Cabbage Galette

Name: Cabbage Galette
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 ml milk; freshly ground black pepper; 200 g flour; 2 eggs; 200 g thick-cut smoked bacon, cubed; 2 tbsp olive oil; ½ Savoy cabbage, roughly chopped; sea salt; a bunch of flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped; 3 cloves of garlic, crushed, peeled and chopped; 3 shallots, finely diced

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

The French Kitchen

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2002

About

This is an old peasant dish from the Auvergne region, and although it is known as Galette au Chou, it is quite different from the thin Breton galettes. It is dense and filling, and can be eaten hot or cold, although I think this dish is best served just warm.

Ingredients

½ Savoy cabbage, roughly chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
200 g thick-cu

Europe
France
Main course
Mediterranean

Method

Heat the oven to 180°C/gas 4.

Steam the cabbage for 3 minutes. Smear a pie dish with olive oil and heat in the oven.

In a bowl, mix together the bacon, eggs, shallots, garlic, parsley and seasoning. Add the flour and milk and blend into a smooth dough.

Remove the h