The best pastry shops Hautes-Pyrénées

Of course, the Artigarrède house is an exceptional pastry that puts on a handmade craft and treats the greedy. But we are not going to lie here, what we love, that we love, that we know, is the famous Russian! Almond biscuit biscuit, topped with a praline cream and a little more that passes from generation to generation, this jewel of gastronomy is here at home. A family case if it is, the cake follows a recipe dating from the th century and holds its name of the ingredients at the time imported from Crimea. In 1925, Adrien Artigarrède added her personal touch and opened his first boutique in Oloron-Sainte-Marie: success is at the meeting. Today, it is his grandson Jean-Paul Bassignana and his great grandson that perpetuate this béarnais, white symbol, such as snow-capped summits, which even has chocolate and coffee flavours. The Rosquille, another emblematic speciality, uses the Pyrenean tradition, this dry cake associated with the white wine of Jurancon was once the festive dessert of the Mountaineers to discover with another flagship signed Artigarrède, the Muscadine, truffle to praline!

Notice to the greedy, Philippe Valantin searches the greatest chocolate crus for the greatest pleasure of his customers. He likes chocolate and it's seen! Not an empty space that is filled with one of these wonderful treats. The horseshoe, milk chocolate, almonds and lemon chocolate, or black, orange and hazelnuts chocolate, are for all tastes and sizes. And again bigourdette, Cointreau and Armagnac fragrance to the obvious colours of the Bigorre (red and yellow) or the tarbais bean, white chocolate in bean form, the heart filled with nougatine. Let's add this chocolate pie named Sachertorte in tribute to a famous Viennese speciality.

Reported, a little away from the road leading to Gavarnie, Francis will let you rediscover, as he has since 1982, the famous broche cake. The recipe seems simple, a four-quarters dough cooked with lime-fired wood and spoon. No louche, no machine. This cake is perfumed to fruit compote, crystallized. Wrapped in a linen, it retains 1 months… away from the greedy. Come and see its elaboration every afternoon and accompany it with English cream or a grout of raspberries, with a fresh cider bolée. Francis, who develops perfumes, tried to trace the origin of this pastry. Its traces are found in writings of the th century. It was dégustait in Tarbes and Pau. We must know that the cone was covered with buttered wool, but what is even more disturbing is the cake in Poland, Austria and Romania. At the opening of the Napoleon Bridge, a huge cake was produced. Would the architect of the art book, of Polish origin, have won the recipe in his country? We still have the question.

Here's a quality home for all the gourmets who want to discover home made sweets. Joëlle Coste is the queen of cakes, which she decoration very carefully. You will not be échapperez in Lys, the speciality of the house, a cute praline with chocolate foam… You will also find homemade chocolates and ice cream and catering service. I told you: !!

So let's try and push the door of this bakery. In addition to excellent breads, you will be surprised by a counter to the thousand delights prepared by Jean Vignau and his entire team. Greedy or not, everyone will find their happiness. You will undoubtedly face the incredible choice of cakes, nougats, red fruits and many others… from Italy. You'll be advised in particular by the little cream flakes that are simply exquisite. Eat without moderation. But this is not the only interest in the house: The tea lounge allows you to taste the pastries, for example a good tea, coffee or homemade chocolate, thus adding the desire to return. A delight and an unforgettable trip to the country of gourmandise!

Here, only two cakes share the store's shelves. You are in the den of the tourtière and the croustade, an incredible delicate edifice made of leaves that seem to be entangled in a crunchy round. This apple-filled specialty is a sweet treat typical of the Southwest. With a dash of Armagnac in its classic version, Jean-Claude has fun revisiting the tourtière: with almond cream, pears, prunes, raspberries, chocolate or blueberries... A delight to be savored warm. Do not hesitate to order in advance.