Welcome to the third season of “Mysteries from here”, the podcast series Summer in your ears devoted to extraordinary stories and legends. From Niort to Aix-en-Provence via Gauchin-Le-Gal, guides, authors, storytellers come back to the mysteries of our regions. These stories sometimes conjure up history, sometimes local identity or fears and desires …
For this second episode, head to Aubrac to discover aligot, a culinary specialty made up of mashed potatoes, fresh tomme, cream, butter and garlic. But where does this dish come from? Legend has it that the three bishops of Rouergue, Auvergne and Gévaudan participated in the creation of aligot in 590, during the Merovingian period. But the anecdote contains a “catch”. At that time, there were no potatoes in Europe! Then return to the mystery surrounding the aligot with Valentine Schira, guide-lecturer from Aubrac.
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