Fondue de courgettes à la tomate YR 580 ml

This courgette and tomato fondue carries the Y. Reynier label, one of the brands of Conserves Guintrand, a family cannery based in Carpentras, in the Vaucluse, since 1898. The recipe brings together diced courgettes, more than two thirds of the jar, fresh Provence tomato and olive oil, with herbs and spices. The cannery works with fresh fruit and vegetables from Provence, the Alps and the Rhône valley. The result sits somewhere between a ratatouille and slow-cooked vegetables: soft and ready to serve.

The label suggests heating it or just warming it, depending on taste or season, in the oven or the microwave, and making it a main dish, with a poached egg or some rice for instance. It also goes with grilled, roast or pan-fried meat and poultry: with a little of their cooking juices poured over, it takes on more flavour. You can also spread it on puff pastry for a quick tart, toss it through pasta with parmesan or serve it cold on grilled bread.

The 580 ml glass jar holds 520 g net. Use it before the best-before date on the lid; once opened, keep it in the fridge and eat it within 3 days. You will also find it on the shelves of our shop, 58 rue Tiquetonne, Paris.