Are you a gourmet? Do you like to discover new flavors and learn about every ingredient that goes into a dish? Welcome to the Charente, the perfect place to indulge! If you're a market-goer, you'll find what you're looking for in every commune, whether you're in Confolentais, Angoumois, Cognaçais, Ruffécois or southern Charente. Would you prefer to sit down in a restaurant and enjoy a deliciously prepared meal? Don't worry, there are plenty of good addresses in the Charente region offering delicious Charentais recipes.
Auberge, bistro, brasserie, Michelin-starred restaurant or table d'hôte, each invites you into its own world and presents its own take on Charentais cuisine. The menu includes a number of must-tries, such as "petits gris" snails with parsley butter, or braised Barbezieux chicken. Ask for the wine list to accompany your meal with a good bottle of local Charentais wine, not forgetting to start with an aperitif of white or rosé Pineau des Charentes. Save room for cheese, with small producers supplying Charente restaurants with caillebotte, jonchée charentaise, taupinette or manslois to create a magnificent cheese platter.
Restaurant desserts are just as gourmet, from the lightly vanilla-scented galette charentaise to the marzipan-butter macarone or the deliciously aniseed-flavored cornuelle de Villebois-Lavalette. Whichever Charente restaurant you book, you won't be able to escape the traditional cognac at the end of the meal, the region's emblematic drink. Traditional restaurants can even offer you a "brûlot", a blend of cognac and coffee that's sure to perk you up for the day. Are you in Angoulême? Ask for a marguerite d'Angoulême, a melting chocolate in the shape of a flower that delights every palate.
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