallon”.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Ici, Ici, les landes de bruyère sont entrecoupées de pâturages à moutons encerclés de murets de pierre. Ce paysage si caractéristique a fait la renommée de cette région du nord de l’Angleterre.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Les Yorkshire Dales sont ainsi devenus parc national dès 1954. Aujourd’hui, elles reçoivent près de 8 millions de visiteurs par an. Un chiffre impressionnant !

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Citations  ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              L’ordre est le plaisir de la raison : mais le désordre est le délice de l’imagination.

(Paul Claudel)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Le seul moyen de se délivrer de la tentation, c'est d'y céder.

(Oscar Wilde)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Il n’y a peut-être rien qui ennoblit plus un être humain que de savoir garder un secret.

(Soren Kierkegaard)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Dieu a créé les riches pour donner aux pauvres le paradis en spectacle.

(Christiane Singer)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Quand on est aimé, on ne doute de rien. Quand on aime, on doute de tout. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (Colette)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        D'âge en âge on ne fait que changer de folie.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (La Chaussée)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Aimer, c’est préférer un autre à soi-même.

(Paul Léautaud)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Un grand peuple sans âme est une vaste foule !

(Alphonse de Lamartine)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Rien n’est petit dans l’amour. Ceux qui attendent les grandes occasions pour prouver leur tendresse ne savent pas aimer.

(Laure Conan)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           On ne se console pas des chagrins, on s’en distrait.

(Stendhal)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Quand les hommes ne peuvent changer les choses, ils changent les mots.

(Jean Jaurès)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Que l’importance soit dans ton regard, non dans la chose regardée.

(André Gide)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Il vaut mieux aller plus loin avec quelqu'un, que nulle part avec tout le monde.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (Pierre Bourgault)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Il ne faut compter que sur soi-même. Et encore, pas beaucoup.

(Tristan Bernard)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ne faites rien contre votre conscience, même si l’État vous le demande.

(Albert Einstein)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Une opinion n’est choquante que lorsqu’elle est une conviction.

(Remy de Gourmont)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Je crains ce que je veux et je veux ce que je crains.

(Corneille)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Il entre dans toutes les actions humaines plus de hasard que de décision.

(André Gide)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       C'est toujours dans les yeux que les gens sont les plus tristes

(Romain Gary)