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Poulet au maroilles is a signature dish of France; we have verified places to eat it in Lille. Chicken braised and finished in a sauce of cream and melted maroilles, the washed-rind cheese of the Avesnois. Start with where to eat Poulet au maroilles in Lille.
Poulet au maroilles · Lille
Chicken braised and finished in a sauce of cream and melted maroilles, the washed-rind cheese of the Avesnois. Powerfully savoury, and always served with frites.
Maroilles is reported to have first been made in 962 by a monk at the Abbey of Maroilles, southeast of Lille, and it won AOC status in 1976 and AOP in 1996. It is a washed-rind cheese with an orange crust and a smell that arrives before the plate does. Northern kitchens use it as a sauce base rather than a cheese board, and chicken in maroilles is the most common result. Every estaminet on Rue de Gand has a version, and the differences come down to how much rind goes in the pan.
Where to eat in Lille:
- Estaminet Chez la Vieille
- Estaminet La Vieille France
- L'Estaminet Lillois
Where to eat Poulet au maroilles in Lille: the editor picks
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