Foie gras producers Franche-Comté

Just a stone's throw from Montreal, follow the ducks along the road and you'll arrive at Croc Duck. This farm operated by Adeline and Emmanuel Hivert is dedicated to duck. You will find foie gras, duck breast, terrines and other rillettes with chablis. But that's not all: every week, a food truck allows you to taste the farm's products from Noyers, Isle sur Serein, Montreal and Coutarnoux. And lunch baskets can even be delivered to companies or tourist groups in Avallon and Auxerre (by reservation).

You'd think you were in the South-West of France, but Marie-Anne Ballan raises and feeds her ducks in the Bresse region of Burgundy, where they are slaughtered and processed directly on site. Slaughtered weekly, the products are 100% fresh. On the menu: rillettes, terrines, foie gras, confits, cassoulets, fresh vacuum-packed products. Products can be tasted directly at the farm. There's also a store where you can take home a whole range of tasty dishes, not to mention a host of gift sets. Tours of the farm are also available.

Frédéric Coudray raises geese and ducks in total freedom, fed with cereals and force-fed with corn. Fresh products, home-made preserves, and in particular whole and candied foie gras, are produced on the farm and can be found at fairs and markets in the region. Finally, don't miss the annual and unmissable event for many years, the farm market, in August, where there are animations on the farm and a farm meal around the stalls of local producers. Sale possible on line.

Since 1985, Dominique has been raising ducks in this typical little village in the south of the Territoire de Belfort, on the border of Sundgau and Switzerland. He then prepares duck-based products: semi-cooked duck foie gras, canned foie gras, blocks of semi-cooked or canned foie gras, as well as magret, saucisson, terrines, rillettes... You can find all his products at the farm, as well as at the Ferme du Bien-Manger in Argiésans (90), the épicerie des halles in Delle (90), the Coin Gourmand in Riquewihr (68) and the magasin du Paysan in Kaysersberg (68).

Pascal Laprée has been raising mulard ducks on his farm in Mairey since 1985, about 60 kilometers from Dijon, which is rather original in the region. He then sells the products he has prepared himself: smoked duck breast, confits, a lamb terrine, a lamb dish with preserved lemons... but also fresh or semi-cooked foie gras (on order)! And an original speciality: a duo 50% rillettes, 50% foie gras... And the most : the location which offers a breathtaking view on the castle of Mont Saint-Jean.

The Rabuat company produces ducks on the farm, raised on the farm in grassy fields: various types of duck foie gras and home-made preserves are made here. These natural products are shipped throughout France. Among the specialties, we find sausage with foie gras, duck breast stuffed with foie gras, cooked dishes. The farm is worth a visit for its friendly welcome and its high quality products

At the gates of Champagnole, Valérie and Philippe Coulombe raise fat and lean ducks. A discipline that is not very traditional in the region. The couple offers cooked or semi-cooked foies gras. Their specialities with olives or prunes and chestnuts have nothing to envy to their delicious confits and grattons, rillettes, terrines (with yellow wine, hazelnuts, apricots). The dried duck breast, smoked or filled with foie gras, the stuffed neck... sublimate their flavours. The products made on the spot call for a free tasting and precious advice.