Butterbredele (Butter Biscuits) from Alsace

This is the most traditional ones. Makes 60.

2 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 125 g. butter, 4 egg yolks.

Eggs wash : 1 egg yolk diluted in a bit of milk.

Sift flour and dig a pool in it. Add sugar, egg yolks and diced butter in this pool.

Cover with flour and combine everything. Shape dough into a ball and leave for 2 hours.

Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 5mm thickness. Cut into pieces with a cookie cutter.

Brush surface of biscuits with egg wash. Place on a greased oven tray and bake at 180°C for 5 to 10 minutes.

Spinach, tuna and feta cake

Preparation : 15 min

Ingredients :
- 120 g of tuna (in a can)
- 5 hands (or a little bit more) of fresh spinach
- 75 g of feta cheese (to adjust)
- 3 eggs
- 150 g of flour
- 1 sachet of yeast (= 7gr or 1/4 ounce)
- 5 cl of vegetal cooking oil
- 50 g of butter
- 120 ml of milk
- nutmeg, salt and pepper

Directiions :
In salty water , cook the spinash. When done dry them with a teatowel.
Fry them in some butter, then add the small pieces of tuna, then the feta chese cut in small cubes. Let cook for about 5minutes.
In a large bowl mix together the eggs (bit them like for an omelette), flour, yeast, milk and oil.
Add the mixture spinash-feta-tuna, and salt, pepper and nutmeg.

Pour in a cake pan. You do not need to oil it. Cook in the oven for 45 min - at temperture 180°C / 6-7.

Tips :
Use half and freeze the rest!

Pâtes brisée

Recipe for 3 tarts for 6 pers about

Flour : 500g
Butter : 375g
Salt : 10g
Egg : 50g
Water : 100g

Dissolve the salt in the water.
Mix well flour and butter.
Mix the salty water and the egg.
Mix together to get an homogeneous dough. It should come as a ball a tiny bit sicky only.
Reserve in the fridge for 12h before use.

Note :
When i want to use it straight away i usually add a little bit more flour.
This dough can be used for sugared or salty tart, as well as pizza.

Tips : This dough can be easily freezed.