{"id":283594,"date":"2010-08-15T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingapp15670.cloudwayssites.com\/toulouse-and-its-region"},"modified":"2010-08-15T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-15T11:14:00","slug":"toulouse-and-its-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingapp15670.cloudwayssites.com\/en\/toulouse-and-its-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Toulouse and its region"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nI took advantage of a stay in Toulouse to discover the local specialties of the region. This is of course not exhaustive but you will have a small taste of what is delicious to taste!<\/div>\n
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<\/a>So here I am this time in Toulouse, the “Ville Rose”! It’s time for me to hit the streets in search of the grocery store I’m looking for!<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nHere I am at the “Paradis Gourmet”, a salty grocery store where the owner received me. She has another grocery store called “Paradis Gourmand” which deals with sweet foods.<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThere are of course the inevitable “Violettes de Toulouse”, small flowers crystallized in sugar<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe grocery store is really well organized and pretty to look at! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAll the specialties based on violets are present! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nYou can also find all the cassoulets, foie gras, oils and vinegars possible!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThere is a wide choice of spices, really wide! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd also a curious little bottle of violet sugar! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nSmall tour in the city and also the Saint Sernin basilica.<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nNothing to do with food but the interior of the basilica is worth the trip, among other things  for its pink color. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe next day, visit to Albi (classified since August 1st, 2010 as a world heritage site). Direction its market open in the morning… <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nIt was here that I discovered the region’s pink garlic. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd the cake on the spit. It is a kind of dough   (without yeast)  that is poured on a cylinder that turns near the fire. We then add the successive layers of cake! This cake can be found all over Europe… It is also found in France in Aubrac and in the Pyrenees.<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThere is also the very delicious “fouace” which is a very dense brioche with orange blossom. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd other dried fruit buns. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAt noon, lunch break before attacking the Toulouse-Lautrec museum, with a cassoulet. I think everyone knows this rich dish based on beans (formerly with broad beans!), sausages and duck confit! Everything blends together to form a dense dish and a fatty, creamy sauce. The dish is ready when the 7 skins have formed and the wooden spoon is standing upright!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThere are also “pastels”, small chocolates filled with cura\u00e7ao and orange liqueur. The result is a pastel color that recalls the color that made the region rich!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nI’ve obviously been to a foie gras store and I must admit I was pleasantly surprised by the quality where there are many tourists. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nI bought a foie gras that turned out to be delicious!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nYou can find everything good in the duck! Raw liver and duck breast.<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe next day again, a visit to Cordes sur ciel with the complete visit of the Andrieu pastry shop (you can see the whole “culinary journey” entirely dedicated to this house by clicking <\/i>
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\nAt noon, I continue with a speciality, aligot with a sausage from Aveyron! The aligot is a pur\u00e9e with fresh tomme and sometimes cream. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nIn this beautiful city, you can find all kinds of stores selling local specialties.<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nWe can also find the Sugar Museum, which showcases the imaginative creators who handle cooked sugar with impressive dexterity. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThere are also chocolate sculptures! <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe Laguiole workshop is also located in Cordes sur Ciel… <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nFinally, a small presentation of a flower that never ceases to impress me, the sunflower! There are sunflower fields everywhere and I must admit that I didn’t even know how the sunflower seeds used to make oil grow! The sunflower blooms… <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThen under the weight of the seeds the flower leans towards the ground and starts to dry.<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd the inside of the flower contains all the seeds. There is an impressive amount! The seeds are implanted according to the mathematical sequence of Fibonacci…<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nIt only remains to harvest them and then press the seeds will give 40 to 50% oil. This is a very high yield flower!<\/i> <\/div>\n
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