Occitan cuisine

A slice of pastís de treflas.

Caçolet (cassoulet); star dish of Occitan cuisine

Occitan cuisine is the traditional cuisine and gastronomy in Occitania^[1] or in the lands where people speak Occitan.

Introduction

This kind of gastronomy is mostly Mediterranean cuisine, very near to Catalan cuisine and Italian cuisine in the east, a little less in the west, which has influences of Atlantic cuisine. It is due at the large extension of Occitania, which goes from Atlantic Ocean, in the South of France, to the Mediterranean Sea, and the fact that it takes local products adapted to local geography, that it is very diverse.

As with other Mediterranean cuisines, it has flavors and basics with a strong personality, such as garlic, olives or salted fish, and olive oil and wine, but it has other things in common with the Atlantic ones, such as the use of cheese and butter. Some of its specialties are well known around the Mediterranean, where they exist exactly the same or with little varieties, as bolhabaissa,^[2] alhòli,^[3] ratatolha,^[2] pan golçat (bread with garlic), salads, etc. but unlike the gastronomies of its Mediterranean neighbours, it has a lot of fines herbes. Other specialities are caçolet,^[4] pastís de treflas,^[5] aligòt,^[5] farcidures (potato and meat dumpling),^[5] freginat (fricassee of pork )^[6], clafotís, flaunharda etc.

References

1. ^ La cuina del país dels càtars, p.26
2. ^ ^{a b} La cuina del país dels càtars, p. 25
3. ^ La cuina del país dels càtars, p.134
4. ^ La cuina del país dels càtars, p. 192
5. ^ ^{a b c} Mémoires paysannes, p.92.
6. ^ La cuina del país dels càtars, p. 118

Bibliography

• La cuina del país dels càtars: Cultura i plats d'Occitània, Jaume Fàbrega, Cossetània Edicions, 2003. ISBN 84-96035-80-8
• Mémoires paysannes, Jean Anglade, Éditions de Borée, 2003, ISBN 978-28-44941-53-4

External links

• La cuina del país dels càtars de Jaume Fàbrega
• Occitan cuisine and some recipes
• Cargolade, Occitan and catalan cuisine