A FOOD TRADITION
Breton Cuisine
Breton cuisine draws on Atlantic seafood, buckwheat, dairy, pork, apples, and cider in hearty coastal and rural preparations.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Andouille de Guémené
A traditional Guémené sausage made by assembling pork intestines into concentric layers, seasoning them, and smoking the finished sausage.
Andouille de Josselin
A traditional Breton smoked pork sausage made by seasoning pork offal and pork casing before slow cooking and smoking.
Araignée de Mer à la Bretonne
This Breton preparation consists of a cooked European spider crab, typically served simply so its sweet crab meat and roe can be eaten from the shell.
Beurre Blanc Nantais
A warm French butter emulsion from the Nantes tradition, made by reducing shallots with white wine and vinegar before whisking in butter.
Boudin Noir de Quimper
A traditional Breton blood sausage combining pork blood and pork fat with onion and seasoning in a pork casing.
Chotten
A traditional Breton stuffed pork-stomach preparation filled with seasoned pork and aromatics and cooked until tender.
Chouchen Cake
A Breton cake flavored with chouchen, the region’s honey wine, and baked into a tender sweet crumb.
Coquilles Saint-Jacques à la Bretonne
Scallops are baked in a Breton-style creamy mushroom and shallot filling, usually finished with breadcrumbs for a gratinated topping.
Cotriade
Cotriade is a Breton fish stew in which fish is simmered with potatoes, onion, water, and seasoning until the broth is savory and the vegetables are tender.
Crêpe Bretonne
A thin Breton-style crêpe made from a lightly sweetened wheat batter and cooked until tender and lightly golden.
Crêpe Suzette
A crêpe served warm with a buttered orange-and-sugar sauce, sometimes finished with orange liqueur.
Crêpes aux Pommes
Thin crêpes made from wheat flour, egg, and milk are filled or served with softened apples and sugar.
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