Filipino Community living in Brittany and France

With 2013 coming to an end we would like to wish the Filipino community living in Brittany and France all the best for the new year and hope that 2014 brings happiness and good times for all.

Manigong Bagong Taon  2014 sa mga kababayan Ko sa France.

Naomi and I hope to meet Filipino's living in France to make new friends and share the Filipino culture to close the gap of the 2 countries. So don't be shy please get in touch at: laforge@hotmail.co.uk

Here is a recipe of one of my favorite Filipino dishes that Naomi cooks for me:

How to cook Kalderetang Manok or Chicken Caldereta a wonderful Filipino dish

A wonderful dish

How to cook this great Filipino dish

Kalderata Manok is a Spanish influenced dish that your find being cooked throughout the Philippines and is known as Chicken Calderata.

For my English pallet its a wonderful curry and this is Naomi's version.

Ingredients:

600 gm Chicken fillets cubed

Pinch of Salt

Pinch of mono sodium glutamate

1 Large Onion chopped

cooking oil for frying

1 can of peeled tomatoes

250 ml coconut milk

3 cloves of Garlic

1 tea spoon Hot Chilli and garlic sauce

250 gm cubed potato

125 gm cubed carrot

200 gm Pineapple

Preparation:

Heat cooking oil in a wok and then add the garlic and Onion until brown, then add the potato, carrots, salt,Mono sodium glutamate and chicken, add a little water, stir and simmer for 10 min.

Then add the tin of chopped tomatoes and coconut milk, simmer for an additional 20 min then add the pineapple slices and cook for a final 5 min.

Serve with rice and enjoy.

Naomi will be preparing this dish for guest staying at La Forge and La Veille maison, the Brittany holiday cottages with a heated swimming pool based in the Morbihan region of southern Brittany, France.

La Forge Brittany holiday cottage is available to rent all year, where as La Veille Maison is available from the end of May until the start of September.