The festive season in the Aubrac
In December, the Aubrac is also lived on the plate. As the days grow shorter and the cold settles over the plateau, food becomes a true refuge — generous dishes, regional recipes and comforting aromas drifting from the kitchen. At La Domerie, this season is the ideal moment to showcase local specialities and to give travellers — or future travellers — the desire to take a little of their stay home with them, by recreating these flavours in their own kitchen.
Good local, fresh produce
But the Aubrac is also beef raised on the pastures, artisan charcuterie, Laguiole cheeses, not to mention soups of heritage vegetables, farçous (savoury herb fritters) and a few festive desserts that elevate the territory's simple produce. At the dinners we can offer you, a winter menu might be built around a seasonal soup of local vegetables, followed by a regional dish such as aligot served with Aubrac beef, before ending on a comforting, indulgent dessert.
Our suggestion for your festive menu
For the festive season, pan-seared fresh foie gras with caramelised apples, served with a purée of green Puy lentils, makes an ideal opening. For the main course, a roast of venison coated in sauce grand veneur (a rich game sauce), with a fricassée of cep mushrooms and pommes dauphines, will delight your guests, before finishing on a baked Alaska flambéed in cognac — a sweet and spectacular note.
Plenty of generosity, in all simplicity!
The secret of a successful menu lies neither in an extravagant price nor in the supposed prestige of an ingredient, but in the way it's chosen and prepared. A simple dish, perfectly mastered, will leave a more lasting memory — like a Proustian madeleine — than a plate overloaded with flavours and textures in which the senses get lost, at the risk of leaving more questions than pleasure: that is true generosity. For several decades now, it's with passion that we've favoured local produce and short supply chains, to offer you the best of the terroir and the authentic pleasure of the flavours of here.
Carpe Diem!
For us, the festive season is a simple moment of sharing, when we love to gather around a table with those who matter. It's the chance to savour a good meal, to take the time to talk again, to laugh, and to grow closer to our loved ones, even when life has pulled us apart.
On the Aubrac plateau, this way of life is part of everyday life: you open your door, you share what you have, you make the most of the small moments. It's that spirit we try to offer, with great simplicity and heart, to everyone who comes to our house.
