Breton Buckwheat Galette Complète with Ham, Comté Cheese and Egg
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A gluten free recipe for a Breton inspired buckwheat galette. Cheese, ham and an egg is usually called a complète - I have used French Comté cheese.
Ingredients
Batter
  • 100g buckwheat flour
  • pinch salt
  • 180mls water
  • 1 egg
  • coconut oil, ghee or butter
filling - per galette
  • 15g Comté cheese, grated
  • 1 egg
  • 25g ham
  • a few spinach leaves
  • freshly ground blackpepper
Instructions
  1. First make up your batter, mix the flour with the salt and then add the water and the egg, stir till all comes together you are looking for a consistency of pouring cream. Ideally leave sit covered or 30 minutes or overnight in the fridge (if so bring to room temperature before cooking).
  2. Warm a large frying-pan to a medium heat and add ½ Tbs of cooking fat to the pan, I find it helps to use a paintbrush to spread the oil around the pan. You can pre-heat the grill at this stage too.
  3. Use a ladle to pour in the batter - around 90mls at a time, lift the pan off the heat and swirl around the pan, using a spoon to help spread if necessary. Place the pan back on the heat, and when the top is no longer looking wet and runny scatter over the cheese, then crack an egg in the middle of the pan. Finally drape in the ham and spinach. Place a lid on the pan to keep the heat in to cook the egg, and sufficiently melt the cheese. Fold over the 4 edges into the galette. I then I like to transfer the pan under the grill to make sure the filings are cooked through.
  4. Slide off onto a plate and repeat, you may need to brush the pan with additional oil before adding more batter.
Notes
The cooking method for this is entirely different to what you would find in a crêperie, but through many experiments I have found this to be the most reliable method.Instead of folding in the edges you can also fold the crepe in half, then half again, wrap in paper and devour without the need for a knife and fork.
Recipe by Ceri Jones Chef at https://cerijoneschef.com/buckwheat-galette/