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Taillé aux greubons
Cracklings pastry
Taillé aux greubons: flaky Vaud pastry with pork cracklings
In the cafés and wine-village bakeries of Vaud, from Lavaux to the Jura foothills, taillé aux greubons is served in squares with a glass of something at aperitif time, or warm at the market on Saturday mornings. Greubons are the crisp pork cracklings left after rendering lard; chopped and folded into a rough puff dough, they give a savoury, salty, deeply porky pastry with a criss-cross scored top. Buy pork cracklings (not crisps) from a butcher. Chef's tip: keep everything cold and fold quickly; if the butter melts into the dough you'll get a hard biscuit instead of flaky layers.
- Total time
- 90 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 12
Ingredients
- 10 ½ oz plain flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 oz cold butterdiced
- ½ cup ice-cold water
- 5 ½ oz pork cracklings (greubons)finely chopped
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 eggbeaten
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Mix 10 ½ oz plain flour and ½ tsp salt. Rub in 4 oz cold butter roughly, leaving pea-sized lumps. Add ½ cup ice-cold water and press into a shaggy dough. Chill for 20 minutes.
5 minStep 2: Mix 5 ½ oz pork cracklings (greubons) with ½ tsp black pepper.
5 minStep 3: Roll the dough into a 20 × 40 cm rectangle. Scatter over half the cracklings, fold in three like a letter and turn 90°. Roll out again, add the rest of the cracklings and fold again. Chill for 20 minutes.
15 minStep 4: Heat the oven to 400°F (fan 350°F). Roll the dough into a 25 × 30 cm rectangle about 1.5 cm thick and place on a lined tray. Brush with 1 egg and score a criss-cross pattern on top with a knife.
10 minStep 5: Bake for 25–30 minutes until puffed and deep golden. Cool for 10 minutes, then cut into squares. Serve warm or at room temperature.
30 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 290 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 22 g
- Fat
- 19 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does taillé aux greubons take?
- About 90 minutes in total: 60 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 12 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
- What can I use instead of cold butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
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