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They do look like some normal circular golden brown cookies that you would find anywhere on the streets. BUT THEY AREN’T. They say don’t judge a book by its cover. It couldn’t be truer on these Breton Shortbread Cookies. A UNIFICATION OF AN ANCESTRAL RECIPE AND DEVOTION From sieving the flour to baking the dough to packaging the cookies, it’s all done by the hands of the craft nuns in the Abbaye la joie Notre Dame in Bretagne (Breton), France. So behind every cookie that you taste, it is a unification of an ancestral recipe and devotion that makes these Breton cookies extraordinarily tasty. Of course, nothing a great cook can do without the right ingredients. Made of only fresh and local butter and eggs as well as the wheat flour produced in France, the butter cookies have earned themselves the Monastic label. The French label only validates products with great uniqueness and quality, so you know these Breton shortbread cookies are quite something. A BUTTERY COOKIE TASTING EXPERIENCE When I first tried them, I was really amazed by the aftertaste they left. I expected them to be buttery, but what I didn’t expect was that THE TASTE OF BUTTER CAME BACK even after I swallowed the cookie. It was like some freshly melted butter lingering in my mouth and only starting to fade when I realised I wanted more. It was an uncommon tasting experience found in a common food and that’s what made me fall in love with them. Mind you, they can be quite addictive, but with buttery taste like this … who cares :D P.s. If you look carefully, you will find the white decorative pattern on the black stripes. Well, this is the regional emblem of Breton.

The very first post of this blog!! We would like to dedicate it to a spread that we like very much: the artisanal salted butter caramel made by the Abbaye de Landévennec in Bretagne, France. It was pure luck that we discovered this finger-licking spread and we adored it when we had our first bite. The spread bears the Monastic label. The French brand has long been supporting handmade products from the French abbeys. As a matter of fact, Monastic care about the provenance of the food ingredients, the environment, sustainability, and the product’s uniqueness, so we can rest assured of the food that we take from them. Salted butter caramel spread is a specialty in Bretagne L’Abbaye de Landévennec is the only abbey in France that makes this divine spread. No food colouring or preservatives, its caramel colour comes from the natural colour of sugar cane. When you grab a bite, you will feel the smooth and creamy texture that gives a sense of delicacy in your mouth. The aftertaste? It is a combination of the rightfully balanced salted butter, crème fraîche, and sugar cane that lingers. As a result, the sweetness is just perfect to be served with other desserts. How do we like it? We love enjoying it on a slice of brioche or cheesecake. It also tastes wonderfully with toast, yoghurt, crêpe or vanilla ice cream. Today, I had it in my morning coffee. Only a spoon of it and wow… the aroma of my coffee is ascended! P.s. Your support is an encouragement to the abbey so their small community can continue to operate and be self-sufficient.

France is the country of gastronomy and art. The French love artisanal products. It goes without saying that the local French brands thrive under this respect of traditions. Therefore, when we set up our store, we aimed (we still are!!) to discover these hidden French handmade gems, hoping to find some unique French foods that cannot be found in Hong Kong. At the same time, it’s also a way to help promote French artisanal products. THE FERTILE SOILS IN NORMANDY & GÂTINAIS Today’s about our Salted Butter Caramel & Apple Cookies and Honey Cookies made by the abbey “Abbaye Saint-Wandrille” in Normandy. The fertile Normandy soil means that the apples harvested there are especially juicy and tasty. During the harvest season, it is said that the Normandy orchards are filled with the aroma of apples. No wonder their apples are an important crop in this northwest region of France! The honey cookies, on the other hand, are baked with the honey from the Gâtinais region in France. The region allows the bees to bring in the rapeseed and dandelion pollens when they turn nectar into honey, so the delicious honey has the subtle flavours of the pollens that are added to the cookies. CAN’T STOP NIBBLING Apart from the wonderful fresh apples and honey, French caramel, butter, and fresh eggs are also added, differentiating their aromatic flavours from other mass productions. Not exaggerating, the fruitiness from the small apple cubes, the faint buttery taste, and the honey do make a difference. I always find myself unconsciously eating a few pieces!!

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