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The recipe of the month : the "gâteau battu" recipe
The gâteau battu is a Picardy speciality from Ponthieu (Abbeville's region). It's a brioche cake, very rich and with a cylindric form. This cake must be served with rhubarb jam or custard.
The recipe
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Ingredients
- 20 egg yolks How to do it ? 1. Put the flour in a container 2. Add the melted butter, sugar, alcohol, salt and the 20 egg yolks then the baker's yeast first mixed with tepid water. 3. Add the 2 beaten egg whites 4. Work the mixture with hands until it unsticks from the fingers 5. Butter 4 specific cake tins (15 cm higher) 6. Pour 1/4 of the mixture in each cake tin 7. Put a lid on the tins and put them close to the burner 8. Put in a hot oven when the mixture is nearly overflowing the tin 9. Let bake 20 minutes Taste it ! It's delicious ! |
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