🇫🇷PDOPreserves
Lentille verte du Puy
Also known as: Lentille du Puy, Le Puy lentil, Puy lentil
The full description of this designation is still being verified against the EU register.
Tasting notes
Auvergne green lentil AOP from Puy-en-Velay area (Haute-Loire), volcanic-soil-grown. Small dark-green-blue mottled lentil, very thin skin (does not break in cooking), distinctive firm holds-shape texture, characteristic peppery-mineral flavor — France's most prestigious lentil, AOP since 1996.
HoReCa use
**Premium lentil for fine dining** — lentilles vertes du Puy with confit de canard, with saucisse de Morteau, with foie gras, in salade tiède de lentilles aux lardons; the standard French restaurant lentil; pairs with Crozes-Hermitage and Saint-Joseph.
Packaging
- vacuum-pack-300g
- vacuum-pack-500g
- vacuum-pack-1kg
- gift-pack-500g
- professional-bulk-5kg
- professional-bulk-25kg
- jar-cooked-300g