Corico

Co(co)rico! Jérémy Peyrot has breathed new life into his family’s farm that had been languishing in the heart of the Dordogne department, turning it into a lovely eco-friendly hive of activity where you’ll find Kintoa and Mangalitza pigs, chickens, a vegetable patch and an orchard all existing in harmony. All of which he uses to supply the pantry and kitchen – with help from neighboring farms (that of Adrien Constant and Les Jardins de Malevergne) – of chefs Cécile Garin (ex-Pottoka in Paris) and Lou Desplats (ex-Py-r in Toulouse), who regularly host chefs from the area and further away for culinary residencies. The day we went for lunch, seated in the open-air hangar that was equipped with mismatched furniture and hay bale seating, they sent out: a vibrant haricots verts salad in Picon vinaigrette (a reduction of the aforementioned liqueur and mackerel), topped with roasted apricots, smoked mackerel, ricotta and chives; impeccable Borrèze trout bathed in sorrel cream, with ultra-fresh peas and trout roe; before a delicious peanut butter cookie paired with vanilla ice cream, salted caramel sauce and peanut praline. // Loulou Pic

FEELING THIRSTY? : Three hundred furiously natural wines: a Languedoc chardonnay from the Domaine La Jasse d’Isnard (€6 a glass), O’Ranch, a Bergerac skin-contact wine from Barouillet (€45 a bottle), Neyrou, an Auvergne gamay produced by Jean Maupertuis (€42)… Otherwise, there’s Alma beer on tap from La Débauche (€8 a pint) and hard apple cider from the Domaine de la Flaguerie (€6 for 330 ml).
PRICE: : Appetizers €12-14, mains €19-22, desserts €6-8.

Hopopup! Because sometimes wiping the slate clean is the best way to fill it back up again, this restaurant hosts a chefs-in-residency program. So it’s possible that when you visit, a new talent may have taken over the kitchen!