Recipe: Sugar Cake

Name: Galette au sucre
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 160 min
Yield: 10 portions
Ingredients: 250 g de farine3 œufs100 g de beurre + 20 g à 30 g pour la finition15 g de sucre + environ 30 g à 40 g pour la finition5 g de sel12 g de levure5 cl de lait.

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Prep 10 min

Cook 30 min

Rest 2h

Total 2h40

Servings 10 serv.

Ingredients for 10 servings

250 g of flour
3 eggs
100 g of butter + 20 g to 30 g for finishing
15 g of sugar + approximately 30 g to 40 g for finishing
5 g of salt
12 g of yeast
5 cl of milk

Step-by-step directions

1- Dilute the yeast in 5 cl of lukewarm milk.

2- In a bowl or the bowl of a mixer, put the flour, salt, sugar, and diluted yeast. Mix, then incorporate the eggs beaten beforehand with a fork.
Work for about ten minutes to give the dough body (it should normally no longer stick to your hands).

3- Incorporate the softened butter in small pieces.

4- Let rise for one hour in a room with a temperature of about 25°C (to ensure sufficient temperature I turn on my oven).

5- Fold down the dough and place it in a mold with not very high sides. Since the dough remains quite soft, I spread it by hand with flour or with a spatula (it doesn't matter if it's not even, it's a regional recipe!!).
Let it rise again for approximately 45 minutes.

6- Sprinkle the top of the galette with finishing sugar, distribute the butter in small pieces over the sugar.

7- Bake at 160° for 30 minutes or at 230° for 8/10 minutes. This latter cooking is closer to the