Description
The Volailles du Plateau de Langres PGI include poultry coming from different breeds and rustic crossbreeds with slow-raising methods.
Production Area
The production area of Volailles du Plateau de Langres PGI covers some municipal areas in the departments of Haute-Marne and Côte-d'Or, in the Burgundy and Champagne-Ardenne regions.
Production Method
The poultry receive a diet consisting of above all vegetables and minerals, with almost 75% of cereals. The animals are raised in the open air. The poultry is butchered when achieves an age close to sexual maturity, which is different for every breed.
Appearance and Flavour
Volailles du Plateau de Langres PGI are of high quality with tender but compact flesh, without excess of fat, with fine skin.
History
The breeding of Volailles du Plateau de Langres PGI has a historical tradition as confirmed by numerous bibliographic mentions which describe the importance of this poultry for the local gastronomy.
Gastronomy
The Volailles du Plateau de Langres PGI can be conserved in the refrigerator for a few days, in their original package. The fowls of these winged animals can be cooked in different ways depending on the cut chosen. They are used to prepare a lot of dishes, from the simplest to the most elaborated. It can be cooked whole or in slices, stuffed or not, roasted in oven or fried with sesame seeds. Due to the refined fowl, this kind of poultry is ideal to prepare elaborated second courses which require care and attention. It can be stuffed with meat and fruits, foie gras and truffle, then sauté in butter with aromatic herbs, sprinkled with wine and bouillon. It is served accompanied by mushrooms or potatoes, but also by roasted or boiled vegetables.
Marketing
The Volailles du Plateau de Langres PGI include different types of products, depending on the specific varieties of poultry of the denomination which are individually written on the package. Amongst these, there are dinde fermière de Noël, chapon fermier, poulet blanc fermier, chapon blanc fermier (Christmas farm turkey; farm capon; white farm chicken; white farm capon). It is marketed fresh or frozen, whole with or without head or in slices packed in trays with protected atmosphere which guarantee a longer conservation and keep its organoleptic features.
Distinctive Features
The characteristic taste of Volailles du Plateau de Langres PGI is due to the climatic and environmental features. The fertile lands which border the Langres tableland have favoured the cultivation of quality cereals. The poultry of this area, raised in open areas, has been always nurtured with these cereals, in addition to all the food which it finds independently in the open spaces of breeding.
