It's a grey day and fires are burning all over Paris it seems, so I just feel like thinking about something cosy and Parisian. I hope you do to.
I love cassoulet!! So far my favorites in paris are at Baracane and Brasserie de L’ile St-louis.
I'm hoping for lots of good recommendations so that when we go to paris is May, I can eat endless wonderful cassoulets.

I have not been here as yet, but added it to my list of future stops:

La Table du Périgord
13 rue de Mézières 6th
Metro: St Sulpice
http://www.table-du-perigord.com/

Cassoulet du Périgord au confit de canard 24€

Also love Barcane!

I have always enjoyed the Cassoulet at Thoumieux:

http://en.parisinfo.com/paris_restau..._action=detail

Great duck and foie gras also.

regards Ger

epi, try Allard at 41 rue St Andre des Arts.

Thomieux is where I had a most forgettable cassoulet and I recommend against the restaurant.
Have had good ones at La Coupole and Fontaine de Mars, but our new most favorite place (and MOST reasonable) is Auberge du Jarente.
Wish I had known about Brasserie de l'Ile St. Louis.

I had a truly excellent cassoulet at Au Dauphin in the 1st in mid-September. Located on Rue de St. Honore about a block (maybe two blocks) from Rue de Rivoli. Cost of three-course meal with wine (for 2) was about 100 Euros.

My husband loves the cassoulet at Au Trou Gascogn, 40 rue Taine, in the 12th arrondissement.

Diane

I had a very good cassoulet at La Fontaine de Mars.

Hi everyone,

I am in Paris on the week of the 21st. I forget what Cassoulet is.

Also Travelnut that sounds like something slightly different au confit could you explain if so?

It's a bit out of the way, but the cassoulet was outstanding when I was there a few years agö:

Bistro Chez Tof
rue Juliette Dodu in the 10th

i'll be there the week of the 21st, too.

this may sound tacky, but can one get a good "pre-made" cassoulet? like at the bon marche market?

we can't yet make it to better restaurants w/ child in tow . . .

Hi, Sarah- as I mentioned I haven't yet been to Le Table au Perigord; that is a listing directly from their menu/carte.

Oh, in general, a cassoulet is like a 'bean stew' with duck, pork, cooked slow/long time. Very delicious.

melissa:

You can buy some very good canned cassoulets in high-end grocery stores. Look for ones that say "le vrai cassoulet de Castelnaudary." I've never bought them in Paris, but they are ubiquitous in grocery stores like LeClerc and Intermarché in the Dordogne.

Melissa what about take out? I looked up recipes, looks like a stew of sorts.

http://www.banlieusardises.com/delic...ulet_servi.jpg

what is a cassoulet? is it like a tangine?

A cassoulet is not a tagine. It's just a casserole, mainly white beans, with usually some type of meat in it (sausage, duck, etc.). I personally don't find it that exciting or something I really want for dinner much. It's too heavy for me, and not what I really want for dinner -- it's probably just nothing that special to me as I eat a lot of bean-based dishes at home a lot.

A tagine is a North African stew, mainly meat-based or chicken, I believe, unlike cassoulets which are mainly beans.

I did have a decent cassoulet at a restaurant in the 9th near where I was staying last year -- Auberge and Compagnie on rue Clauzel. It had a lot of SW French cuisine. I know most people won't be up in that area, but it was a nice restaurant
http://www.aubergecompagnie.com/

This is probably not going to help, but the best cassoulet is to be had in Castlenaudry on the Canal du Midi in the south of France. That's where the dish was invented, and where it is still cooked traditionally. Basically it contains goose fat, white beans, goose fat, pork, goose fat, duck, goose fat, some other ingredients, and goose fat. It's delicious, but probably not advisable as a constant in your diet.

This thread makes me want to book a seat for Paris right away, despite the riots. Ah, the power of a good cassoulet.