THE GASTRONOMIC SPECIALITIES OF FRANCE

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NORTH EAST

SOUTH EAST

NORTH

WEST

SOUTH WEST

PARIS / ILE DE FRANCE

OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS AND TERRITORIES

THE GREAT REGIONS OF FRANCE

BRITTANY

WEST

The salted pancakes are made from buckwheat flour and can be filled with salmon, ham, cheese and eggs. The sweet ones are made from plain flour and can be stuffed with marmelade, chocolate or only sugar.

SALTED OR SWEET PANCAKES

The Cancale oyster is characterized by a pronounced flavor of salt with iodine and a nutty aftertaste and is considered as the best one.

The Marennes Oleron oyster comes from the island of Oleron It may have been a blue-green colour depending on the season.

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THE MARENNES OLERON OR CANCALE OYSTERS

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NORTH

• MUSSELS AND CHIPS

NORTH EAST

• THE ALSATIAN SAUERKRAUT

With - cabbage, - smoked ham,- Strasbourg sausages- White wine or beer - and potatoes

PARIS/ ILE DE FRANCE

• CROQUE MONSIEURToasted ham and cheese sandwich

BURGUNDY

• SNAILS

Stuffed with garlic, parsley and butter

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RHONE

• FROG LEGSFried and served with garlic and parsley

SOUTH EAST

• BOUILLABAISSE

A shellfish and fish stew, prepared with the freshest possible seafood, caught and served on the same day.

A dish originally from Marseilles

SOUTH WEST

• THE CASSOULET

- The dish gets its name from the pot it is baked in, the cassole.

- The recipe is based on a stew of white dried beans (Tarbais ones), Toulouse pork sausage, duck confit and duck fat.

- The cassoulet can be prepared the day before and it is better when reheated.

• FOIE GRAS

• CREME CATALANE

- A great French delicacy and very expensive made from the liver of ducks or geese.

- Sold both fresh or cooked- Usually served in thin slices at

the start of a meal with a sweet wine.

- A traditional dessert from French Catalonia

- It is lightly cinnamon flavoured with a crisp caramelised sugar crust

- Looks like the Crème Brûlée but more delicate

HOW TO CARAMELISE SUGAR WITH THE IRON

FRENCH CHEESES

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More than 350 cheeses from every region :

- Camembert, Roquefort, goat’s cheese, ewe’s cheese…

- pasteurised/unpasteurised cheese, mature cheese…

MAP OF WINES

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Cider

- A fermented alcoholic drink made from the unfiltered juice of apples, but with low alcohol content

- Originally from Brittany and Normandy

- Inseparable from pancakes

CHAMPAGNE

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- Sparkling wine produced from grapes grown in the Champagne region.

- Is made from 3 grapes :- Pinot (black)- Meunier (black)- Chardonnay (white)

TOURISM AND GASTRONOMY

Theme weekends in a farm to learn how to cook local produces such as foie gras.

• HAND CRAFTED AND FOIE GRAS MARKET PLACES

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• FESTIVALS ARE ORGANIZED TO HONOUR LOCAL PRODUCES

Violet festival in Toulouse

Pink garlic’s fair in Lautrec

Flowers festival in Luchon

Wine festival in Gaillac