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Galette Charentaise

This is a traditional cake from France's Charente region.

The recipe is straightforward and the cake is slightly dense in texture, but quite delicious.

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Last modified on: August 26^th 2018

Keywords for this recipe:Cake Charente Traditional recipe Galette

For 1 cake, you will need:

0 100 g butter
1 125 g flour
2 125 g Maize flour (masa harina)
3 2 eggs
4 125 g caster sugar
5 1 vanilla pod
6 1 pinch salt
7 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (optional)
Total weight: 593 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
25 min.	2 hours	20 min.	2 hours 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 hours

Take 100 g butter out of the fridge, cut into small pieces and leave to soften at room temperature for an hour or two.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Weigh out and mix together 125 g flour and 125 g Maize flour (masa harina).

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 2 eggs, 125 g caster sugar, 1 pinch salt and the contents scraped from 1 vanilla pod.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Beat until the mixture becomes pale.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Sieve the mixed flours into the bowl...

Stage 6 - 4 min.

And fold in gently.

The best way to do this is to tip the bowl at angle, and lift and turn the mixture with a soft spatula.

Stage 7 - 4 min.

Incorporate the softened butter in the same way.

The cake batter is ready.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Spread the mixture evenly in a round non-stick tin or mould.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Sprinkle the top with 1 tablespoon granulated sugar.

Stage 10 - 20 min.

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Be careful not to overcook this cake, or it will be too dry.

Remarks

You will notice that the cake hardly browns naturally. If you prefer your cake with a little more colour, glaze the top with beaten egg-yolk before sprinkling with the granulated sugar.

And to drink?

A glass of Pineau des Charentes, of course!

Keeping

A few days in an airtight tin.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,342 Kcal or 9,805 Kj	36 gr	326 gr	100 gr
117 %	14 %	31 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
395 Kcal or 1,654 Kj	6 gr	55 gr	17 gr
20 %	2 %	5 %	3 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,342 Kcal or 9,805 Kj	36 gr	326 gr	100 gr
117 %	14 %	31 %	15 %

% 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 cake : 4.81 $

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, Comtoise apple charlotte, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Eton mess, Grapefruit moelleux, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Corsican tarts, Sesame fried scampi, Doughnuts, Pogne de Romans, ... All
	Maize flour (masa harina) : You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cornmeal baps for Anne, Nachos, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Basic cake batter - the French way, Almond macaroon cake, Citrus tart, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Seafood feuillantines, ... All

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