French Friday with Dorie
The last time I ate seaweed or nori was in a soup that I had at a Japanese restaurant and while I thought it was a very tasty soup, seaweed is not something that I have in my pantry so I was surprised to find it at my local grocery store. This week's recipe is from David Lebovitz, a friend of Dorie's and his original recipe included French seaweed fleur de sel which is not easy to come by, so Dorie just makes her own by using toasted nori and regular fleur de sel.
There's really not much to say about these cookies other than that they were very easy to put together and pretty tasty. I made the log of dough on Monday night and kept it in the refrigerator until I got home from work yesterday. I cut the log into small coins and baked them for about 11 minutes. They aren't supposed to have color, but mine have a little around the edges which I don't think hurt them a bit.
Dorie suggests serving these at a cocktail party, but they were great with a cup of tea. The cookies have a very pleasant sweet and salty taste and the buttery shortbread flavor and texture that you expect from sablés.
Check out the links at French Fridays with Dorie to see what the rest of the group thought about these cookies.
What a twist on the usual sweet sables - delicious :D
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These sound great, yum!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed them. Can't say that I did:( Love your dishes!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm wondering how nori tastes in soup! Great post!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed them. Your presentation is very cute. Almost makes me want to try them again. But not quite.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed these - your photos are great.
ReplyDeleteI love your Jadeite, too!
Hi Elaine, I love your green teaset - so pretty. I went in expecting to hate these sables, and instead I really liked them - to the point where I had to remove them from my office so I didn't keep eating them. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you enjoyed these...I wish I had just one cookie to sample with my tea. I just couldn't justify a whole batch :) Have a wonderful weekend~
ReplyDeleteHmmm. You're braver than I am. But I love, love,love your teacup!
ReplyDeleteElaine, So glad you enjoyed these! I had mine with ice tea..we’re having a heat wave in NJ. I found them surprisingly delicious! Your Sables look so lovely served on your very pretty Jadeite plate!
ReplyDeleteSeems like we share an appreciation for old or depression glass!
I did not expect to like these cookies but they surprised me. I thought they were great and could be used with either a glass of wine or tea/coffee. Glad you liked them.
ReplyDeleteDid you do the lovely green cup and plate combo to "coordinate" with the seaweed in your sablé? Way to go, Elaine. Pretty. Although I wasn't crazy about the seaweed sablé, I do like the little shortbread guy on its own or with cocoa or almost anything else. Thanks for giving me the "heads up" on the heavy duty paper towels roll. I liked my sablés crispy.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to find nori at the market too. Really made me marvel at how much markets have changed! I enjoyed these but I know I would have enjoyed them more in Paris.
ReplyDeleteElaine, beautiful pictures of your lovely seaweed sablés! I agree that they were easy to prepare, nice at this time of year...But I got mixed reviews, some of the taste testers adored them, the others, well, did not. But preparing them was fun and interesting!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend!
I was a little nervous this week, but the seaweed cookies were a success at our house!
ReplyDeleteI didn't think to try mine with tea...perhaps I will try that with some of my leftovers. Lovely presentation!
ReplyDeleteWe went through a home-made sushi phase at our house, so we have nori in the cupboard. This might be a good way to use it up!
ReplyDeleteI think a cup of green tea would be perfect with these :-)
ReplyDeleteThey do look good and I'm partial to the sweet salty taste thing-especially in a shortbread type cookie;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked these! I just remembered I have another log in my freezer. I may try serving those with tea.
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