The best local producers Ascain Azkaine

Duck is the king of the pots here, and the star of the show is foie gras: whole, semi-preserved, preserved, as well as confits, magrets, stuffed necks...and other delights: ceps in oil, Ascain pâté, chipirons in ink, garbure, axoa, poulet basquaise, 100% free-range chicken or capon terrines with foie gras... Everything is prepared in their laboratory, with no additives, colorants, chemical preservatives or nitrite salts. Sylvie and Cédric also offer wines, spirits, jams and Espelette pepper. Rigorous selection of local products.

It was the Rhune, the Basque country's mythical mountain with its green pastures, that inspired Marc, our master pastry chef, who trained in haute French pastry-making at a leading Parisian establishment. In Ascain, between Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, in his workshop, where you're irresistibly drawn by the scent of vanilla and other perfumes, he makes a wide range of Basque specialties: savoury versions such as petits salés de la Rhune with ewe's milk cheese and Espelette chilli pepper, and sweet versions such as Kaïoux plain.