Galette berrichone

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 galette, you will need:

• 1 500 g cooked potatoes
• 2 3 egg yolks
• 3 90 g butter
• 4 100 g cottage (or curd) cheese
• 5 12 g fine (or table) salt
• 6 250 g flour
• 7 20 g beaten egg
• Total weight: 1,035 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
2 hours 30 min.	25 min.	2 hours 55 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Cut 500 g cooked potatoes into pieces.
• 2: Put them through a food mill...
• 3: ...to obtain a kind of purée.
• 4: Add 3 egg yolks, 90 g butter mou, 100 g cottage (or curd) cheese, 12 g fine (or table) salt...
• 5: ... and mix well.
• 6: Add 250 g flour and mix again.
• 7: Then shape the dough into a large ball, wrap it in cling-film and chill in the fridge for about 2 hours.
• 8: Preheat your oven to 200°C (390°F).
  Butter a 24 cm (or 9.5-inch) tart tin, then roll out the ball into a thick patty to the diameter of the tin, and place inside.
• 9: Glaze the top with a Brush.
• 10: Draw a pattern of your choice with the tip of a knife on the top (faculative).
• 11: Bake at 200°C (390°F) for approx. 25-30 minutes, checking for color at the end.
• 12: Serve hot, warm or cold to taste, with a green salad and vinaigrette for example.

Remarks

The ball of dough can be made the day before and left to rest in the fridge overnight.
You can replace the fromage blanc with a fresh cheese of your choice, such as goat's cheese.

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