Shortbread Cookies with Warm Apples and Jam

By Patricia Wells

Updated December 6, 2022

Total Time
25 minutes, plus overnight refrigeration
Rating
4(18)
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WHILE chocolate desserts, fresh fruit sorbets and fruit tarts re main the classic, ever-popular French desserts, lighter, cookie- based desserts are appearing more frequently. Several Paris restaurants have recently offered sable, or shortbread cookie, desserts. This recipe comes from Jacqueline Fenix, a fine restaurant in Neuilly, a Paris suburb, where the chef, Michel Rubod, offers warm shortbread with sauteed apples and homemade apricot jam. At Tour d'Argent the menu recently featured a dessert made of three layers of sables interlaced with fresh raspberries, all set in a pool of fresh raspberry sauce, while at Jacques Cagna sables came warm from the oven, accompanied by sauteed apples and cinnamon ice cream.

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Ingredients

Yield:6 servings

SHORTBREAD

  • ⅓ cup almonds, ground to a fine powder

  • ¼ cup sugar

  • 2 egg yolks

  • ⅓ cup (3 ounces) unsalted butter, softened

  • 1 cup bleached flour

APPLE SLICES

  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter

  • 4 tart cooking apples, peeled, cored, cut into thin slices

  • 1 tablespoon sugar

  • Fruit jam

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Nutritional analysis per serving (6 servings)

47 grams carbs; 84 milligrams cholesterol; 365 calories; 7 grams monosaturated fat; 2 grams polyunsaturated fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 19 grams fat; 4 grams fiber; 7 milligrams sodium; 5 grams protein; 25 grams sugar

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. PREPARE SHORTBREAD DOUGH:

    1. Step 1

      In food processor blend ground almonds, sugar and yolks. Add butter and flour and process until well blended. Remove dough and shape into 6-by-2-inch roll. Refrigerate in plastic wrap for 24 hours.

    2. Step 2

      Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

    3. Step 3

      Roll cookie dough into ¼-inch thickness, then cut into 18 rounds 2 ½ inches in diameter. Place on baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes, or until golden.

    4. Step 4

      Prepare apple slices while cookies are baking. Melt tablespoon of butter in medium-size skillet over moderate heat. Add apples and sugar and cook, stirring occasionally, just until slices are cooked through, about 10 minutes.

    5. Step 5

      To serve, place 3 warm cookies on each plate, top with portion of apples and serve immediately with pot of jam.

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