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Lyonnais cooking sausage poached, cooled, then baked inside a buttery brioche loaf. Sliced warm into thick rounds and served with a mustard cream, the bouchon lunch classic.
Saucisson brioché belongs to the Lyonnais bouchon canon codified by the meres of the early 20th century. The sausage, traditionally a lightly garlic-and-wine cured saucisson de Lyon (a fresh cooking salami, not the dried rosette), is wrapped in an enriched brioche and baked slowly so the sausage finishes inside the loaf. Bocuse the elder served it at his Collonges restaurant; the bouchons in Vieux Lyon still use it as the canonical entree.
3 editor picks for Saucisson brioché in Lyon, ranked by editorial score. All Lyon signature dishes · Saucisson brioché across every city.
Daniel et Denise Saint-Jean in Vieux Lyon is Joseph Viola's bouchon in the old town, where the pate en croute won the world championship and remains.
OrderThe pate en croute as a starter, then the quenelle de brochet sauce Nantua.
TipClosed Sunday-Monday; book three days ahead; service can run long.
Le Garet on Rue du Garet in Lyon's 1er is the canonical bouchon, four blocks from the Opera, with a chalkboard menu rooted in the classic Lyonnais repertoire.
OrderTablier de sapeur to start, then the quenelle de brochet with sauce Nantua.
TipClosed Sunday-Monday; book a fortnight ahead for the dinner service.
Brasserie Georges in Lyon's 2e on Cours de Verdun is the 1836 brasserie that has served choucroute and the sole meuniere lunch grid for almost two centuries.
OrderThe choucroute royale and a half-litre of the house lager.
TipOpen daily until 23:00; the dining hall takes walk-ins after 21:00.
Saucisson brioché makes more sense with someone from Lyon explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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