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Centre-Val de Loire
A lightly crumbly biscuit, studded with rum-soaked raisins: born in 1978 in a former henhouse in Maslives, on the doorstep of Chambord.
Pastry or bakery speciality from Centre-Val de Loire.
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In the 1960s, in Maslives, on the doorstep of the Château de Chambord, a farmer took over the family farm; his 20,000 laying hens gave him eggs in abundance. In the mid-1970s, faced with sharp fluctuations in egg prices, he decided to turn his production into homemade biscuits. Sologne Tourisme names him: Monsieur Sinet, a poultry farmer seeking to add value to his eggs in the face of falling market prices.
In 1978, after several months of trials, he rediscovered an old regional recipe, a generous biscuit with raisins and rum: the palet solognot was born. Success was immediate throughout Loir-et-Cher, and part of the henhouse became a production workshop. Within a year, according to Sologne Tourisme, the farmer abandoned his hens to devote himself entirely to his biscuits. The house's account does not say where this older recipe came from; that of the palet, the oldest in the biscuit bakery, has remained unchanged since 1978.
In the 2000s, the farmer retired. The business was taken over by Monsieur Collin, already the owner of a biscuit bakery in Brittany; the brand then became Biscuiterie de Chambord. In February 2023, after two years of work, the house inaugurated a new 3,000 m² building in Maslives, bringing together the shop, the production workshops, and the guided tour.
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The palet solognot is the emblem of the Biscuiterie de Chambord, which makes its biscuits on site in Maslives. Since July 2022, a commercial partnership agreement has linked it to the Domaine national de Chambord: it may use the 'Chambord' brand and the image of the château on its products, and it also sells its palets solognots in the Domaine's shops. Sologne Tourisme counts the palet among the 'full-flavoured biscuits' of its Sologne delicacies, alongside the sablés de Nançay and the langues de sorcière d'Argent-sur-Sauldre.
Appearance
A thin biscuit, studded with raisins.
Taste
Raisins macerated in Negrita rum, which give it its aroma, says the house.
Texture
A lightly short dough, generously packed with raisins.
in Negrita rum.
a lightly short dough, generously packed with these raisins.
the palets are crafted by the house's pastry chefs, in Maslives.
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The palet solognot can be found in the shops of the Biscuiterie de Chambord and on its online shop, as well as in the shops, both physical and online, of the Domaine de Chambord. In Maslives, the guided tour of the workshop, which traces the history of the biscuit bakery and the palet, ends with a tasting of the house's products and other local products.
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