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Filet Bleu - Sablés w/ Lemon & Almond - 150 g
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Filet Bleu - Palets Bretons - Pure Butter Shortbreads - 125 g
Regular price $5.00 USDRegular price$6.50 USDSale price $5.00 USDSale
About Filet Bleu
- Based in
- Near Quimper, Brittany, France
- Founded
- 1919
- Known for
- Breton butter biscuits and sablés
Filet Bleu has made biscuits in Brittany since 1919, and in 1950 it became the region's first industrial biscuit maker. The bakery sits near Quimper, in Finistère, and in 2022 the company reported five production lines making close to 300 products, exported to 16 countries.
The company is known for Breton butter biscuits and sablés, the butter shortbread of Brittany. Butter biscuits like these are eaten with tea or coffee.
Filet Bleu questions
What is a palet breton?
A palet breton is a thick biscuit made with salted butter, more than a centimeter tall, created in 1920 by Alexis Le Villain, a baker in Pont-Aven, Brittany. Its name and round, flat look come from the jeu de palets, a traditional Breton game similar to shuffleboard. It belongs to the family of Breton butter biscuits that Filet Bleu is known for.
Why are Breton biscuits made with salted butter?
Salt helped butter keep before refrigeration. When France brought in a salt tax in 1343, salt grew too costly for many peasants, who switched to unsalted butter, but Brittany was exempt and kept eating salted butter. Salted butter is still the essential ingredient in Breton biscuits, which is why they taste buttery with a light edge of salt.
