Discover 1 yummy recipe echoing Fermob new colours: Frosted lemon, Ice mint and Clay grey. DIY recipe easy to redo at home.

INGREDIENTS:

RECIPE:

1. Mix the milk and chia seeds together in the bowl.	2. Cover the mixture and allow it to rest in the fridge for at least 6 hours.
3. Add the pieces of fruit to the mixture.	4. Top with nuts and a drizzle of honey, maple syrup or agave syrup.

Tic, Tac ! Tic, Tac ! Votre calendrier de l’Avent Fermob vous rappelle que Noël se rapproche dangereusement et le stress monte tout doucement…  Il y a quelques jours, souvenez-vous, nous vous avions concocté une liste d’idées cadeaux originales pour toute la famille – Ouf ! un stress en moins.
Aujourd’hui, c’est Emilie Guelpa, directrice artistique et auteur du blog “Griottes”, qui vient à la rescousse avec une délicieuse recette de gâteau spécial Noël.
Tout est dans le détail pour épater vos convives !

RECETTE par Emilie Guelpa – Griottes.fr

Pour le gâteau :

• 125 g de yaourt
• 2 œufs
• 1 sachet de levure chimique
• 1/2 pot d’huile
• 2 pots de farine
• 1 pot de sucre
• 1 gousse de vanille

Pour la crème :

• 20 cl de crème liquide au mascarpone
• 40 g de sucre en poudre
• 1 cuillère à café de charbon naturel en poudre ( magasins bio )

Pour la garniture :

• 1/2 ananas épluché et coupé en morceaux
• Une poignée de cerises griottes congelées
• Une poignée de figues congelées
• 2 poires épluchées et coupées en morceaux
• 1 orange épluchée et coupée en morceaux
• 30 cl d’eau
• 150 g de sucre
• 1 gousse de vanille

Placez le yaourt dans un saladier, puis servez-vous du pot pour mesurer les autres ingrédients.
Ajoutez tous les ingrédients, sauf la gousse de vanille.
Mélangez l’ensemble avec un fouet jusqu’à ce que la pâte soit bien souple et homogène.
Fendez la gousse de vanille dans toute sa longueur et raclez avec un couteau tout le long pour ne garder que les grains de vanille. Ajoutez-les à la pâte et mélangez à nouveau. Réservez la peau de la gousse.
Beurrez et farinez un moule à gâteau circulaire de 18 cm de diamètre.
Versez la pâte et mettre au four à 180 °C pendant 40 minutes environ.
Piquez avec la pointe du couteau en fin de cuisson, si elle ressort sèche c’est cuit sinon continuer un peu la cuisson.

Faites chauffer l’eau et le sucre. Ajoutez les fruits, coupez à nouveau une gousse de vanille en deux, retirez les grains que vous pouvez ajouter directement à l’eau. Ajoutez également les peaux des deux gousses. Laissez mijoter environ 30 minutes en remuant souvent et en vérifiant qu’il reste toujours du liquide.
Otez les gousses de vanille et laissez refroidir les fruits.

Quand le gâteau est cuit, laissez-le complètement refroidir puis coupez-le en deux dans le sens de la largeur.
Au milieu ajoutez les fruits, puis replacez la deuxième partie du gâteau par dessus.

Dans un bol faites monter la crème en chantilly à l’aide d’un batteur, ajoutez le sucre, mélangez puis ajoutez le charbon. Mélangez grossièrement la crème pour faire des effets de couleurs.
Recouvrir le gâteau de cette crème. Décorer le dessus avec des petits personnages et servez !

Today, we would like to share some very quick, simple tips to protect your tables, chairs, sunloungers and other outdoor furniture!

It is autumn: the time of year to go for a walk in the wood. It’s time to protect your furniture for the winter. So follow the guide!

Before storing your furniture, clean it with a suitable product:

1. Start by cleaning your metal furniture with clean or soapy water. Wipe it carefully to prevent limescale marks.

2. If there are any ingrained stains or dirt, spray a little cleaner on the surface (aluminium, steel, outdoor canvas, or woven resin). Be sure to use a mild cleanser and avoid detergents.

3. Rub lightly with a damp sponge. Avoid abrasive or metallic sponges .

4. All you have to do is rinse and you’re done!

 

Find out more:

Check out the multi-purpose cleaner suitable for all Fermob furniture. You’ll also find it useful in the home for dusting, removing bird droppings, food stains or rain marks on windows!

