The Food Journal is back with another article on ‘Revealing the Secrets of French Charcuteries Great Taste’. In our last article, we shared the history of French Charcuterie and the deep passion behind making French Delicatessen a premium culinary experience.
In this article, we will look closely at some of the real French Charcuterie products that TFJ tasted and relished during the trip to France. A selected number of businesses met Jasmine Goh from TFJ, to share more about their products and why they are loved by people worldwide.
So let’s explore some great French Charcuterie brands and delve deeper into what they taste like:
Lechef Bretagne International (LBI)
Awesome tasting hams by Lechef
Lechef specialises in premium export quality products like cooked ham, cured ham, terrines and rillettes, which are sought after by restaurants and chefs worldwide for creating dishes with premium cold cuts for the perfect taste.
Specialising in long-shelf life products, with almost 90 days shelf-life, LBI is a successful player in the export and import of cold cuts. Based in the beautiful Brittany, the wild and windswept region in Northwestern France, best known for its medieval fishing villages and rugged coastlines, Lechef is known for fresh quality cold cuts even on the other side of the world.
A century-old family-run business, HENRI RAFFIN boasts of being 2nd largest national player, for Saucisson or dry sausage. As part of its commitment to offer premium products, HENRI RAFFIN collaborates with selected farms to retain the quality of meat and use minimal additives in their products.
Dried Sausages are the number one French delicacy, a dish which needs to be there on every French dining table. HENRI RAFFIN’s dry sausages, are made with traditional methods in the Alps area and are strong in the flavours of that region.
The range of products at HENRI RAFFIN covers dry sausages, traditional sausages, slices of meat for French Charcuterie and dry-cured ham. Their products are savoured worldwide.
You can check out HENRI RAFFIN’s products at Lazada.
Aubret is a major player in cooked sausages, cervelat, frankfurters, cocktail sausages, and sausage balls. They aim to provide customers and restaurants with quality deli meat as a culinary aid.
From spare ribs to raw and cooked deli meat like ham cubes, Aubret’s products are recognised for excellent craftsmanship across Caribbean and French Overseas territories.
A range of dry sausages by Leon Chaillot
Set up in Ardeche, the mountainous region of France, Leon Chaillot manufactures saucissons that offer Ardeche’s gastronomic heritage. The company has decades of experience in manufacturing premium quality sausages which stems from their ancestry in the pig trading business. The company selects the best pork cut for the range of sausages they manufacture – Montage Range, Ardeche Range and Organic Range.
Léon Chaillot’s dry sausage made of 100% Ardèche Mountain Pork – ‘Le Barou’ is available in Singapore at Cheese Club.
Family-run business offering a range of French deli
Pierre Oteiza is a family-run business by Pierre Oteiza, a breeder and artisan. The business is based in Les Aldudes Valley with shops all across France.
Pierre Oteiza offers excellent quality dry sausages, hams, charcuterie cuts, rillettes, foie gras and many more French Delicatessens. From breeding healthy pigs to waiting for the perfect maturity of hams, Pierre Oteiza is committed to working with precision and honesty and not taking any shortcuts.
Check out Pierre Oteiza products at So France in Singapore.
There are a few common things that TFJ observed in all these French Charcuterie brands and their products:
- French charcuteries are created from the best quality meat, where the focus is on procuring meat bred in a hygienic and healthy environment. For that matter, many manufacturers rely only on the meat from animals bred by themselves.
- French cold cuts come with minimal preservatives. The manufacturers rely on traditional methods of curing the meat, like waiting till optimum drying so that chemicals like Nitrate are not required to preserve the products.
- French Deli has a longer shelf life as the focus of the manufacturers is to use the latest packaging technology.
French passion for producing the best and tastiest cold cuts, which is a part of their traditional cuisine, is unparalleled. That is the reason why restauranteurs and consumers worldwide seek French charcuterie products, whether for adding to delicacies or consuming them directly.
Read more about the richness of French Charcuterie in our first article.
