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The Chambéry terroir honors the Savoyard terroir. You will find a range of ancient recipes, combining local charcuterie, AOP cheese and natural mountain products. Also, aside from a few sweet exceptions, you won't be surprised to see large hot pots arriving, to share with friends!
It's thanks to their great generosity and rustic terroirs that Savoie specialties have conquered France! Several of them are, without a doubt, winter essentials.
In Chambéry, near a restaurant or a half-open window, you'll smell the enticing aroma of freshly sliced charcuterie, Savoie cheeses and sometimes, the delicate flesh of freshwater lake fish grilling.
The fabulous and magnificently varied nature of the Savoie region is the primary supplier of Chambéry kitchens. Chambéry's culinary specialties have largely contributed to the city's tourism development. As passing travelers, it won't take you long to understand why!
What to eat in Chambéry? Our selection of 10 Chambéry specialties
If you love mushrooms (foraging or on your plate), Chambéry will be a little corner of paradise for you. The surrounding mountains and richly green valleys that surround the city are full of them! Depending on the season, the city's restaurants have fun preparing them in every way possible. Even positioning them as the centerpiece of the dish. Don't hesitate to improvise some foraging during your nature walks. Your targets are: porcini, boletus, chanterelles, morels and meadow mushrooms.
1. Savoyard fondue
The emblematic fondue of Savoie is consumed year-round. A stroke of luck for all travelers, eager to taste this renowned dish in its region of origin! Savoyard fondue is so hearty that we recommend it more in winter. It consists of different cheeses, in generous portions, melted together with garlic and white wine. For this same reason, it's found on menus at fairly high prices. The fondue will be served to you in a beautiful hot pot, for dipping pieces of bread.
2. Crozets
Pasta lovers, this one's for you. When visiting Chambéry, treat yourself to a plate of crozets. These are tiny square-shaped pasta, made from wheat, barley or buckwheat flour. These same small flat pasta are used to prepare the famous "croziflette". Another essential specialty composed of onions, bacon and a generous layer of reblochon cheese to gratinate.
3. Fried fish
The numerous lakes of Savoie have the merit of offering more than unforgettable hikes. Their lake waters are full of life and teem with delicious small fish. Among them, we commonly find pike, trout and burbot, which the people of Chambéry love to cook in many ways. Nevertheless, it's the perch that will be sublimated in friture and served in a sharing dish. Good news for fried food lovers: all the good local cuisine addresses feature them on their menus!
4. Tartiflette
Another unique dish that will satisfy the largest appetites! Tartiflette is a gratin of cheese, bacon and potatoes that's essential in the winter period. The cheese used here is reblochon, cut into thick slices to cover the rest of the dish. It's a specialty full of generosity, whose strong and recognizable smell will grab you from afar.
5. Savoyard soup
Here's another regional specialty to try in Chambéry. Savoyard soup is made with bacon, reblochon, vegetables and herbs. Everything is cooked in a large pot, with a good quantity of onions. This traditional recipe is particularly recommended during the icy evenings of winter. Perfect to comfort you properly before facing the coming days.
6. Raclette
Enjoy this specialty beloved by the French! The first raclette dates back to the Middle Ages. It's composed of melted cheese, draped over hot potatoes, charcuterie, pickled onions and gherkins. This essentially convivial dish is willingly accompanied by a regional white wine. In Chambéry, you'll experience a completely different raclette experience, far from mini-pans. The cheese is melted directly on the cheese wheel, then scraped onto your garnish.
7. Savoie cheeses
Reblochon, Beaufort, Tomme, Emmental de Savoie... Beautiful products are produced in the surrounding alpine pastures! In Chambéry as everywhere in the region, see how proud the inhabitants are of their cheeses! You'll have the opportunity to taste them one by one, all over the city. You might even taste them without realizing it, as so many are incorporated into traditional cooking recipes.
8. Blueberry tart
The dessert that delighted the whole assembly: the mythical Savoyard blueberry tart. On beautiful days, fruits are omnipresent in gardens and the surrounding nature. The climate and vegetation favor the growth of blueberries, in large quantities. Perfect for making a gourmet and essential dessert, prepared with freshly picked fruits from the heights. To consume them year-round, people from Chambéry don't hesitate to freeze whole bags of them. Hence the presence of (some) tarts on certain restaurant dessert menus.
9. Rissoles
According to tradition, this small stuffed pastry is consumed at the end of the year. Recognizable by its rectangular shape and beautifully golden puff pastry, the pastry is stuffed with jam, pear compote, apple or quince. As Christmas approaches, rissoles multiply in the windows of local bakeries. Although they're better when hot and crispy just after cooking, they're just as delicious to eat cold for a snack, alongside a hot drink.
10. Génépi liqueur
Discover the cult liqueur of the Savoie region: génépi. Served at the end of meals, as a digestif, the name "génépi" designates the aromatic high-mountain plants used for its preparation. For this same reason, some attribute digestive virtues to it or the ability to overcome "mountain sickness". In any case, génépi is, by far, the most widespread alcoholic beverage in Savoie. Locals willingly add it to various culinary preparations. Notably, sweet pastries, desserts or crepes...