Food & Drink

Lorraine
Bordering three countries, a largely
hilly, forested area has natural lakes, criss-
crossed by three major rivers and borders
the Vosges mountains to the east. Warm
summers give way to cold winters and
food production concentrates on beef and dairy
with wheat, barley and rapeseed as important crops. The gastronomy is world renowned but less well known delicacies await discovery. Wine production is small compared to tinier neighbour Alsace but beer production remains vibrant.

Entrée: Quiche à Lorraine(cheese & bacon flan), Bouchée à la Reine(cream savoury vol au vent), Pâté lorrain(pastry encased pork & veal paté), Soupe de Légumes(vegetable soup), Ramequin Messin(cheese soufflé), Salade de Pissenlit(dandelion salade, egg & lardons), Totelots Vinaigrette(pasta & vinaigrette dressing).

Quiche à Lorraine

Plat Principal: Potée Lorraine(pork, cabbage & potato stew), Filet de Porc aux Mirabelles(pork
filet & plums, butter & cognac sauce), Daube de Bœuf à la Bière(braised beef & vegetables in beer), Coq au Vin Gris(chicken in white wine, smoked bacon, onions & carrots),Truite Sauvage à La Lorraine(wild trout in butter & cream sauce), Carpe à La Biére(baked carp in pale ale).



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Dessert: Baba au Rhum(rum baba), Tarte à la Migaine(apple tart), Tarte aux Mirabelles(plum tart), Vaute aux Cerises(cherry tart), Fraises des Bois(wild strawberries in kirsch & whipped cream), Mille feuille aux mirabelles(fine layered puff pastry, plum jam & cream cake)Macaron de Nancy(almond macaroon), Madeleine(small sponge cake shell).

Fromage: Brouère & Emmental Grand Cru(both hard cow’s milk), Géromé & Carré de l'Est(soft cow’s milk).

Boisson: Eau Minéral: Contrexville, Hépar, Vittel(still mineral water), Lorina(sparkling fruit soft drinks), Petit Crus de Vosges(fermented dandelion or elderflower), Amboselle(fermented currant juice),
Vin: Vin Gris(pale rosé), Côte de Toul(moselle dry white).
Bière: Brasseurs Lorraine: Duchesse Lorraine(red ale), Lux Divina(brown ale), Loroyse Blond Tripel(lager).
Apéritif: Kir Lorrain(various fruit & brandy blends), Moelleux de Fraise(strawberry wine).
Spirit et Liqueur: Liqueur de Mirabelle(plum brandy), Marc de Lorraine(brandy).

Eaux minérales de Lorraine