Cat's Tongues French Butter Cookies

Delicate butter cookies with a long, slender shape, crisp on the edges and soft in the middle. About 28 cookies. 160g.

It was during the Second Empire that the fashion for cat’s tongues arrived from Great Britain. Seized by the British trend, French intellectuals adopted this delicious little dry biscuit under the recommendation of the famous chef and culinary guide Auguste Escoffier. The little cat’s tongues then appear on the tables of weddings, religious festivals and Sunday lunch.

The name “cat’s tongues” comes from their elongated, narrow shape reminiscent of a cat’s tongue. In French, “langues de chat” literally means “tongues of cat”. This characteristic shape is obtained by forming the dough into thin strips before baking them.