©Doubs Department - Florian Houtmann 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 fruitière symbolizes the fruit of the work of farmers who pool their milk production , the work of the cheesemaker who transforms the milk into cheese, and that of the affineur in his cellars who patiently works on 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! Mild, fruity, or aged , there's something for everyone!
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Of course, you can't leave the region without buying the famous cheese! You can also bring back cancoillotte , morbier , Mont d'Or (when it's in season…), Morteau sausage … In short, only good local products!!
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)
©Passavant Cheese Dairy The roads of the County
In this list you will find all the farms, cheese dairies and aging cellars that can welcome you, but don't stay too long in front of them: instead, head out onto the roads very quickly, it's time to savor the Comté!
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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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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©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.
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A simple golden and crispy leavened dough in the shape of an 8, the craquelin originates from an old legend.
Saint Martin, passing through Baume one day, tied his donkey to the monastery gate and went inside to refresh himself. Finding the time dragging, the donkey escaped. Saint Martin asked the townspeople for help in finding his donkey. They blew into horns and watering cans to imitate the donkey's braying, and finally, it responded. It was led back through the town streets, followed by a group of children who gleefully filled their pockets with the droppings the donkey left along the way. According to this folktale, Saint Martin, out of gratitude, transformed the droppings into 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.
I want to buy quince crackers and pastes
©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!
I want to buy quince crackers and pastes
©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.
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Valley fish farm
Visit the direct sales store where Fabrice offers you trout, fried trout, trout fillets, etc.
I buy trout
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, with almonds, blue, meunière…. Attention trout lovers, 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.
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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.
