Recipe: Broyé Du Poitou

1/ Preheat the oven to 190°c.(th 6+)
2/ Mix your soft butter with the sugar.
3/ Add the flour little by little then the whole egg (and the rum) while continuing to mix the dough.
4/ When the dough is homogeneous and very soft, spread it to 1 cm thick and place it in a tart dish for example.
5/ Decorate by making streaks with a fork on top and brush with egg wash (egg yolk + water).
6/ Bake for approximately 25 minutes.
This butter cake is a specialty of the Poitou Charentes region. According to tradition, the broyé du Poitou is not cut, it is broken with a sharp punch, each person then takes a piece according to their appetite. You can also, as in the photo, add some roasted almonds before baking.