Type Cookie Main ingredients Shortbread Main ingredient Shortbread | Region or state Caen, Normandy Place of origin France | |
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Similar Lemon, Biscuit, Fruitcake, Petit Gâteau, Tart | ||
Sablé is a French round shortbread cookie that originates in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, in Sarthe.
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History
According to the letters of the Marquise de Sévigné, the cookie was created for the first time in Sablé-sur-Sarthe in 1670.
The French word sable means "sand", which is the French term that takes the place of the English "breadcrumbs" in the context of baking: at the beginning of the recipe, the baker rubs cold butter into flour and sugar to form particles of dough resembling breadcrumbs or sand.
Recipe
Among the most well-known Sablé recipes are those of La Mère Poulard, and the cookies of Saint-Michel and Pont-Aven.
Sablés can be flavoured with almonds, lemon or orange zest.
References
Sablé (biscuit) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA