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Navettes de Marseille

Navettes de Marseille · Marseille navette biscuits

Dry, boat-shaped Marseille biscuits traditionally scented with orange blossom and eaten around Candlemas.

Navettes de Marseille are firm, boat-shaped biscuits traditionally flavoured with orange blossom water. Closely associated with Candlemas and the Saint-Victor area, their modern Marseille story is commonly linked to baker Monsieur Aveyrous and 1781.