L'escale gourmande

Delphine Ribleau - 41, avenue François Mitterrand - 87230 CHÂLUS
Tel. 05 55 78 59 59

Assiette "Concentré de Terroir"

Limousin "grillons" (a local type of rillettes made with pork) on rye bread, limousin beef garnished with potatoes mixed with boletus (cèpes) and chestnuts in gravy, carrot flan and cow's head-cheese. Chestnut pancake and homemade chestnut ice-cream. Accompanied by a glass of red AOC Bergerac.

Plate child up to 12 years old

Pageas , 1st weekend in July: Festival of Good Food
Bussière-Galant , 2nd weekend in October: Days of the Mushroom and Nature
Flavignac , 3rd weekend in October: Festival of Cider and the Apple
Dournazac , last weekend in October: Days of the Chestnut
Châlus , 3rd weekend in November: Days of the Nurserymen

Châlus

• Market every Friday morning, except when following fair days.
• Fairs on the 2nd Thursday of the month

Flavignac

• Market every Saturday morning

Local producers markets (Farmers' markets)

Discover the local producers markets (Farmers' markets) during the summer months: tables and benches are provided to eat some of your purchases on the spot and to spend a friendly evening with the family or with friends. You choose your own menu and the organisers take care of the cooking. The markets are enlivened by musicians.

Sweet specialities based on the chestnut

Le Burgou : a hand-made chestnut cake, made with pure butter
Le Trépaïs : a hand-made cake bringing together the specialities of the Region: chestnuts for Haute Vienne, hazelnuts for Creuse and chocolate for Corrèze.

"La tourtière et pâté de pommes de terre"

The Pie is made with potatoes and filled with chopped pork - or, more traditionally, salt pork leftovers - accompanied by a green salad.

Black pudding with chestnuts

This speciality can be found, mainly during the winter, in all butchers/ delicatessens.

The Monts de Châlus is a land of gastronomy which offers you an array of quality products, which represent genuine know-how.

You can taste them at the fairs and markets, during the special days when the "Pays" is celebrated or in the restaurants with the quality label, "Assiettes de Pays".