Nord-Pas-de-Calais

PGI Fruit & vegetables Ail fumé d'Arleux “Ail fumé d'Arleux is the scent of the northern summer falling asleep in the chimney...” Confectionery Bêtises de Cambrai A striped sweet born of a "bêtise", an apprentice confectioner's blunder, that released the very essence… Cheeses Boulette d'Avesnes A brick-red cone born from Maroilles leftovers — Boulette d'Avesnes wastes nothing and spares no one… Traditional dishes Carbonnade flamande A winter symphony where brown beer embraces tender meat, and pain d'épices whispers its caramelised… Fruit & vegetables Chou-fleur de Saint-Omer In the marais audomarois, where crops are still cultivated standing up in flat-bottomed boats, summer… Fruit & vegetables Échalote de Busnes Between Béthune and the clay soils of Artois, a small village has for generations planted, harvested… Label Rouge Fruit & vegetables Endive de pleine terre The chicon of the North, this ivory-white vegetable born of a Brussels misunderstanding, embodies… Pastries & bread Faluche A round little bread, barely golden, split in two while still warm to take a knob of butter and a… Label Rouge Grains & pulses Flageolet Vert du Nord ‘Better known as chevrier vert, the Flageolet vert is characterised by its kidney-shaped bean, its… Fruit & vegetables Fraise de Samer Beneath the Boulonnais bocage, in the former canton of Samer, local legend has it that the land rests on… Cheeses Fromage de Belval Born in the silence of the cellars of an abbey in the Ternois, Belval still bears on its beer-brushed… Pastries & bread Gaufre flamande fourrée Tucked between two thin, crisp waffles lies a melting, lightly caramelised blonde vergeoise buttercream.… PGILabel Rouge Grains & pulses Lingot du Nord “The Lingot du Nord is the soul of Flanders in a pearly white bean...” AOCPDO Cheeses Maroilles “Maroilles is the king of cheeses, and the king of cheeses is Thiérache…” Label Rouge Cheeses Mimolette An orange sphere with a grey, cratered rind, born of a rift with Holland — mimolette owes its colour to… PGI Fruit & vegetables Pommes de terre de Merville In French Flanders, beneath the grey skies of the North, the potato reigns as the golden queen of the… Traditional dishes Potjevleesch “A symphony set in golden jelly: three meats dancing together, flavoured with genièvre de Flandre.” Charcuterie Saucisse de Bergues ‘A recipe that arrived with the Spanish occupiers, kept secret for three centuries by a single family… Label RougePGI Meat Volailles de Licques “Volailles de Licques are Christmas in flesh and feathers...” Traditional dishes Welsh A golden, stringy hymn, where English Cheddar meets local beer, crowned with an egg gazing into infinity.