Gateau Basque

Gateau Basque

Basque Pastry

175 grams of butter (room temperature)

125 grams of sugar

85 grams of ground almonds

Zest of 1/2 lemon

1 egg

225 grams of flour

1 pinch of salt

Seeds of 1 vanilla bean

Place the butter, sugar, and almonds in a bowl. Mix them well. Add the egg, and stir it until combined. Add the flour and salt, and make a smooth dough. Chill it for 1 hour.

Filling

1 cup of milk
3 egg yolks
45 grams of sugar
20 grams of all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons of rum (I didn't use it)
150 grams of apricot jam

Mix the egg yolk, sugar, and all-purpose flour. Bring the milk to boil. Add the egg yolk mixture slowly until it is thickened. Simmer the mix.

Divide the dough in half. Flatten into a disc. Use an oven proof mold, and place the dough in the bottom, along with a rim around. Spread around the pastry cream, and in the middle the apricot jam.

Cover this gateau with the remaining dough, and brush it with an egg yolk. With a fork, make some design.

Cook it in a preheat oven at 350F for 30 minutes or until golden brown......ENJOY!!

Remember the Zucchini Tart Scarpaccia I made last week? I made it again, but in a pot. I finished in the oven to melt the parmigiano and it was delicious!! ENJOY!