Creme de Citron
  • BLOG
  • ABOUT
  • LIFESTYLE
  • TRAVEL
    • AMERICA
    • ASIA
    • EUROPE
    • OCEANIA
  • FOOD
    • EAT >
      • SAVOURY
      • SWEET
    • DRINK
    • FRUIT AND VEGETABLES CALENDARS
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • PRINTS

Chocolate and fleur de sel crème fraîche biscuits

25/7/2015

3 Comments

 
Chocolate and Fleur de Sel Crème Fraîche Biscuits Recipe
Chocolate. Fleur de sel. Two ingredients I love and that go together well.  You may have noticed I love a lot of different ingredients, but I am particularly fond of a rich chocolate flavour. I feel like salt in general really brings something amazing out of dark chocolate. I was keen to combine these flavours but also did not want to over indulge in something really sweet and rich (I am not saying I don't like this, I could easily get a nice slice of dark rich chocolate brownie and never share it with anyone because why would I?!).
What I really wanted was something small and perfectly delicious to accompany my daily cups of jasmine green tea.
So, I came up with these little chocolate and fleur de sel crème fraîche biscuits and they are just lovely, not overly sweet at all.
I had made dough with sour cream before for savoury pastry and loved the result so I decided to give it a try with crème fraîche instead for this recipe. It did not disappoint. The addition of crème fraîche creates a wonderful smooth and silky dough. Once baked, the biscuits are not too hard or too soft, just a perfect in between texture that will make you go for more (I had to push the plate of biscuits far far away from me at some stage or else I would have been like a cookie monster, found guilty in a corner with chocolate crumbs all over my face).
I am thinking this dough would also be perfect for blind baking and make delicious little tartlets, endless possibilities!

Find the recipe after the photos. I hope you give it a try!
Chocolate and Fleur de Sel Crème Fraîche Biscuits Recipe
Chocolate and Fleur de Sel Crème Fraîche Biscuits Recipe
Chocolate and Fleur de Sel Crème Fraîche Biscuits Recipe
Chocolate and Fleur de Sel Crème Fraîche Biscuits Recipe
Chocolate and Fleur de Sel Crème Fraîche Biscuits Recipe
Chocolate and Fleur de Sel Crème Fraîche Biscuits Recipe
Chocolate and Fleur de Sel Crème Fraîche Biscuits Recipe (Vegetarian)

Ingredients (make 30 biscuits)

150g plain flour (plus extra for dusting)
30g cocoa powder
50g demerara sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
80g chilled unsalted butter (diced)
60g crème fraîche
fleur de sel (alternatively use sea salt flakes)

1. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, sugar and baking powder in a large baking bowl. Add the chilled diced butter and mix with your fingers until you get a fine crumb. Add the crème fraîche and knead the ingredients together to form a smooth silky ball of dough. Flatten it, wrap it in cling film and put in the fridge for 30 minutes.

2. Preheat the oven to 180ºC (I use a traditional electric oven for baking).
Line a baking tray with greaseproof baking paper.
Dust a large flat surface with flour and roll out the dough until it is 4mm thick. Cut little round shapes using a 5cm diametre cookie cutter. Using a pastry brush, dust off the dough from any remaining flour. Place the little discs of dough on the baking tray with enough space between them (you should be able to fit 12 on a tray - bake in one or two batches depending on how many trays your own). Prick the dough with a fork.
Sprinkle with fleur de sel and place the tray on the middle shelf of the oven. Bake for 15 minutes.

3. Leave the biscuits to cool out of the oven for 5 minutes on the baking sheet then transfer them onto a wire rack and cool down completely.

Enjoy your biscuits with a cup of tea, coffee or hot chocolate.


Bon appétit!

Chocolate and Fleur de Sel Crème Fraîche Biscuits Recipe
3 Comments
Elise
7/10/2015 17:06:36

Bonjour. Can you share the recipe? That looks so delicious!

Reply
Elise
7/10/2015 17:08:01

Please ignore my request, I didn't see the recipe first on my phone, will try it now!

Reply
Yolene link
13/10/2015 14:26:35

Glad you found the recipe at the end ;) I hope it turned out ok and was as delicious as mine (I could eat a ton of those).

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Hello! I’m Yolene, a French blogger based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
    Welcome to my blog Crème de Citron. This is where I share lifestyle, travel and food stories.

    Copyright © Yolene Dabreteau, unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved.
    Content and images cannot be used without my permission.


    FRUIT AND VEGETABLES CALENDARS
    Fruit and Vegetables in Season Calendar


    Enter your email address to follow my blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.


    RSS Feed


    CATEGORIES

    All
    America
    Asia
    Autumn
    Beverage
    Christmas
    Dessert
    Europe
    Fruit And Vegetables Calendars
    It's Saturday!
    Lifestyle
    Oceania
    Recipe
    Savoury
    Sweet
    Travel
    Winter

Content, text and photography are protected by Copyright © Yolène Dabreteau - All rights reserved.