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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Sable Breton Galette with Berries #French Fridays with Dorie


sable breton galette

How I was able to fit this tart into this week's crazy end of the school year schedule is beyond me. But how could I not. It has everything I love in it: shortbread, smeared with lemon curd, topped with berries with a glaze of red currant jelly which I found surprisingly delicious.
sable tart crust
The shortbread crust alone is out of this world.

 This tart was given a thumbs up by my son who will be graduating 8th grade tomorrow. My daughter who only had time to help roll out the dough, thought I did a fair job without her supervision. She is still in a bad mood because her softball play off game was cancelled again because of thunderstorms.
sable tart with lemon curd
Lemon curd is one of my favorite topping but you could put any kind of spread that you like on it.

 Husband and nephew silently gobbled up their slice. I later caught my hubby snatching a second piece. The remainder of this tart was eaten for breakfast. 
slice of sable tart
Delicious for tea time, dessert, or even breakfast.

 So can you go wrong with making this tart, it looks good and tastes even better. Make it! 


Note: As a member of French Friday's with Dorie I am not allowed to print the recipe. I invite you to take a look at this wonderful cookbook "Around My French Table" if you are interested in this or any other recipe I review. 


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47 comments:

  1. I'm going to try this! I looked at the recipe; it looks easy to make it gluten-free with almond flour.

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    1. I have made this with the gluten free flour "cup 4 cup". But almond flour would be delicious and very true to a Mediterranean tart.

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  2. I love anything with fresh berries, this looks so good!

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    1. Thanks Ann, the red currant jelly glaze really brighten up the flavor of the berries.

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  3. I used the same lemon curd :-)
    Your styling on this one is really lovely.

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    1. Thanks Cher I was forced to decorate it on my own. My daughter was out. I think I've learned from an eleven year old.

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  5. this looks lovely. i skipped the red currant glaze since it was optional. but seems like i missed something :(

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    1. Try it next time. It really did give it a nice flavor that is hard to identify, makes it interesting, and it looks nice too.

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  6. Beautiful berry placement! This looks so, so good.

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    1. Thank you... I can't get over how pretty it turned out because I have never been a decorator.

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  7. How lovely. What a hard act to follow.

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    1. Thank you Liz... I just keep studying your pictures and styling. I'm starting to get it. Thanks for being my role model.

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  9. I'm with you=this dessert was one of my favorites! Beautiful job with your creation and congratulations on your son's graduation!
    Happy weekend ;-)

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    1. Thank you so much Patty, the dessert was a trumph and the graduation party was well done too.

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  10. This was also one of my favorites! Beautiful! We’ve had a good month, haven’t we! Congrats on your son’t graduation! Have a great weekend, Diane!

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    1. Thanks Kathy, I'm so pooped now... all this cooking and festivities, but it was fun.

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  11. Delicious. I caught myself sneaking second pieces!

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  12. You are right about this tart - it's just great, something special for everyone. When I made the shortbread galette, I was tempted to just eat it myself and serve my dinner guests ice cream topped with fresh fruit. I didn't but shortbread cookies are one of my top 5 favorites. I had the jelly but didn't make the glaze. So, I'll just have to make it again as I suspect you will. And, yes, I did have the remaining piece for breakfast. Good luck with wrapping up the school year - a busy time for you Moms.

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    1. Thanks Mary,
      We made it through the festivities of the end of the middle school for my son and my daughter's softball picnic. They had to settle for 3rd place in the league because they couldn't get their last game in... oh well. I wish I had a shortbread cookie right about now.

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  13. Diane, what a truly beautiful presentation of your Sablé Breton with all those wonderful berries - you did add the red currant jelly as a glaze, it looks like a very nice finish to this dessert. We often eat a piece of leftover tart for breakfast as well and who would not love a piece of this with a cup of morning tea or coffee - good luck with wrapping up the school year, we still have another four weeks to go.
    Have a lovely Sunday!

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    1. Oh, my 4 more weeks... I hope your weather isn't as beautiful as ours. The kids got out just as the weather got beautiful. Soon it will be muggy and hot. Have to turn the oven on one more time and make this dessert again.

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  14. Gosh yours is just lovely ! And I am suitably impressed that you knocked this out with everything on your very busy plate this week - I failed on that account but enjoyed every morsel of Nana's amazing results. Which also included a helping for breakfast too :) Yes, I will be revisiting this one for sure. Congrats on the 8th grade graduation !

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    1. Thanks my son is very excited to start high school. Hopefully he will apply himself with a little more effort than he did in middle school. I did cheap by using jar lemon curd but I think if you use a quality product no will know or mind.

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  15. I love the arrangement of your berries. Like you, I loved everything about this tart. I know you don't love baking, but it looks like you did a great job on the crust. Yay! Congratulations to your son on his graduation. High school, here he comes!

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    1. I'm gaining some confidence baking. Tarts, quick breads... are not too stressful. Thank you my son is very excited about high school.

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  16. This was almost too good to be so tasty. Love the topping design.

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    1. LOL part of me didn't want to cut the tart it looked so pretty.

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  17. This is gorgeous! I'm pinning it to my "too pretty to eat" board. lol

    You should stop by and link up to my summer recipe round up! http://lifelovelibrarianship.com/summer-recipe-round-up/

    ~Visiting from Totally Tasty Tuesdays~

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    1. Thank you Elizabeth,,, but I do hope you eat it. It is super delicious.

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  18. Hi, this looks so good and patriotic! I saw it on close to home.
    Julie from julieslifestyle.blogspot.com

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    1. It would be perfect for a 4th of July picnic and it does well in heat, no frosting to melt.

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  19. oooh la la, Diane! C'est magnifique! Merci beaucoup

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    1. Thanks Carole, I thought you might like this tart.

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  20. Oh Diane, this is beautiful! What a lovely dessert and it sounds so delicious. I like that you used lemon curd. Thank you for sharing your Sable Breton Galette with the Hearth and Soul hop.

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    1. Thank you April. This would be nice for tea with your beautiful tea cup collection.

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  21. Absolutely delicious and perfect for summer!

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    1. Thank you so much. I hope you get a chance to try it out.

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  22. Lemon curd is a personal fave, this looks too good to resist!

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    1. If you love lemon curd this dessert will be heaven for you.

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    1. I agree. It looks really impressive, but it is not hard to make.

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