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Alsace Lorraine Lorraine Specialties
French Canon
10 entries
FR.03.0001
Andouille de Val-d'Ajol
The andouille de Val-d’Ajol is one of France’s most distinctive charcuterie products: a large, smoke…
FR.03.0002
Bouchée à la Reine
The bouchée à la reine (‘the queen’s mouthful’) is a large vol-au-vent of puff pastry filled with a …
FR.03.0003
Mirabelle: The Golden Plum of Lorraine
The mirabelle is Lorraine’s golden treasure: a tiny plum (2-3cm diameter) of extraordinary sweetness…
FR.03.0004
Pâté Lorrain
Pâté lorrain is not a pâté in the modern sense (ground meat in a terrine) but an ancient enclosed pi…
FR.03.0005
Potée Lorraine
The potée lorraine is Lorraine’s great boiled dinner: a slow-simmered one-pot meal of smoked pork, f…
FR.03.0006
Râpées de Pommes de Terre
Râpées (also râpées or Grumbeerekiechle in Alsatian dialect) are the crispy potato pancakes of Alsac…
FR.03.0007
Soupe aux Grenouilles de la Meuse
The soupe aux grenouilles (frog soup) of the Meuse valley is one of Lorraine’s most delicate and dis…
FR.03.0008
Tarte à l'Oignon Alsacienne
The tarte à l’oignon alsacienne (Alsatian onion tart, Zewelkueche in dialect) is a savoury open tart…
FR.03.0009
Touffaye Vosgienne
The touffaye (also toufé or tofaye) is a Vosges mountain dish of humble origins and extraordinary co…
FR.03.0010
Tourte Lorraine
The tourte lorraine is a magnificent covered meat pie that ranks among the most distinguished prepar…