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At the Farm Espiau, the table is generous, focused on the right products in the country, without sounding names or fuss. Kir house welcomes guests, followed by a soup every day different, according to the vegetable market. Behind the grill, where he plies twice a day in a cloud of smoke, Olivier, very concentrated, rotates and flips pieces of meat coming directly from the kitchen, just put in the bread baskets in stainless steel.
Here, we do not hide anything: everything comes from the excellent butcher Labbé Martens-de-Rivière. Side seasonings, two lethal weapons: First, coarse salt flavored with herbs and paprika is vested marks spencers in the prime rib. So thick, we must seize on all four sides. As for parsley, it is reserved for dishes that you do not eat every day at home. These kidney grilled veal, roasted knuckle of lamb, duck breast and another rabbit, marks spencers simmering over the coals in small stoves blackened marks spencers Oliver then takes care of the port to deglaze the last minute. On a corner of piano, there is also a garlic sauce for pig's feet to the peasant, shallot jam for steak, marks spencers pineapple-ginger chutney and raisin with allspice for coustellous of Grilled pork ...
All this feels divinely marks spencers good and we would go after the plates as and when they pass, accompanied by a dish of homemade potatoes marks spencers cooked in goose fat! But Alexandra did not leave time. Discreet and constantly busy, it leads smoothly the service. With a whispered word, Olivier knows where is each table. A monitor near the grill and small cameras in the three dining rooms interconnecting also help launch the cooking, just in time. A leader in the window has no room for error!
During the evenings festivities, Olivier already knows he will highlight the best products of the region. Its crafted with foie gras Robert DUPERIER, Souprosse terrines, will be served accompanied by figs macerated marks spencers in Armagnac or dried duck. To have this meat, the holidays are also the time to change, to turn to the most delicate fish. Marinated or outbreaks, trout lake Oo, high Alain Palacin have a preference. But the holidays also give him the opportunity to perform more refined recipes such as sea bass, crayfish and sweating fondue vegetables. Before concluding on a nice plate of cheese estive Dominique Chourre to Arbéost marks spencers in Aure valley. Unless your taste buds will delight marks spencers in his classic, yet end pears in puff pastry.
Unable to leave after such feasts? Never mind! The hostel has a handful of pretty little rooms with views of the slopes, where you will sleep, lulled by the sound of the stream. marks spencers And Peyragudes or Superbagnères may well expect. Tomorrow is another day ...
The Farm Espiau, Olivier Gros Roumec and Alexandra Malet, 31110 Billière. Tel: 05 61 79 69 69, www.restaurant-luchon.com, ferme-despiau@wanadoo.fr. Open all year except Christmas Saints, and a few weeks in May-June. Rooms from 40 in low season: it is prudent to reserve!
A table for 33 Menu Lakes offers home kir, homemade vegetable soup, terrine of foie gras, then either a veal kidney, a medley of grilled meats, tournedos, a mouse lamb or prime rib before farmers cheeses and desserts, including delicious figs poached in broth armagnac. Otherwise, count 14 for lanyards duck with parsley or coustellous grilled pork, 50 for prime rib with salt.
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