Discover - For gourmets

Bessan Croustade

Pastry filled with raisins or chocolate and walnuts. The pastry is available in most of the local bakers' shops.
"Le Pastissou" a chocolate with a special flavour anise alcohol and nut, the adorned Bessan chocolate. Open everyday except Monday off-season. Open Monday morning during the season.

Pâtisserie CILIEGIO (pastry maker, chocolate maker, sweets maker, ice cream maker, baker)
2 rue des Caves à Bessan
Tel: 04 67 77 43 44
Email: patrick.ciliegio@aliceadsl.fr

Lézignan-la-Cèbe mild onions

Mild onions - Lézignan onions go back a long way, probably first grown in Persia. The Egyptians revered them, placing them in tombs and at the centre of their diet. Pliny the Elder claimed they were a source of health and long life. They have been grown in Lézignan since at least the 17th c.

Nézignan-l'Evêque fig

Fig eaters, "Bécos figos", the people of Nézignan l'Evêque, are proud of their history. Since Francis I, and maybe before, this village has been standard-bearer for the fig, as shown by the restored painting in the Musée d'Art Sacré. An experimental orchard has over 80 varieties of this noble specie from Asia Minor, which loves Mediterranean heat and dryness. Its digestive, laxative, mineral and anti-inflammatory properties have been known since Antiquity. Cooked or raw, after a meal or with a meat dish, the flavoursome fresh fig melts in the mouth.
Stéphane AUDOUY, producer harvester (wholesaler).

Fig speciality
Bakery « Aux délices de l'Evêque », open everyday except Monday from 7 am to 12:30 noon and 5 pm to 7:30 pm.
13 avenue d'Agde in Nézignan-l'Evêque - Tel : 04 67 09 35 50

Marty perfumes

Museum of the history of perfume and distillery industries: free entrance, from Monday to Saturday; 9am to 12 noon and 2pm to 7pm. Opening from 1st July. Group visits and conferences are possible on appointment. Shop.

Parfums Marty
Route de Montblanc in Saint-Thibéry - Tel. 04 67 77 75 94, Fax. 04 67 77 00 08
 contact@parfums-marty.com - www.parfums-marty.com
 

Bessan Rosé

Local speciality by the winery of 300 producers and private estates. Tasting at the "Rosé de Bessan" winery (04 67 77 42 03, fax: 04 67 77 50 42, contact: le.rosé.de.bessan@wanadoo.fr)
Opening hours: season: 1st May to 31st October from 9 am to 12:30 noon and 3 to 7 pm, Monday to Saturday; off-season: from 1st November to 30th April, open from Monday to Saturday, 9am to 12:30pm/3:30pm to 6:30pm), closed on Sunday.

A local recipe ("Le Bessanais"): rosé kir made from Bessan rosé and blackberry liqueur. Try this cocktail for an aperitif at a local restaurant or event. To uphold gourmet traditions, the Confrérie de la Croustade et du Rosé de Bessan takes part in local events.

Pézenas mince pies

A kind of mince pie shaped like a cotton-reel, introduced in the mid-18th c. by the Indian cooks of Clive of India when he stayed in Pézenas, served warm at the start of a meal, with a glass of white wine - dry (like Picpoul de Pinet) or sweet (like St-Jean-de-Minervois Muscat or Rancio). Sold in all pastry shops in town, it keeps well for a fortnight in the fridge. The Très Noble et Très Gourmande Confrérie du Petit Pâté de Pézenas, 6 rue Four de la Ville, controls the quality of the product and has protected it by registering it at the INPI.

Bakers and pastry makers / Petits Pâtés makers

Dominique ALARY
5, rue SaintJean in Pézenas
Tel. 04 67 98 13 12

Mr PERCHERON
Chocolate maker, ice cream maker, sweets maker
41, cours Jean Jaurès in Pézenas
Tél. 04 67 98 13 32

Dominique CAZANAVE "Le petit Scapin"
Petits Pâtés maker
Online sale and shipping
15, Avenue Camille Guérin - 34120 PEZENAS
Tel : 04 67 98 92 47
Fax : 04 67 98 92 16
Mail : infos@lepetitscapin.com
Website : www.petitpate.com

Daniel LALLEMAND
Pastry and chocolate maker
19, rue Saint-Jean in Pézenas and "Le pétrin d'Augustin" opposite Carrefour Market
Tel. 04 67 98 81 98

Confiserie QUATREFAGES
"Le Petit Pâté de Pézenas"
Pastry and Petits Pâtés maker
3, rue Conti in Pézenas
Tel. 04 67 98 16 29
 

Honey

Garrigue, lavender and mixed flowers. Honey on sale at the Saturday market in Pézenas.

Florence MOUTOU
Route de Nizas in Pézenas
Tel. 04 67 98 80 51

Pézenas Berlingot

Another local speciality, of unknown origin. Sugar is formed into a stick and flavoured with essences (aniseed, mint, coffee, lemon, etc.). It keeps for many months. Just one firm, Boudet, makes it now and it is sold in all local pastry shops and groceries. You can sample it in a shop on Place Gambetta in the town centre, and visit the factory  from 15th June to 15th September in the morning, free of charge, on appointment, except Sunday.

SARL BOUDET
Sweets maker: 
Shop: 5, place Gambetta in Pézenas
Tel. 04 67 90 76 05
Factory: chemin de Saint-Christol in Pézenas
Tel. 04 67 98 16 32 - Fax : 04 67 90 75 09
E-mail: boudet.sarl@club-internet.fr
Website : www.lesberlingotsdepezenas.com
 

Pomérols chocolate maker

Chocolates based on local produce, , original flavours such as Roquefort, Pear and Olive cream and of course dark chocolate, for aperitif, fig and olive shortbreads. The Languedoc shortbreads bear the label Sud de France.
Closed Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday all day and Sunday afternoon.

Guy BOUZIGUES
2 rue de la Quille in Pomerols
Tel. 04 67 77 04 99 - www.guybouzigues.fr

Pézenas homemade jams: "Les artisans confituriers"

Jams, chutneys, mustard and vinegar. Nadine set up her copper pans in Pézenas more than 10 years ago and has over 100 preserves flavoured with spices and some with vinegar.
Open all year round including Sundays.

Nadine De Brabandère
2, rue de la Foire in Pézenas
Tel/fax. 04 67 98 24 99

Preserves, appetizers, peppers and berries in Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens

Rue Traversette is an original canning factory. This small company offers a wide choice of condiments preserved in extra virgin olive oil and Camargue salt, appetizers made of vegetables and spices and also original and varied peppers and some berries and herbs.

SARL Rue Traversette
Stéphane Strobl
25 rue de la Traversette
34230 Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens
Tel. 04 67 98 71 02 / 06 64 86 28 81
www.ruetraversette.com - contact@ruetraversette.com