Let's go between Brochant and Porte de Clichy in the lively Batignolles district to discover Jolie Miche, a new gourmet bakery and pastry shop, just like we like them: you know, those bakeries that advocate know-how, homemade food and good products!
Jolie Miche is the story of two friends who met on the benches of the Paul Bocuse Institute and who had the ambition, one day, to start a business together. While Matthieu Dalmais was learning the ropes at Lasserre, with Cyril Lignac and Benoît Couvrand, and then with Julien Duboué at Boulom, JulesTaurinya was developing the Upper Café restaurants with his brothers Sébastien and Alexandre.
With their rich experience in the restaurant business, they launched Jolie Miche with the primary desire to offer good artisanal products, healthy and digestible breads with a catering service, all while remaining affordable.
Matthieu Dalmais, who has developed a passion for the world of bread-making over the past few years, offers a variety of beautiful breads made with organic flours from the Viron mills in Chartres. Alongside the traditional baguette (1,30€), made with T80 sourdough, we find spelt, small spelt and khorosan loaves.
Made with a hard leaven in long fermentation from 12 to 18 hours, these breads are ultimately more digestible and have a lower glycemic index. If, when cut, these breads may seem dense (because they contain less gluten), we are surprised to see that when tasted, they reveal a moist, elastic and soft crumb. And as a bonus, they keep longer.
Opened just one month ago, the bakery already has many regulars. Matthieu tells us that at the beginning, customers always went for the baguette, choosing the special breads by the slice only out of spite at the end of the day. The trend seems to be reversing and after tasting the beautiful slices, they come back to them. It must be said that besides being more interesting for our intestinal flora, they also reveal beautiful aromatic notes.
As for the pastries, the store obviously offers beautiful croissants (1,30€) and plump chocolate breads, greedy puff pastries (2,20€), but also creations like puff pastéis de nata, chocolate cookie rolls or divine cinnamon and cream rolls (2,50€).
In January, we find the beautiful king's cake with inverted puff pastry, almond frangipane and opaline on top for the shine with some roasted almonds. Count 32€ the good cake for 6, tested and validated by the team.
On the savory side, there are sandwiches with good fresh bread and a catering offer that changes regularly and that the associates wish to extend with a wider range to allow customers to find their happiness with more choice when they go home in the evening. The day we visited, it was pasta - beef bourguignon and lasagne. Also on the menu, filled focaccias, quiches, grilled cheese, and a pastrami ruben for a pork-free offer.
After many years at Lignac and Boulom, Matthieu has mastered pastry making. Accompanied by Shun in pastry, they offer us a range, for the moment short, of classic creations, at least for the beginning. Chocolate and coffee eclairs, flans and lemon pie rub shoulders with divine Paris-Brest and decadent Praline Millefeuille. A puff pastry and light cream, a homemade praline and we are in Paradise. They plan to expand the line with gourmet and seasonal creations.
To the question: "Isn't it too hard right now with the cost of raw materials going up and the cost of energy?", the answer is obviously yes, the electricity bill has been multiplied by 10 compared to the previous owners. "We have no choice but to sell", says Matthieu. With the growing disappearance of small neighborhood bakeries that are giving way to industrial bakeries, take action by buying real good bread, beautiful pastries and artisanal pastries!
Jolie Miche is open Monday to Friday from 7am to 8pm, Saturday from 8am to 8pm and Sunday from 8am to 3pm.
Location
Jolie Miche Boulangerie Gourmande
176 Avenue de Clichy
75017 Paris 17
Recommended age
For all
Official website
joliemiche.com
