Sable Breton!
I've had my eye on this recipe for so long now, so imagine how delighted I was when I actually pulled this bake off! The finished Sable Breton! Sable Breton consists of sable base spread with raspberry jam, topped with a layer of pistachio crème mousseline, and decorated with fresh strawberries and raspberries, tempered chocolate decorations, and meringue kisses! This was a real project of a bake with lots of components, so let's get into it! The first stage was to prepare the sable dough by beating softened butter into whisked egg yolks and sugar. Flour, baking powder, and salt are then added to create a very soft dough. Usually, fleur de sel, salt from Brittany with a higher melting point, is used, however I couldn't source any so normal salt had to do! The dough is then chilled for an hour so it can be easily handled. With the sable dough chilling, the next step was to prepare the meringue kisses by whisking egg whites to soft peaks, before adding caster sugar and a pi