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culinary-able tackled chopped tomatoes and a small local market on Mahe, looking for
curry powder. the ingredients to recreate the curry dish
Leaving the spices to infuse and the back home. Like all spice stalls, the colours
tomatoes to soften, our glasses were refilled were enchanting so it’s wise not to be lulled
with another generous slug of wine as Rocco into purchasing the first items you come
chatted about the inspiration for his menus. across. After a quick recce we found stalls
He has to import some ingredients from selling bundles of up to eight spices, which
Paris, but the head chef still makes an early were much better value than buying them
morning trip each Saturday to the local mar- all individually, and a mere £3 for the lot.
kets in Victoria, on the main island of Mahe. A Pool Villa at Sainte Anne Resort & Spa Sainte Anne Resort doesn’t currently offer
Here he explores local flavours and cooking lessons for guests, but they may be
visualises new dishes for guests who, thicken, while Raj the pastry chef got to work introduced. And while honeymoon couples
because of the island’s isolation, normally on our dessert of caramelised pineapple in and wealthy Russians might be the more
eat in the resort every night of their stay. rum. We watched as he caramelised sugar in typical clientele at the moment, my experi-
His creative style includes adding vegeta- a hot pan, adding butter, Penja pepper and ence proved there is the potential for Sainte
bles to desserts, such as his pumpkin creme the slices of a whole pineapple, then I got Anne to tap into a new market of “hopeless
brulee, and lightly deep-frying courgette and involved in combining the caramel with the cooks” if it does decide to take the plunge.
asparagus spears in a golden, crispy batter. fruit. We let it bubble over the heat for a few
Guests can also request one-off dishes which minutes before the alcohol was poured in,
he happily caters for, too. which sent flames shooting upwards and
As we continued to get slightly tipsy on the boys cheering in approval!
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the rosé, Rocco returned to the pans, adding The thick creamy curry we created is
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