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Palets bretons
Palets bretons, thick salted-butter biscuits baked in rings
Palets are the thick cousin of the thin Breton galette biscuit: chunky rounds as wide as a small cookie and nearly a centimetre high, crisp on the outside and crumbly within, tasting strongly of salted butter. Bakeries in Pont-Aven and all along the Finistère coast sell them in tins, and Breton families serve them with coffee, with a bowl of cider-poached apples or crumbled over ice cream. Baking them in muffin tins or metal rings keeps their shape and straight edges. Chef's tip: use proper salted butter rather than adding salt to unsalted; the flavour is rounder and the dough handles better.
- Total time
- 38 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 12
Ingredients
- 4 ½ oz caster sugar
- 5 ½ oz salted buttervery soft
- 7 oz plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg yolk for glazingbeaten with 1 tsp milk
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Whisk 3 egg yolks and 4 ½ oz caster sugar for 3 minutes, until pale, thick and doubled. Beat in 5 ½ oz salted butter until smooth.
4 minStep 2: Sift in 7 oz plain flour and 1 tsp baking powder and fold with a spatula into a soft dough. Wrap and chill for 1 hour, until firm enough to roll.
60 minStep 3: Heat the oven to 350°F (325°F fan). Butter a 12-hole muffin tin. Roll the dough to 1 cm thick on a floured surface and cut 6 cm rounds; press each into a muffin hole.
Step 4: Brush with 1 egg yolk for glazing and mark a criss-cross with a fork.
Step 5: Bake for 15–18 minutes, until deep golden on top and darker gold around the edges. Common mistake: taking them out pale; palets should be well coloured, or they taste floury and fall apart.
18 minStep 6: Leave in the tin for 10 minutes, then lift out and cool on a rack. They keep for 2 weeks in a tin.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 210 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 25 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does palets bretons take?
- About 38 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 18 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 12 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of caster sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
- What can I use instead of salted butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
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