La Garbure

La Garbure is a savoury and solid soup produced with different variations in Gascony, Béarn, and the Basque country, a dense concoction of fresh vegetables in season, pickled pork, ham, sausages, and haricot beans, transformed into a memorable experience by the addition of confits of various kinds, preserves of meat and poultry.

The Gascon garbure starts off with onions fried in goose dripping, and should be remembered for an after-Christmas occasion when this m