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Far Normandy-Brittany

You may already be familiar with far, the famous Breton cake?

Here's a version inspired by our neighbors in Normandy, with cream, apples and Calavados.

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Last modified on: March 17^th 2024

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For 3 fars, you will need:

1 180 g semi-salted butter
2 360 g flour
3 300 g caster sugar
4 12 eggs
5 750 g whole milk
6 750 g liquid cream
7 6 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional)
8 12 apples
9 120 g butter
10 150 g caster sugar
11 90 ml Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional)
12 30 g semi-salted butter
13 3 tablespoons caster sugar
14 3 pancakes (optional)
Total weight: 5,445 grams

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31 min.	8 min.	39 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

The far dough

Melt 180 g semi-salted butter over low heat (or in the microwave) and leave to cool.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Pour 360 g flour and 300 g caster sugar into a bowl and whisk thoroughly (to avoid lumps).

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Add 12 eggs, and whisk to combine.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Mix separately 750 g whole milk, 750 g liquid cream and 6 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional).

Pour this mixture into the bowl in a small stream, whisking at the same time...

Stage 5

...until smooth.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Finish with the melted butter, and whisk one last time to mix well.

Your far dough is now ready, and you can set it aside in the fridge.

Stage 7 - 15 min.

Sautéed apples

Peel 12 apples, cut into 4 or 8 pieces depending on size, then remove the core.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

In a large frying pan over high heat, melt 120 g butter, and when frothy, pour in the apple wedges.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Brown them on both sides...

Stage 10

...then sprinkle them with 150 g caster sugar and stir to caramelize.

You can also flambé them with 90 ml Calvados (apple liqueur), but this is not essential.

Set aside.

Stage 11

Moulding the far

Preheat your oven to 180°C (360°F).

Butter a springform tin (22 cm or 9 inches in diameter in this case), then pour in 3 tablespoons caster sugar and spread across the bottom of the tin.

Stage 12

Place the crêpe in the bottom of the mold, but if it's very fresh (and therefore very soft) like the one in the photos, prevent it from folding in on itself by securing it to the edges of the mold with clothespins or paper clips.

We do all this mold preparation: butter, sugar and crêpe, to get a discreet but delicious little crunch on the bottom, before the softness of the dough and apples.

Stage 13

Place the apples on the bottom.

Stage 14

Pour the dough into the far, then remove the clothespins if necessary.

Note that the apples, depending on the variety chosen, may wander into the dough, but this is not a problem.

Stage 15

Baking

Bake at 180°C (360°F) for 30 to 40 minutes.

Stage 16

Leave to cool before serving.

Remarks

Try using slightly tart apples (such as Reinette) in this recipe, as they provide a delicious contrast to the sweetness of the pastry.

For a simplified version, place the apples in the buttered baking tin, and pour the pastry over them before placing in the oven.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, protected by cling film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
10,895 Kcal or 45,615 Kj	187 gr	1,104 gr	624 gr
545 %	72 %	104 %	95 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
200 Kcal or 837 Kj	3 gr	20 gr	11 gr
10 %	1 %	2 %	2 %

Per far
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,632 Kcal or 15,206 Kj	62 gr	368 gr	208 gr
182 %	24 %	35 %	32 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 3 fars : 11.86 €
Per far : 3.95 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple Batter Puddings, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Lemon creams, Turnip and sesame puree (tahina) soup, Celeriac in cream and mustard sauce, ... All
	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek and celery soup, Celeriac and sesame soup, Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Peach and verbena feuilleté, Naan, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Poppy seed and lemon cake, Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, Invisible apple cake, Franche-Comté sticks, Moist Lemon Cake, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate cream, Cantucci di Prato, Grapefruit cake, Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, Profiteroles, ... All

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