The best pastry shops Béarn

Here's a family-run business well known to all Palais gourmets! For over 100 years, they've been making a specialty made famous by Artigarrède: le Russe. Imitated, never equalled! The recipe for this cake dates back to the ^19th century, and its name comes from its Crimean almonds and immaculate whiteness, reminiscent of snowy plains. Add praline cream, hazelnuts and a secret ingredient! The boutique, also all in white, has a resolutely refined style, with creations by Basque ceramist Goicoechea. Other delicacies await you: the Rosquille, the Basque cake and a range of chocolates including the Muscadine truffle with Cointreau...

Here the speciality, that we taste without moderation, is the famous Russe! A marzipan cookie filled with a praline cream and a little extra that has been passed down from generation to generation. This jewel of gastronomy is at home here. A family affair if ever there was one, the cake follows a recipe that dates back to the ^19th century and takes its name from the ingredients imported from the Crimea at the time. In 1925, Adrien Artigarrède added his personal touch and opened his ^first store: the success was dazzling. Today, his great-grandson perpetuates the Bearn symbol. In the store in Oloron, you enter a mythical place that also offers Rosquille and Muscadine.

Master pastry chef, he trained at Palu before following an international path to perfect his experience in London, Denmark or in France at Taillevent or Maxim's. In the windows of this establishment in Pau, he proposes his original creations such as the chariot wheels, a range flavored with jasmine, tea, spices in a window, and of course his classic cakes with that little extra that makes the difference like the millefeuille du chocolatier, very design, the English cake, chocolate, crumbles, macaroons, Tonka, a mixture of praline and infusion of tonka beans, without forgetting the Saint-André all chocolate and the marrons glacés.

Le Pastis d'Amélie is a pastry that pays homage to the traditional Béarn cake. The story begins with the love affair between Pierre Larquier, a cabinet-maker from the Landes region, and Marie-Amélie Baradat, a talented Béarnaise cook. Jean-Louis Larquier, Amélie's grandson, rediscovered the recipe and spent ten years rediscovering the authentic flavors of yesteryear. Making pastis requires over 48 hours' work and meticulous attention to detail. Peio Larquier, Jean-Louis' successor, invites visitors to sample this delicacy at his bakery in Mazerolles or under Les Halles in Pau, accompanied by a custard and a regional wine.