Gâteau Basque 🇫🇷🍰
The Basque Country is localized in the Southwest region of France, near the Spanish border (From Hendaye to Bayonne and until Saint Jean Pied de Port if you go east). It spreads in Spain too but I do not know the "boarders". It is not an administrative region of France (bit sensitive subject though) but the red and white houses and local language (Basque) are typical of this part of France.
The gâteau Basque is a delicious dessert filled with vanilla or rhum cream or black cherry jam.
Once I tried one with almond taste so I wanted to reproduce it "my way".
Ingredients
Cooking Instructions
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🔸Prepare the almond cream. The principle is the same as a confectioner's custard.
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In a pot, warm up the milk slowly.
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Meanwhile, mix the egg yolks with 120g of sugar and the almond extract. It has to be light and frothy.
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Add 40g flour and incorporate it to have a smooth mixture.
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Pour the milk slowly on it while stirring to avoid a lumpy cream. Keep on stirring for 2minutes.
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Put this cream back to the pot and cook it while stirring until it become thicker.
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Transfer into another bowl and let it cool down with a clingfilm on top.
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🔸Now it is time to prepare the dough.
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Mix together the flour, the almond powder, baking powder, salt and 180g sugar.
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Cut the butter in small cubes and add to the previous mix. Use your hands to incorporate the butter and make a "sand texture". If you have already baked crumble, the idea is the same but with smaller pieces.
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Add the vanilla extract and the 2 eggs and mix until It become a dough. You can add more flour if needed.
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Take 2/3 of the dough and spread it in a baking form like the picture. You have to spread butter on the edge and add baking paper on the bottom to ease the turning out of the cake.
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Spread the cold cream on the dough. Fold the edges of the dough on the cream as shown by the arrow.
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Roll out the rest of the dough on a baking paper and close the cake.
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🔸Whisk the last egg yolk and glaze the cake with it. Draw with a fork some lines to decorate the cake.
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🔸Cook approx 40min at 180°C. Let it completely cool down before removing the baking form.
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Enjoy your meal ! 🍰🍽
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