Saucisse de Montbéliard is a smoked sausage made from pork and presented in a natural pork intestine casing. It has a uniquely distinctive smoky flavor which comes from using the wood and sawdust in the smoking process. That process also gives the sausages their amber, golden-brow... Read more
Paipet fier or pépéfier is a traditional and rural French dish originating from Doubs. The dish is made with a combination of Montbéliard sausages (made from pork and smoked), potatoes, flour, olive oil, wine vinegar, and seasonings. The potatoes are peeled, sliced, cooked, a... Read more
Vacherin is a group of cheeses made from cow's milk. There are two main types of Vacherin – one is Swiss, the other one French. The French one is called Mont d'Or or Vacherin du Haut-Doubs, while the Swiss one is called Vacherin Mont d'Or, and although the nomenclature is a bit tri... Read more
Saucisse de Morteau is a traditional smoked sausage made from pork meat that is stuffed into a natural pork intestine casing. It is produced in the Franche-Comté region in France, where the locals are experts in smoking the sausages in numerous traditional smokehouses throughout t... Read more
Also known as Vacherin du Haut-Doubs, Mont d'Or is a soft cheese made from raw cow's milk in the Haut-Doubs region in France. What's unique about Mont d'Or's visual appearance is that it is encircled by spruce bark strips and packaged in a spruce wooden box that keeps the cheese... Read more
Mamirolle is a semi-soft cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk that was first made in 1935 by students of the Ecole Nationale d'Industrie Laitiere in Mamirolle, France, hence the name. In 1996, the Éco-Délices dairy in Plessisville, Quebec also got the exclusive license t... Read more
Édel de Cléron is a soft French cheese originating from the city of Cléron. It is made from pasteurized cow’s milk. The cheese matured for about three weeks, and it is then wrapped in cloth and bound with spruce bark strips, helping it to retain its shape and g... Read more
Pontarlier is a type of aniseed spirit that hails from eponymous city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. This traditional French aperitif was born out of necessity. As Pontarlier was a center of absinthe production, after the absinthe ban, producers created a similar version that did not... Read more