Flavigny anis : Anis de Flavigny are sweets made with Flavigny-sur-Ozerain en Burgundy. Each candy is made of a seed bygreen anise (Pimpinella anisum), coated with syrup de sucre flavored : anise, violets, Pink, mint, licorice, Orange...
It was Benedictine monks who, when the Abbey of Flavigny was founded in 719, started making this confectionery using anise brought back at the beginning of our era by the Roman traveler Flavius.
After the French Revolution, in Flavigny, eight confectioners embarked on the production of this delicacy according to the original recipe. Today, only one factory perpetuates, within the abbey, the production of Anis de Flavigny: the Troubat house.
Sugar, green anise seed and natural flavor. Anise seed is that of Pimpinella anisum, a species probably originating in Asia, spread by cultivation in all temperate countries. the sucre is beet if it is white, cane and certified organic if it is red. The aromas are essential oils and natural aromas extracted with steam.
The production is a sugar coating: the anise seed is covered with thin successive layers of sugar syrup. It takes fifteen days for the dragéiste to turn a small seed of two milligrams into a candy of one gram. Since 1591, successive dragéists have remained faithful to the recipe.
Les Anis de Flavigny received the Intersuc blue ribbon in 1988, for being one of the oldest sweets in France. Louis XIV had, it is said, always a box of Anis in his pocket. They were the first sweets to be offered in station and metro vending machines in the 1930s.
In 2009, Anis de Flavigny were sold all over the world and are still produced by the artisanal and family business Troubat.
Les Anis de l'Abbaye de Flavigny also received the distinction of Site Remarquable du Goût from the Ministries of Agriculture, Environment, Culture and Tourism in 1992, for their qualities as an ambassador of French gastronomy. almost everywhere in the world, because the candy is still made in its place of origin, because it is open to visitors and is remarkable”.
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