Far Breton (Brittany Prune Pudding)

04/01/2010  |  40 Comments »

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Happy New Year! How was your New Year celebration? I can’t believe that we have stepped into year 2010! We didn’t do anything much on New Year’s eve, just went to a friend’s place for dinner. I still miss my holiday in France and the food. So, I guess by looking at the title, you would have guessed this post is related to a French dessert.

Far Breton is a flan based dessert made with eggs and milk. It is a very simple but nice dessert originates from Brittany, a region in the north-west of France. There are many versions of Far Breton, but the most well known is the one with prunes. Cinanamon powder is sometimes sprinkled on the top of Far Breton. The texture of Far Breton is pretty similar to Clafoutis, except it’s a bit more dense and almost has quiche-like texture.

France is just an amazing country, its cuisine is represented by each region of its country. If you travel from one region to another, you will find that the cooking-style, tastes, and ingredients change quite significantly! Far Breton is one specialty from Brittany. If you talk about Baked Apples Pomme Au Four, then it’s a specialty from Normandy. What I would like to do one day is to take 1 month off, travel to all regions in France and taste the difference!!

I was introduced to Far Breton a few years back and really love the texture and taste. I am an absolute fan of having fruits in desserts! Far Breton is such a homely pudding that you don’t really have to spend a lot of time to make such a lip smacking dessert. I love the rustic look of it, so simple yet tastes elegantly in the mouth! I thought we should start our 2010 with something sweet. So, there you are my readers, this is made especially for you! ;)

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Far Breton (Brittany Prune Pudding)

Ingredients:

180g flour
150g sugar
4 eggs
500ml warm milk
20-25 prunes
a pinch of salt

Directions:

1. Grease a baking dish and lightly flour. Scattered the prunes.

2. In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, eggs and salt. Add the warmed milk, mix well.

3. Put in a pre-heated oven at 200°C for 35 minutes. Monitor from time to time.

4. Sprinkle some cinnamon powder before serving if desired.

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40 Responses to “Far Breton (Brittany Prune Pudding)”

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    peachkins — 05/01/2010 @ 01:29

    This is awesome!

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 5th, 2010 @ 21:22

      Cheers!

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    Syrie — 05/01/2010 @ 02:29

    Leemei, I adore prunes and this looks delightful. I'm planning on making a prune and custard tart at some stage. Hope it's delicious as yours looks. Happy New Year.

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 5th, 2010 @ 21:23

      Syrie,
      That sounds awesome!! I am looking forward to your custard tart ;) Happy New Year to you too!

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    noobcook — 05/01/2010 @ 02:42

    Happy 2010! really pretty looking dessert, hope u get to do your 1-month France vacation soon! ^_^

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 5th, 2010 @ 21:23

      Thanks!! Yes, I hope I will realise my dream to travel all over France.. hehe

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    3hungrytummies — 05/01/2010 @ 03:52

    This looks very delicious and simple enough I think I can manage :) , and yes I'm making this on Friday night!
    Glad you had a wonderful trip despite the snow storm. Looking forward to more delicious recipe from you.

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 5th, 2010 @ 21:24

      I love dessert that is not difficult to handle, hehehe.. Let me know how it turns out, ok! I will keep on blogging for more yummy dishes..

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    tigerfish — 05/01/2010 @ 07:15

    Thanks for introducing more French cuisine to me :)
    Happy New Year to you and your family.

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 5th, 2010 @ 21:25

      You're welcome.. nice things are to share :) Happy New Year!

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    meeta — 05/01/2010 @ 08:07

    oh this looks great i love far breton right after clafoutis! hope you had a great start to 2010!! sending you my best wishes and hugs!

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 5th, 2010 @ 21:25

      Thanks for the wishes and hugs… :) I like anything like custard texture.. hehe.

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    The Little Teochew — 05/01/2010 @ 13:18

    Yes, now that you mentioned, it does look like to Clafoutis! It looks really yummy!

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 5th, 2010 @ 21:26

      Thanks! ;)

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    Piggy — 05/01/2010 @ 17:40

    Happy new year to you too! I have to give far breton a try one of these days, yours looks sooo yummy!

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 5th, 2010 @ 21:26

      Happy new year, Grace!! Let me know once you try! ;)

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    pigpigscorner — 05/01/2010 @ 21:35

    Love warm desserts..look so pretty with the prunes scattered around. happy new year!

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 7th, 2010 @ 20:45

      Thanks! This is really good and tastes even better the day after!

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    food-4tots — 06/01/2010 @ 11:03

    Really a sweet start for 2010! Look so simple yet beautiful. I must give it a try soon. ;)

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 7th, 2010 @ 20:45

      Thanks! Let me know how it turns out if you try! :)

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    magnesium — 07/01/2010 @ 13:07

    Hello
    I like pudding very much.I was looking for something besides our usual and simple pudding.I like this new and different recipe and I will definitely make it in weekend.Thank you very much for this pudding recipe.

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 7th, 2010 @ 20:46

      This is a great and easy pudding to make!

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    Pei-Lin — 07/01/2010 @ 15:12

    I've got to agree with you on French cuisine! That's what's so fascinating about it! This quality is similar to our Chinese cuisine, too! Don't you think?

    I've never tried Far Breton! Thanks for sharing!!

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 7th, 2010 @ 20:47

      There's so much to learn about French cuisine. I think in Chinese cuisine, we are lacking of desserts… :(

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    HoHoHo — 07/01/2010 @ 23:19

    looks lovely and yummy…

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 10th, 2010 @ 23:16

      Thanks!

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    Maya — 08/01/2010 @ 12:01

    Happy New Year! This is such a homey dessert!

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 9th, 2010 @ 18:47

      Happy New Year to you too!! It's really a nice dessert.. yumm..

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    tracieMoo — 08/01/2010 @ 15:33

    woah! I've got all these ingredients sitting in my kitchen. I guess it's time to whip up some good dessert like this. Can i replace prunes with fruits?

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 9th, 2010 @ 18:48

      Tracie,
      I haven't tried with other fruits, so can't really advise. Not sure if other fruits will be as nice as the prune texture..

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    veron — 10/01/2010 @ 04:20

    This looks absolutely delish!

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    Not Quite Nigella — 10/01/2010 @ 07:49

    That looks absolutely divine! At first I thought it was like gateau breton which is that shortbready cake but this looks quite different and you can see the gorgeous texture from the photos! :D

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 10th, 2010 @ 23:19

      Thanks for dropping by!
      Far Breton has got a texture which is pretty similar to Clafoutis, which is one of my favs too!

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    valentina — 15/01/2010 @ 21:52

    Hi, this is a beautiful dish. I love prunes. when do you add the prunes to the mixture? Do you layer the dish with it or do you add it to the batter after pouring it into the dish?

    • mycookinghut replied: — January 16th, 2010 @ 00:27

      Dear Valentina,
      Thanks for dropping by.
      I missed out on the instruction for the prunes – basically, you layer the dish with prunes, scatter the prunes.
      This simple dessert is super delicious!

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    Bess — 20/06/2010 @ 05:39

    A friend made this for me after my son was born. I don’t cook much with measurements other than US cups, teaspoons, etc. Can you suggest a site for conversion of amounts? Merci!

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    christine — 04/08/2010 @ 17:52

    This is a good example of easy.. Easy ingredients and easy to prepare. The photos look good by the way. If you wont mind I'd love to guide Foodista readers to your post. Just add the foodista widget to the end of this post so it will appear in the Foodista pages and it's all set, Thanks!

    • mycookinghut replied: — August 5th, 2010 @ 20:30

      Thanks! I have done that!

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