Culinary specialities
The Monts de Châlus offers its own particular specialities :
la tourtière (pork and potato pie) , le jacquet (chestnut cake), le boudin à la châtaigne (black pudding with chestnut)…
Try them all!
You will find this regional speciality in all the butchers and delicatessens, especially during the winter.
Charcuterie - Traiteur CHEZEAU Jean-Yves
3, place de la Fontaine 87230 Châlus
Tél./Fax : 0033 - (0)5 55 78 42 77
Tourtière on Thursdays, chestnut black puddings, various local meat pies
Open daily except Monday
La tourtière (pork and potato pie)
La tourtière is a pie filled with potatoes and minced pork, or more traditionally pieces of cooked ham, often eaten accompanied by a green salad.
A Bussière-Galant
Boulangerie - Patisserie Château - La gare
Tél. 0033 - (0)5 55 78 81 84
Tourtière on Fridays
Open daily, except Wednesday, from 7 to 1pm and from 3.30 to 7.30pm
Boulangerie Maumège - Le bourg
Tél. 0033 - (0)5 55 78 84 60
Tourtière on Wednesdays
Open daily, except Thursday, from 7 to 1pm and from 4.30 to 7pm
A Châlus
Charcuterie - Traiteur CHEZEAU Jean-Yves
3, place de la Fontaine
Tél./Fax : 0033 - (0)5 55 78 42 77
Tourtière on Thursdays, chestnut black puddings, various local meat pies
Open daily except Monday
Patisserie FAYEMENDY - 5, rue Salardine - Tél. 05 55 78 43 68
Tourtière Fridays
Open daily, except for Monday, 8.15 – 7.30pm
A Flavignac
Boulangerie Desbordes - 57, pl. du Général de Gaulle
Tél. 0033 - (0)5 55 39 18 08 - Port. 06 28 90 21 43
Tourtière on Thursdays