“The Gourmet Stage” invites himself to your home with a tasty trip Between The Touquet and Amiens. Direction the pearl of the Côte d’Opale, Le Touquet to start this route. To accompany Nathalie Helalthe mayor of Le Touquet Daniel Fasquelle is the guest of France Bleu.
To begin this journey with your feet in the water, the general manager of Touquet Savor makes you discover the ratte du Touquet, an ancestral potato, among the oldest that can be found on our plate. If its origin is unknown, it is today a star. We count nine producers who cultivate this nugget of gastronomic heritage. The ratte du Touquet is very easy to prepare. Its official registration in the French catalog dates from 1935.
Amiens and its macaroons
Macaroons are a real heritage that make the city of Amiens shine. A local specialty since the 16th century, the Amiens macaroon dates back to Catherine de Medici. They are composed exclusively of natural products, the recipe has not changed since 1872. We find almonds, sugar, honey, egg white, sweet or bitter almond oils. No preservative or coloring in good macaroons!
To talk about this specialty, Jean-Alexandre Trogneux is in “The Gourmet Stage“. It tells you the family history that goes back to the time of Jean-Baptiste Trogneuxa pastry baker in downtown Amiens in 1872. Today, the family business has seven shops north of Paris, between Amiens, Arras, Lille and Saint-Quentin.
Samer’s Strawberry
In Samer, there is a rare and famous strawberry. It grows there in the ground in a municipality, through more than fifteen varieties.
The local soil and microclimate are known to be favorable for planting strawberries. Close to forty producers are settled in Samer. In the greenhouse or outdoors, there are strawberries for every taste. The harvest is done by hand because the fruit is very fragile.
Maxim Vasseur and his wife Adeline are part of these strawberry producers, at the Bellozanne farm. To keep their freshness, the fruits are sold in a short circuit within twelve hours of picking, on the local markets or in a distributor installed directly in the town!