Gourmet products local specialties and wines Les Monts du Pilat

When the passion of the farm meets the pastry know-how, it naturally gives a Pauze Ice! Serge Garnier, a farmer, and Virginie Rivollier, a graduate in pastry, combine the talents to put into ecstasy small and large! Their farm is located in Saint-Genest-Malifaux at 1 070 m altitude. 40 dairy cows and 45 heifers of high-open montbéliarde race provide quality milk. More than a drink, it's the main ingredient that transforms to give birth to delicious treats! Desserts, frozen, bins, you cannot do more healthily! Without dye, or conservative, you don't resist the desire to describe the tulip with its ice cream and caramelized pears or vanilla vacherins that faithfully restore the taste of a raspberry sherbet and a meringue. It should be noted that the élaborés produced are with the fruit of local farmers in the Pilat. In a word, it's authentic! So try a strawberry cone, you'll love! Manufacturing is a house even when it comes to cookies and chantilly! We can only highlight the individuality of such work, because everything goes directly from the breeder to the buyer. By appointment on the farm or on the markets, it is a pleasure to discover these ice cream delights and the same opportunity to leave with fresh milk, a creamy cream or butter as you rarely find!

Don't hesitate to make a detour to the Cave à nous. Bruno will help you choose the best possible combination of food and wine. He will give you his advice and will be happy to share his passion for wine. Rosés, whites, reds, liqueurs or champagnes... By entering this cellar, you will discover a wide range of spirits, for all amateurs and budgets. Note that you can also find a delicatessen corner. Finally, be aware that beers are also available for sale here.

What's wonderful for the older children is to rediscover their eyes and palate by going to discover Julien's famous Bonbons. Visits are organized every week and during the school holidays to help children and parents discover how candies are made without chemicals. Alongside the great classics such as salted butter toffees, old-fashioned marshmallows... Every year new products are put on sale such as fruit pastes with verbena, sesame nougat or even the little roudoudou in a bamboo spoon. A free tasting is offered at the end of each visit: to be consumed without moderation!

In their bakery, pastry and chocolate shop, Franck Miramand and his wife offer 3 essential regional specialities. The "Délice du Pilat" is a cake made of a pure butter shortbread dough with a blueberry filling. The fragrance varies with the seasons: chestnut cream in autumn, raspberry in summer... Do not hesitate to place an order to reserve a share! At the end of the year, "Chirats" are crispy pralines hidden under a layer of Weiss chocolate. The "Giants", characters with charcoal eyes, have a pleasant vanilla taste.

Le Quart d'heure paysan offers for sale the products of the surrounding farms. You will find organic vegetables from Ulric Sage, producer in Savas; fruits from Jérôme Pasquio, from Colombier-le-Cardinal; charcuterie from Henri Cellier in Saint-Georges-en-Couzan, beef from Virginie Jourjon in Rochetaillée, yoghurts and cow's milk cheeses from Chrystèle Margot in Saint-Genest-Malifaux, goat's milk cheeses from the Ferme du Champ, in Saint-Régis-du-Coin ; the ice creams of the Délices foréziens, in Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes, the snails of Corinne Michel of Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue, the wines of Lupe, the products of the Ruche de Bourg Argental... A good address for local consumption.

Poultry, calves, horse: in their stone farm, to the bucolic environment, the Margot husband makes homemade charcuterie. The list of products is long, what gargantuan carousing should be: fresh and fresh sausages, herbe sausages, meat, skin, jambonnettes, godiveaux, fresh bacon, boudin all year round, homemade crust, stomachs, terrine, home-cooked sausages and oven-baked. In addition, you can make the emplette of white cheeses and rigottes.

Domaine de l'Herboriste is an artisan distillery located in the heart of the Pilat Natural Park. Thomas Pachalgikian wanted to create a range of exceptional liqueurs and spirits. He offers a gin scented with citrus notes, and three delicious liqueurs, with thyme, rosemary and sapinette. The recipes are worked in such a way that honey replaces sugar. The estate will open its doors to visitors in spring 2024, with organized workshops.

Ferme Margot is a farmers' market located in Saint-Genest-Malifaux. The store offers a wide range of products, all made in the traditional way, without colorants or preservatives. The farm's flagship products include pork, with sausages, grillades, filet mignons and charcuterie, such as pâté de campagne, pâté de tête, pâté de couenne and dry sausages. The products are naturally air-dried at an altitude of 900 meters. Ferme Margot also offers piglets cut up and cooked in white wine for special events, and charcuterie platters for evenings out with friends.