A French delicacy from Arreau in the French Pyrenees

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Some days ago, we toured through the Pyrenees. Once we’d descended Col de Aspin, we stopped in the small town of Arreau. It seemed that the town was pretty much deserted as it was Sunday but once we got out and walked we discovered several streets with many shops open for business. There was also a market area. We went into one shop to buy a baguette and some cold meat for our lunch. Towards the back of the shop was a long fireplace with a great bank of glowing red coals. On a spindle over the coats, a woman was cooking a local delicacy – a type of cake which ended up with spikes all over it. The spindle was about 2 to 3 metres long and once the ‘cake’ was done, sections were cut off and wrapped for sale. In front of the coal was a trough which contained a runny crepe-ike mixture. The woman used a long-handled ladle to spoon up the liquid and pour it randomly over the cake already cooking on the spindle. She very kindly gave us a piece to taste but there was way too much sugar in it for Vince’s health and I didn’t particularly like it. But we bought our baguette and cold meat there. Try as I might I can’t find the name of this delicacy. Perhaps a myLotter will be able to help me out.