It's incredible how this region inspires chefs and artisans, whether they're cheesemakers or experts in smoked cured meats. The Doubs is a paradise full of delicious local products that artisans craft and enhance.
This expertise is also found at Cristel, the French flagship of stainless steel kitchen utensils that top chefs are fighting over.
👍 Discover the ancestral know-how of the artisans who produce the incomparable smoked sausages of Morteau and Montbéliard.
👍 Move on to cheeses by visiting the famous local cheese shops.
👍 We have selected three gourmet restaurants that showcase local produce.
👍 Visit the Cristel manufacturing site, a flagship of stainless steel saucepans, which have become a benchmark for the greatest chefs.
👍 To digest this hearty meal, there's nothing like a walk. The areas around Montbéliard and Morteau are full of natural sites for relaxing in the great outdoors.
Salaisons Renaudot offers you the chance to bring back delicious regional smoked meat specialties. This butcher's shop, located in the village of Les Fins, selects the finest cattle breeds (Charollais, Limousin, etc.).
Salaisons Renaudot
If you enjoy fine artisanal products made in keeping with Franche-Comté traditions, stop by Maison Barbier. This butcher's shop and delicatessen, which boasts a 14-meter-high chimney, smokes its own products: the essential IGP Montbéliard and Morteau sausages, hams cooked on the bone, and more.
Maison Barbier
Comté cheese is France's first AOP cheese and a regional superstar. To find out for yourself, head to the Fromagerie de Montlebon. This cooperative cheese dairy invites you to discover the process of making Comté. Be sure to book a guided tour.
Fromagerie de Montlebon
Another tradition is Mont d'Or, a delicious mountain cheese. Wrapped in a wooden strap, this box can be enjoyed hot or cold, with potatoes and cured meats, without moderation!
Visit the Fromagerie de Montbéliard. Eight local dairy producers have formed a cooperative and decided to revive this old farm. The shop offers a range of French and Franche-Comté AOC and farm products (cheeses, cured meats, wines, etc.).
Fromagerie de Montbéliard
La Cancoillotte – ici on l'appelle la colle – est un fromage à pâte fondue savoureux. Lehmann, une fromagerie familiale et artisanale franc-comtoise, s'est fait un nom grâce à ses fromages et à ses cancoillottes aromatisées : ail des ours, absinthe, basilic, cumin, échalotte, moutarde à l’ancienne, ou encore au vin du Jura.
Cancoillotte – here we call it glue – is a delicious melted cheese. Lehmann, a family-run, artisanal cheese dairy in Franche-Comté, has made a name for itself thanks to its cheeses and flavored cancoillottes: wild garlic, absinthe, basil, cumin, shallot, wholegrain mustard, or even Jura wine.
Fromagerie Lehmann
Chef Hugues Droz invites you to take a gastronomic break in Villers-le-Lac, on the French-Swiss border. Le France restaurant plays with flavors and textures to bring out traditional recipes. The wine list takes you on a journey through the vineyards of the Jura and other major French regions.
Restaurant Le France
This gourmet restaurant in Chamesol embraces conviviality and a change of scenery. In a bucolic setting on a plateau overlooking the Doubs Valley, Franche-Comté chef Christian Pilloud draws inspiration from his travels and his native region to create sublime dishes.
Restaurant Mon plaisir
Jacques Barnachon welcomes you to this renovated farmhouse on the edge of the pond. His cuisine pays homage to the local produce: veal chuck glazed with fir bud caramel; wild morels stewed with cream and yellow wine… And foie gras, a specialty of L'Étang du Moulin, which can also be found in desserts.
Restaurant L'Étang du moulin
Cristel is one of the most prestigious cookware manufacturers. And made in France! This living heritage company designs stainless steel cookware that has become a staple in the kitchens of the greatest chefs.
Come and discover this exceptional industrial heritage at the manufacturing site; a guided tour is offered by the Tourist Office as part of the Route des Savoir-faire, and a factory shop offers bargains on second-hand Cristel items.
Discover this unusual American plains bison farm during a bison charcuterie tasting tour or a gourmet tour with a meal. Before tasting, you'll visit the heart of the herd to learn more about this legendary animal.
Climb to an altitude of 740 meters to sit down and have a picnic with a unique view of the Dessoubre valley.
Have you heard of a "boite chaude"? An alternative to raclette, baked Mont d'Or is the perfect recipe to warm up your winters. The recipe is simple: a Mont d'Or cheese, Jura white wine, potatoes, and a few minutes in the oven.
Along narrow country roads, the Grande Traversée du Jura by bike route is an ideal way to immerse yourself in the nature of the Jura Mountains. A wonderful journey to discover the heritage and nature of the Jura.
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