{"id":2817,"date":"2022-12-07T00:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T00:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2023-02-10T14:26:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T14:26:40","slug":"french-gastronomy-per-regions-6-6-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/french-gastronomy-per-regions-6-6-the-north\/","title":{"rendered":"French Gastronomy per Regions 6\/6 : The North"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sixth and last part&nbsp; of our culinary \u201cTour de France\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The northern part of France dishes is the poor cousin of French cuisine but like the people of the north even if the recipes are few they are rich, tasteful and will keep your belly full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically speaking the Northern region of France boundaries have been flexible for many centuries spreading as high as Holland so it\u2019s without surprise that Belgium style and Flemish style cooking has been adopted as their own as early as the XIIIth century<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Local ingredients in cuisine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Turnip, leeks, potatoes and carrots<\/li><li>Beer both for drinking and cooking<\/li><li>French fries<\/li><li>Cream<\/li><li>Vergeoise (beetroot sugar)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/index-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2823\" width=\"531\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/index-1.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/index-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/index-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/index-1-585x585.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><figcaption>Vergeoise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Local drinks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Beers (like in really many many sorts of)<\/li><li>Le geni\u00e8vre liqueur (oats, barley, wheat and rye alcohol with juniper berries)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Franchement_Bien_un_accord_qui_detonne-696x407-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2821\" width=\"530\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Franchement_Bien_un_accord_qui_detonne-696x407-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Franchement_Bien_un_accord_qui_detonne-696x407-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Franchement_Bien_un_accord_qui_detonne-696x407-1-585x342.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>And here are some very local dishes\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mussels with French fries<\/li><li>Fricadelles with French fries<\/li><li>Pot au Feu or Hochepot<\/li><li>Beef or Chicken beer stew<\/li><li>Chicon au gratin (chicory and ham gratin)<\/li><li>Flamiche au maroilles (thin crust dough with cream and maroilles cheese) with a variation with leeks<\/li><li>Le Welsh (yup, eponymous from the Welsh dish) served of course with French fries<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/070918RECETTE2PVDA-690x388-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2820\" width=\"523\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/070918RECETTE2PVDA-690x388-1.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/070918RECETTE2PVDA-690x388-1-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><figcaption>Chicon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Desserts or sweets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sugar pie (does exactly what it says on the tin)<\/li><li>Cramique (brioche)<\/li><li>B\u00eatises de Cambrais<\/li><li>Le merveilleux (meringue pastry)<\/li><li>Tarte Libouli (egg and milk tart with a vanilla flavour)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tarte-libouli-on-cuisin-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2819\" width=\"536\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tarte-libouli-on-cuisin-.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tarte-libouli-on-cuisin--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tarte-libouli-on-cuisin--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tarte-libouli-on-cuisin--585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tarte-libouli-on-cuisin--263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><figcaption>Tarte Libouli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of our introduction to French gastronomy our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/paris\/#\">award wining Food Tours<\/a> always contain some regional flavouring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixth and last part&nbsp; of our culinary \u201cTour de France\u201d The northern part of 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