Food
& Drink
North Haute de France covers Nord Pas
de Calais,
Picardie and Île-de-France regions, with large flat plains and lowlands criss crossed by numerous navigable rivers and canals. Climate is temperate; warm summers, cold winters, signifcant annual rainfall and high humidity provide fertile growing conditions. Haute de France is the nation's second largest brewer and distiller and well known for livestock, dairy, fruit and vegetable farming with a major fishing industry.
Nord
Pas de Calais
Menus
owe much to the
Flemish influence
to the north and its own stretch of coastline. Expect to be greeted with a variety of fish dishes, beer marinated meat stews and delicous fruit tarts. The area's strong brewing and distilling heritage means a good variety of beers, liqueurs and spirits to elevate any dish.
Entrée:
Flamiche
aux Poireaux(leek
tart),
Flamiche au Maroilles(cheese
tart), Soupe
à la bière(beef
bouillon/beer soup),
Soupe à l'Ail
(garlic
soup),
Soup de Flandres(thick vegetable soup), Endives au Jambon(baked chicory & ham in béchamel sauce), Salade Flamande (chicory, apple,
beetroot),
Potjevleisch(turkey/rabbit
terrine).
Flamiche
aux Poireaux
Plat
Principal:
Carbonades
à la Flamande
(braised
beef/onion stew
in beer/wine vinegar),
Hochepot
Flamande(four
meat stew with vegetables),
Filet Mignon de Porc aux Spéculos(pork casserole with sweet biscuits), Kippenzooi(chicken
stew), Moules-Frites (mussels
and fries),
Waterzooi de Poissons
(freshwater
fish stew with
vegetables).
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Carbonades
à la Flamande
Dessert:
Tarte
au Sucre(sugared
pastry & cream),
Tarte à Gros
Bords(custard
tart), Gâteau
Capeaux(chestnut
cake), La
Gaufre à
la Chicorée(chicory
waffle),
Tarte à la
Rhubarb(rhubarb),
Tarte à la
Mirabelle(plum).
Fromage:
Maroilles(soft
cow’s milk),
Mimolette(hard
cow’s milk),
Belval(semi-
hard cow’s
milk).
Boisson:
Eau Minerale:Saint
Amand(still), Cidre(apple
cider), Poiré(pear
cider).
Bière:
3 Monts de Flandre(golden
ale), L’Angelus
Ambrée,(strong
pale ale),
Grain d’Orge,(strong
pale ale),Ch’TiAmbrée(pale
ale).
Apéritif:
Chuche mourette(blackcurrant/
juniper).Perlé
de groseille(cherry/raspberry).
Spirit et Liqueur: Genièvre(juniper
flavoured gin), Liqueurs de l'Avesnois(individual
fruit &
flower based liqueurs).
L'Angelus Ambrée, Grain d'Orge and Ch'Ti Anbrée |