Strawberry barquettes: a recipe to fall for

Luscious strawberry barquettes, an easy recipe for the moment spring shows the tip of its nose — perfect alongside tea, or to close a meal gently.

Strawberry barquettes: the recipe

Ingredients

• 180 g softened butter
• 80 g sugar (including vanilla sugar, or 1 tsp vanilla added separately)
• 6 egg yolks
• 1/2 sachet of baking powder
• Flour, as needed
• A little strawberry flavouring (for the pink colour)
• Strawberry jam (or another kind)
• Rose water
• Ground almonds or ground peanuts

Method

1. Mix the softened butter (not melted) with the sugar. Add the egg yolks and mix well.
2. Add the baking powder and the flour a little at a time, until the dough is soft.
3. Roll small balls, dip them in lightly beaten egg white, then coat them in ground peanuts or almonds. Press a hole in the centre with your thumb.
4. Bake: as with every biscuit of this kind, they should be barely golden underneath.
5. Warm the jam with the rose water, then spoon it into the hollows of the barquettes. Let them cool before eating.