Chocolate and fleur de sel crème fraîche biscuits

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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 (Vegetarian)

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