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Breton galettes (pancakes)

Of uniquely Breton origin, this is a buckwheat pancake on which you cook an egg with ham and cheese before folding it over. Easy and quick to make, it's an ideal answer to the question "what are we going to eat this evening?".

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

Keywords for this recipe:Brittany Galette Pancake Buckwheat

For 1 galette, you will need:

0 1 buckwheat pancake
1 1 slice ham
2 1 egg
3 a little grated cheese
4 1 knob butter
5 salt
6 pepper
Total weight: 160 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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16 min.	16 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Breton galettes (pancakes) : Photo of step #1

Heat the frying pan on medium heat, put the knob of butter in to melt, then put the galette down over it.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

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Break the egg onto it, then with a spatula push the egg yolk to the center...

Stage 3 - 4 min.

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... and distribute the egg white over the surface of the galette until it is cooked.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

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Scatter the ham in small pieces.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

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Add the grated cheese.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

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Then fold over a third of the galette.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

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And then the last third onto the first. Leave to cook for another minute or two.

Stage 8

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And serve immediately.

Remarks

This is a basic recipe, the fillings can be infinitely varied at will.

Keeping:

To eat right now.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
302 Kcal or 1,264 Kj	17 gr	3 gr	25 gr
15 %	6 %	<1 %	4 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
189 Kcal or 791 Kj	11 gr	2 gr	16 gr
9 %	4 %	<1 %	2 %

Per galette
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
302 Kcal or 1,264 Kj	17 gr	3 gr	25 gr
15 %	6 %	<1 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 galette : 0.79 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Walnut short bread, Chocolate mug cake, Galette Charentaise, Jam doughnuts, Baked eggs with chicken and spinach, ... All
	Buckwheat pancake: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Seafood feuillantines, Breton Pie, Breton Sandwich, Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, Beef Wellington, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate and matcha tea biscuits, Potatoes with prawns, Onion fondue, Baked apples from St Aubin le Vertueux, Apple custard tart, ... All
	Ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, Rice à l'italienne, Quick flaky pizza, Croque-monsieur complet, Potted meat (rillettes), ... All

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Yes, it's in my "todo" list.
Posted by jh march 12^th 2011 at 16:31 (n° 2)
Think about including the galette recipe....
Posted by Anonymous march 11^th 2011 at 15:53 (n° 1)

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