Sandwich au Jambon Sec
Dry-cured ham sandwich; various regional hams.
Dry-cured ham sandwich; various regional hams.
Parsley-studded ham terrine from Burgundy on bread.
Parslied ham terrine on bread; Burgundian specialty.
Classic Paris ham (jambon blanc) sandwich; mild, pink ham.
Lacaune ham sandwich; Tarn mountain ham.
Bayonne cured ham on baguette; prestigious French ham.
Bayonne ham sandwich; AOC-protected cured ham.
Lobster sandwich; Breton lobster (homard bleu).
Lobster sandwich; luxury coastal item.
Herring sandwich; smoked or pickled.
Generic cheese sandwich; varies by region.
Sheep's milk cheese sandwich; various regional types.
Corsican cheese (various types) sandwich.
Foie gras pared to two things, the liver and the bread, with salt the only correction and no sweet foil at all. The Southwest's plainest luxury, won or lost on the temperature of a slice of terrine.
The sandwich au figatellu is one grilled Corsican liver sausage, hot off the chestnut embers, in plain crusted bread: iron, smoke, and running fat, with the grill doing double duty as the safety step.
Crab sandwich; Brittany's Atlantic catch.
Duck leg salted, slow-cooked in its own fat, then shredded warm into a baguette with a spoon of fig confit and the skin crisped back through the meat.
Comté in a baguette, where the only real choice is the age of the wheel: a supple four-month make eats fruity and milky, a crystalline two-year make eats salty, dense, and long.
Goat cheese sandwich; fresh, creamy, or aged.
Charolais beef sandwich; premium Burgundian beef.
Chaource cheese sandwich; creamy, Champagne region.