Galette Bretonne

Name: Galette Bretonne
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250g buckwheat flour; 1 tsp coarse salt; About 600ml cold water; 1 egg for the batter, plus 1 per galette; Sliced ham; Grated Emmental; Salted butter

Galette bretonne/gah-LET bruh-TON/

Also known as: Buckwheat Galette, Galette Complète, Galette de Sarrasin

About this dish

A thin, lacy buckwheat crêpe from Brittany, folded around ham, Emmental and a soft egg.

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Ingredients

🌾250g buckwheat flour

🧂1 tsp coarse salt

💧About 600ml cold water

🥚1 egg for the batter, plus 1 per galette

🥓Sliced ham

🧀Grated Emmental

🧈Salted butter

Method

Serves 4

Whisk the flour, salt, egg and water into a thin batter and rest for at least 2 hours.

Heat a large flat pan, butter it and spread a thin layer of batter.

When the edges crisp, add cheese, ham and an egg in the centre.

Cook until the white is set, then fold the edges into a square.

Slide onto a plate with a knob of salted butter and serve with cider.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Galettes are made with buckwheat (blé noir) in Brittany's crêperies and are traditionally washed down with a bowl of cider.

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