David's Seaweed Sablés

Possibly the most unusual FFWD recipe to date.......
















Per Nana:

This was such an interesting group of ingredients that I  could 

not  imagine the end result. The nori was easy enough to purchase,

 but  there were no instructions other than to make sushi.

I researched  the internet and the only information I could find 

was to heat it in a fry pan until the color turned green.  Actually, mine 

started to turn brown so I decided that was not good.   When I tasted the

 nori I was undecided whether or not to continue with the recipe -

the taste was horrible.  When I finally stopped tasting fish, 

I decided to go ahead and finish.

The batter mixed  well  and I gathered it into a ball and cut it

in half, making (2) 8" rolls that I refrigerated for several hours.

I baked each tray separately as Dorie suggested and only had 

to add about two minutes to the cooking time.

I was really surprised  how well they turned out.  Different,  but nice. 

 A bit like a cookie, but with the salt topping, it was also a  little like

 a snack type cracker.  It did not have the flavor of seaweed or fish as the

 nori did when I tasted it plain. I would like  to use this recipe again with some

 of the other ingredients that Dorie suggests, such as the olives or the cheese.

  All of these additions would make a great snack to have with a glass of wine. 

Per Tricia:

Sorry to "bail" again but Nana also made these far in advance and I 

still have a container of the "shrimp cookies" sitting on my counter.  

Needless to say - we simply didn't need another batch.  I don't believe 

the last ones are going to get consumed as it is.

This is not to say that these were a disaster. 

 Taste testing the "seaweed cookies" was quite the adventure around

 here.  My husband and sons all agreed that it was a very "confusing" item

 to describe  since it was clearly sweet yet clearly salty as well.  Sort of a 

rich and savory Danish butter cookie with a lot of salt. Even while eating 

them  we could not quite get our heads and taste  buds around these. 

The truth is that there was a distinct fishey after taste and none of us

 wanted to keep consuming this amount of butter and sugar 

for a  "fish cookie".  Interesting or not.  And it was interesting.  

Thanks Dorie, for the adventure and thanks Nana, for the hard work.

Happy French Friday.