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Franche-Comté Region: Overview |
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The Franche-Comté offers gently rolling country in the west and the Jura
mountains in the east. It is an excellent region for natural scenery and outdoor
sports.
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Special
Attractions |
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The main city and capital of the region is Besançon. Its well preserved
citadel has several good museums and a good selection of exotic animals in
various small parks. The city itself is quite attractive with many buildings
being built of the local blue-gray stone.
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Food,
Wine and Recipes |
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Vin Jaune (literally: yellow wine) is the longest-lived wine in the
world and owes its distinctive taste to the Savagnin grape and a unique
wine-making process. The best comes from the village of Château-Chalon in the
Jura department. The unusual dessert wine vin de paille (literally: straw
wine) is produced by drying grapes for months on a bed of straw to yield the
concentrated juice required for this wine.
The area is also well known for its cheeses, which include Comté, Morbier,
Vacherin and Cancoillotte.
To see our recipes from this area, click on any of the following:
- Coq au Vin Jaune avec Morille
- Although Coq au Vin is not specific to this region, this particular
version of the recipe is.
- Mont d'Or
- This recipe is named after the cheese of the same name
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