 

If you leave your furniture outside all winter, remember to:

1. Tilt your tables using wedges to help water to run off and limit dirt and scale deposits. It’s also advisable to rest your seats against the tables and not turn them upside down on the tables.

2. Stack your sunloungers

3. Bring in your cushions and protect your chairs and sofas with our covers – nothing else – as they will allow air to circulate. Don’t cover them with a tarpaulin or plastic sheet and avoid prolonged contact with any object that might retain water and moisture.

Now your furniture will be clean and protected until the fine weather comes back.

You can now go and curl up by the fire!

For many years, producing in an environmentally friendly way has been a constant concern for Fermob. Distributing products that are good for you and for the planet is in line with this preoccupation … Check them out… We are sharing them just with you, Fermobpeople…

Some gems for consuming in an environmentally friendly yet decorative way

The guiding light of the Fermobpeople community is to share (our tips, tricks and favourites, and yours too)! Today, as Fermob is a brand that has long been committed to protecting the environment, this will be our shopping list for environmentally friendly, trendy consumption, in all circumstances! Visit the Fermob Paris Raspail and Ledru stores to get your hands on some…

Environmentally friendly AND decorative products!

For your cocktails in the garden, barbecues, birthdays and outdoor picnics, say goodbye to your disposable dishes! Replace them with….

1. Bam Bam straws, made of bamboo from sustainably managed forests. They are reusable and 100% natural . To sip your summer cocktails with peace of mind!

2. Delightful plates and mugs, made of bamboo fibre. The brand &Klevering has been working with two artists, Anouk Kramer, a ceramist and Yvette van Boven, a Danish chef. Put these together and what do you get? Colourful, cheerful tableware, just like Fermob furniture, set off by primary-coloured motifs reminiscent of paintings by Matisse, or decorated with stylized vegetables. Machine washable tableware: so eco-friendly!

3. organic plastic cutlery by Koziol: a clip-on set, with a catchy name: Klikk! An intricate piece of work by London designer Cairn Young, inspired by the Japanese who know how to perfectly interlock pieces of wood, without ever drilling or nailing them.

4. Soup plates, with a very original and stylish folded finish, by Koziol. Or when organic plastic goes chic….

5. A silicone placemat for children by Superpetit, to colour and take with you everywhere, for their meals or to keep them busy in the doctor’s waiting room! The 5 washable, non-toxic felt pens are provided.

6. Exit plastic cutlery and enter the BAM BAM bamboo meal kit by COOKUT, to slip into your bag! Ideal for lunch at your desk or a picnic to get some fresh air.

7. And to carry all this and much more: the prettily-named Sacha folding bag made of natural cotton by COOKUT. Made of netting, its retro look gives a great effect!

8. And, last but not least…, for your home, get COOKUT brand Cofi washable coffee filters made of untreated cotton.

Our BIG favourite is NAHTIK, the eco-chic toothbrush

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAHTIK, the brand named after of a Pacific island recently smothered in plastic waste, was born out of a beautiful family history. In the Reybier family, I would like the mother, Valérie, in charge of the project, the father, Jean-Christophe, the daughter, Jeanne, and the son, Victor.

“As a former corporate lawyer, I had the idea of creating NAHTIK to set out on a new adventure and make my contribution to ecology. Plastic pollution is a real plague that we must fight. Each year, 5 billion toothbrushes sold worldwide, are mostly dumped without being recycled and end up on the sea bed. I wanted to offer an alternative to plastic but I wanted this alternative to also be attractive: That was how NAHTIK started.  Of course, fighting plastic pollution with your toothbrush will not solve the problem, but it’s a start! Because there is no such thing as a small gesture when many people are making them”. 

Bamboo has all the qualities to advantageously replace the plastic used in toothbrushes: it is natural, biodegradable, naturally antimicrobial and can be composted. And in order not to deprive pandas of their favourite food, NAHTIK uses the only species they don’t eat.

Terribly attractive with its sculpted handle with different 3 patterns, this recyclable toothbrush comes in 5 colours, including a model for children. It is also available by subscription: for 25 euros, you get a new toothbrush in the post every three months.

Have you changed any of your habits? What are your tips for sustainable consumption?