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Local products

To enjoy during your vacation or to bring back as a souvenir or gift, Franche-Comté products will always please you!

Are you more of a salty person? We tell you everything about comté, cured meats, trout, etc.

More of a sweet tooth? Discover choucots, quince pastes, crackers…

Where to buy them, where to taste them?

The county: you will love it!

Emblem of our Jura Mountains, Comté is one of the treasures of our region. It is made in the fruitières. But do you know where this term “fruitière” comes from?

A dairy symbolizes the fruit of the work of farmers who pool their milk production, the work of the cheesemaker who transforms milk into cheese, and that of the refiner in his cellars who patiently works each wheel to enhance its aromas. 

It takes about 450 liters of milk to produce a wheel which will weigh about 40 kilos.

You won't be able to leave the region without buying a piece of this cheese, it's so good! Sweet, fruity, or old, there is for every taste !

Where to buy comté?

We give you the right addresses

Of course, you won't be able to leave the region without buying the famous cheese! You can also bring back some cancoillotte, morber, mount of gold (when it's the period...), of the Morteau sausage… In short, only good products from our region!!

Fruitiere de Passavant 2022 OT BLD 23

Want to visit a fruit farm?

In our country, only one comté cheese dairy organizes tours. It is the Fruitière à comté de Passavant Chazot.

Visits are free and take place:

  • Wednesdays in June and September
  • Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 a.m. in July and August (registration required at the Tourist Office)
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Fruitiere a comte Passavant Chazot 2020 19 ©Passavant Cheese Dairy

The roads of the County

You will find in this list all farms, cheese dairies and cheese cellars who can accommodate you, but don't linger too long: get out onto the roads very quickly, it's time to enjoy yourself the County !

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Choucots: a sweet treat 100% Baumois

Created in 1958 by Gérard Blanc, hazelnut choucots are a unique specialty of Baume les DamesThese are hazelnuts coated in an almond paste preparation.

 

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Where to find choucots?

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Bertin Pastry

Don't try to discover the secret of making choucots, it's a well-kept recipe! Better to taste them!

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Bertin Patisserie 2024 OT Doubs Baumois 5 1 ©OT Doubs Baumois

Quince paste: another great story from Baumois!

The quince paste are another tradition that continues among the pastry chefs and confectioners of Baume les DamesThey have a particular shape, similar to glasses, and tell us an unusual story !

The story goes back to the 14th century, when Sibilette de Vaire was an abbess. She was not only an abbess at Baume les Dames, but also in Remiremont in the Vosges. It therefore displayed a double crosier, showing its belonging to two monasteries.

One day Sibilette de Vaire had a falling out with her superior who refused to give her money to undertake work in the abbey. It is said that she was so irritated that she hit him on the head with her rifle butt! As an apology (or as a provocation?!). The story goes that on each anniversary of the argument between Sibilette de Vaire and her superior, Sibilette took great pleasure in offering a ballotin of quince paste to her superior (either to apologize or to taunt him...). And these quince pastes were shaped like a double cross.

Quince paste Credit chantal Meyer 2 ©OT Doubs Baumois
Quince paste Credit chantal Meyer 1 ©OT Doubs Baumois

Crackers

Simple golden and crispy yeast dough in the shape of an 8, the cracker originates from a old legend.

Saint Martin, passing one day in Baume, tied his donkey to the gate of the monastery and went in to refresh himself. The donkey, finding the time long, escaped. Saint Martin asked the population for help in looking for his donkey. People blew into horns and watering cans to imitate the braying of the donkey, which finally responded. He was brought back into the streets of the city, followed by a troop of children who happily filled their pockets of droppings that the donkey dropped on his path. According to this folk tale, Saint Martin, out of gratitude, is said to have transformed the droppings into crackers..

Crackers Credit OT Doubs Baumois 2 ©OT Doubs Baumois
Crackers Credit OT Doubs Baumois 1 ©OT Doubs Baumois
Where to buy these famous quince pastes and crackers?

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At Prescillia

For gourmands, this is the right address! A warm and friendly place. Chocolates, cakes and specialties, you will have the choice.

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At Prescilia 2023 Credit OT Baume les Dames 16 ©OT Doubs Baumois

Bertin Pastry

Iconic address in Baume les Dames for its chocolates, cakes and other sweet products! The window display alone makes us salivate!

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Bertin Patisserie 2024 OT Doubs Baumois 10 ©OT Doubs Baumois

Trout: a specialty of the Cusancin Valley.

On the outskirts of Baume les Dames there is a small valley whose river, the Cusancin, a river of 1st category, is known for his trouts ! You can fish it yourself in the open river.

Bouhelier fish farm August 2023 Credit OT DOUBS BAUMOIS 20 ©OT Doubs Baumois
Fisherman with a rainbow trout
Bouhelier fish farm August 2023 Credit OT DOUBS BAUMOIS 8 ©OT Doubs Baumois
Fish farm pond
Bouhelier fish farm August 2023 Credit OT DOUBS BAUMOIS 12 ©OT Doubs Baumois
Rainbow trout in Guillon-les-Bains
Where to buy good trout?

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Valley fish farm

Visit the direct sales store where Fabrice offers you trout, fried trout, trout fillets, etc.

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Bouhelier fish farming

David Bouhelier, Manager of the company, has been passionate about his trout farming business since 2002. He offers you the retail sale of quality products, close to organic farming, and 100% regional...

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Want to taste a good trout?

Here is a selection of restaurants where trout is celebrated in all its forms: with yellow wine, almonds, blue, meunière…. Attention all enthusiasts, you are in for a treat.

In the Val de Cusance: 

At Pont les Moulins :

A Baume les Dames :

Where to fish for trout?

I am an experienced fisherman :

From March to September on the two Cusancin fishing routes with a fishing permit on sale at the Doubs Baumois Tourist Office.

Fishing in the Doubs July 2025 DOUBS BAUMOIS 26 ©OT Doubs baumois

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Cured meats this way

A concentrated dose of authenticity to savor and share.

Discover the flavours of our region through a selection of addresses and direct sales outlets: cured meats, smoked products, sausages and farm specialties. 

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