Bretagne Street Food

5 dishes in France

5 street foods from Bretagne, France: Cidre Breton, Galette de Sarrasin, Andouille de Guémené, Far Breton and Palet Breton. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

Street foods of Bretagne

Crêperie Companion · Breton Cider Cidre Breton Cornouaille cider, from southwest Brittany, was the first cider in France to receive its own AOC, in 1996. Cidre Breton is a lightly sparkling, low-alcohol cider pressed from local apple varieties, ranging from brut (dry) to doux (sweet). It's the standard drink alongside a galette or crêpe… Griddle Stall · Buckwheat Crêpe Galette de Sarrasin Its dark batter contains zero wheat — buckwheat isn't even a true grain, which is exactly why it became the everyday bread of Breton farmers for… A galette is a savory crêpe made purely from buckwheat flour, water, and salt, cooked paper-thin on a cast-iron bilig and folded into a square around ham, egg, and cheese. Market vendors… Market Butcher Stall · Smoked Tripe Sausage Andouille de Guémené Its signature look — tight concentric rings when sliced — comes from nesting dozens of narrower intestines inside one another, a technique this one… This dry-cured, smoked sausage is made by layering pork chitterlings inside each other before slow-smoking over beechwood. Market stalls sell it thinly sliced and cold straight off the… Bakery Stall · Prune Custard Cake Far Breton 'Far' comes from the Latin word for spelt, and the oldest Breton fars were savoury flour puddings, often cooked in a cloth bag in the stew pot, long… Far Breton is a dense, flan-like cake of eggs, milk, sugar, and flour studded with prunes, baked in wide trays and cut into thick squares. Bakery stalls at Breton markets sell it by the… Bakery Stall · Butter Shortbread Palet Breton Bakers pack the dough into small metal rings before baking so it holds a thick, coin-like shape instead of spreading thin like ordinary shortbread. A palet breton is a thick, disc-shaped cookie made with a high ratio of salted butter, sugar, and egg yolks, giving it a dense, crumbly bite. Market and bakery stalls sell them…

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