4318 Savarin Paste

Name: Savarin Paste
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 8 eggs; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) sifted flour; 375 g (13 oz) butter; 25 g (1 oz) sugar; 1 dl (3½ fl oz or ½ U.S. cup) lukewarm milk.; 15 g (½ oz) salt; 20 g (¾ oz) yeast

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Le Guide Culinaire

By Auguste Escoffier

Published 1903

About

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) sifted flour
375

Europe
France
Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Place the flour in a bowl and make a well in the centre; place in it the yeast and dissolve it with the milk. Add the eggs and make into a paste mixing it well for several minutes; detach the particles from the side of the bowl and incorporate in the paste then spread the mixed and softened butter in small pieces over the surface.

Cover with a cloth and place in a fairl