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Lorraine
A small nougatine mine cart filled with mirabelles, chardons lorrains or chocolates: in Uckange, the Wagotine recalls in sugar those of the iron and coal mines.
Confectionery from Lorraine.
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The story of Wagotine is first and foremost that of a man, “Grand-père Émile” in the account of Maison Godet-Wagonnet. A factory worker, he was strolling through his home town of Metz when he spotted, through a shop window, a magnificent pièce montée adorned with choux and nougatine. With a sweet tooth, he asked the artisan if he could learn to make this confection; over the months, from novice he became a confectioner described by the firm as “exceptional”.
The scene reportedly took place “one day in February 1937”, according to the tourist fact sheet published by Pays Thionvillois Tourisme. Wikipedia and a Moselle gastronomic directory also cite 1937 for the creation of the recipe.
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One day, Émile decided to surprise his wife: he made a small cart out of nougatine, identical to the one he loaded every day in his factory. Its success, the tourist fact sheet continues, was immediate, both with his family and with customers.
This shape harks back to Lorraine's industrial history. The firm notes that the first iron carts appeared in the 1890s, replacing back-baskets, wheelbarrows and wooden carts: the miner's toil was considerably lightened, and the yield of Lorraine iron ore extraction increased. The shape, size and appearance of the Wagotine recall those of the genuine mine carts once used in the iron and coal mines.
The firm states that the secret of the nougatine is passed down from father to son, in keeping with artisanal tradition. According to Wikipedia, the original recipe was developed by Émile, grandfather of Maison Godet-Wagonnet, and his son later registered the trademark. Today, based in Uckange, in Moselle, the confectionery house presents its Wagotine® in three varieties.
Appearance
A small nougatine cart, whose shape, size and exterior appearance recall those of genuine mine carts, filled with Lorraine specialities.
Taste
An almond nougatine described by the house as being “of superior quality”, complemented depending on the variety by chocolates, chardons lorrains or mirabelles; the Tables & Auberges directory refers to alcoholic chardons lorrains and marzipan mirabelles.
Maison Godet-Wagonnet offers three Wagotines®:
described by the firm as an almond nougatine “of superior quality”, handmade in keeping with artisanal tradition.
the cart is filled with chocolates, chardons lorrains or mirabelles, depending on the variety.
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The Wagotine is enjoyed with its filling, depending on the choice of variety: chocolates (dark or milk), alcoholic chardons lorrains or marzipan mirabelles. Maison Godet-Wagonnet, in Uckange, offers it to order on its website.
Wagotine® is a trademark, registered according to Wikipedia by the son of Émile, who created the recipe: it is the name of a confectionery house, Maison Godet-Wagonnet, and not that of an appellation of origin or a PGI (IGP).
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