Pâté de Pézenas

Pâté de Pézenas carries no EU protected designation. It is a small sweet pastry from Pézenas in the Hérault, filled with a mixture of mutton, sugar, and citrus zest according to a recipe associated with the eighteenth century. The pastry is made with a short-crust dough. The filling combines sweet and savoury elements in a form traditionally described as a petit pâté.

Tasting notes

Languedoc Pézenas sweet meat pie — small pastry with mutton-and-sugar-and-citrus-zest filling, traditional from Indian-influenced 18th-century recipe. Buttery short-pastry crust, sweet-savory unique filling.

HoReCa use

It appears on Languedoc heritage restaurant menus, in mignardise dessert service, and as a gift item.

Packaging

• individual-pastry-50g
• gift-pack-6x50g
• gift-pack-12x50g