Busqué por muchos libros y blogs dedicados a pastas y galletas (y por otros que se dedican a todo) y al final encontré esta receta que sirve como base a las que hago yo. Como podéis ver en el blog de dónde las saqué la receta ha pasado por varias manos y ha sufrido unas cuantas modificaciones y aun así yo volví a modificarla. Quería que fuesen más friables, que recordasen a las belgas aunque fuese remotamente, y que el sabor a té fuese un poco más intenso.
Si vais a ir en breve a Bruselas os recomiendo que busquéis un Dandoy y las probéis, si no, haced estas en casa que son perfectas para cualquier merienda :)
- 150 azúcar
- 225g mantequilla a temperatura ambiente
- 1/2 cucharadita de sal
- 1/2 cucharadita de extracto de vainilla líquida
- 1 huevo
- 375g harina
- 1 cucharadita levadura
- 4 cucharaditas de Earl Grey
Precalentad el horno a 180º
En mi caso aproveché para estrenar la pistola de galletas que me trajeron los Reyes :). Pero para aquellos que no tengáis una (lo más probable, no nos engañemos) haced una especie de salchichones con papel film y congelad la masa durante una hora. Sacadla y cortadla en rodajas fijitas como de medio centímetro. Colocadlas en la bandeja del horno (sin mantequilla) y horneadlas hasta que estén doradas. Antes de hornear, podéis poner un poquito de té y azúcar sobre las galletas para darles más vistosidad.
Cuando las saquéis del horno dejad que se enfrien un poco antes de pasarlas a la rejilla.
Disfrutad de ellas con moderación, que son adictivas! :)
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Earl Grey tea has always been my favourite. I love that citric and bergamot oil flavour but I like it sweet and with milk. While I lived in Brussels one day I discovered that one of my favourtie shops, the
"biscuiterie" (cookie shop) Dandoy had, amongst large quantities of tea cookies and pain a la grec, Earl Grey cookies. From then on I decided to search for a similar recipe, that albeit it's not the same (those are more brittle) did them justice. The ones Dandoy makes have a deaper bergamot flavour because they add bergamot oil.
I looked through loads of books and blogs dedicated to cookies (and some more general ones) and I finally founded this recipe that I used as an starting point to mine. As you can see in the blog I used as reference this recipe has passed through various hands and suffered some modifications each time but, however, I changed it one more time. I wanted them to be more friable, that they remmembered to the belgian ones even if it was remotely, and that the tea flavour was a bit more intense.
If you're planning shortly to visit Belgium I recommend you go to a Dandoy store and try the original ones, and if not, try making these at home. They are perfect for tea time :)
INGREDIENTS:
- 150g caster sugar
- 225g butter (room temperature)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 375g flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 teaspoons Earl Grey
Preheat the oven to 180ºC
I had a new cookie gun that the "Wise men" had given me on the 6th January so I decided to use it for the first time. But, for those that don't have one (let's be realistic, it'll be the most of you) put the dough over plastic wrap and roll it until you obtain cylinders and let them cool in the freezer for one hour. One the time is over, take it out of the freezer and cut it in slices of about half a centimeter. Place them over an oven tray (you don't need to spread butter over it) and bake them until golden. Before baking, you can sprinkle some caster sugar and tea leaves over them for decoration.
Let them cool in the oven tray before passing them to the wire rack for total cooling.
Enjoy them but beware, these cookies are addictive! :)
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Tiene una pinta estupenda, también es mi té favorito!
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