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The bakers of Subiaco get extra creative as the festive season draws near - Dianne Bortoletto discovers some of the sweet treats which will be gracing our Christmas tables this year. IMAGES | Craig Kinder
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howing your love and appreciation for someone by giving the gift of beautiful food is as old as time. Festive treats are the perfect present for everyone, especially those who are hard to buy for, and Subiaco’s bakeries, patisseries and Subi Farmers Market are busy creating tasty treats ready for gifting this Christmas. 4 • SUBIACO: Eat drink shop
Louis Boeglin Patisserie
here in Subiaco. Louis will be making ‘bredala’, a traditional Alsace Christmas butter biscuit that comes in many flavours including hazelnut, cinnamon, Alsace-born chef Louis Boeglin and lemon, as well as classic loves Christmas and traditions vanilla. Bredala are available from his homeland, a region in in boxes of 12 ($24) in mixed the northeast of France, close flavours and Louis says that to Germany. And that’s lucky they last weeks when kept in for us because we can enjoy an airtight container. all the delicious traditions right “I learned to make bredala 3/223 Bagot Road, Subiaco Tel: 0483 844 103 Email: info@louisboeglin.com Visit: louisboeglin.com.au
with my grandmother, and infact all the little kids make them with their grandmother during Christmas time. The ginger and honey flavour is a favourite for both my grandmother and me,” Louis says. “It’s tradition to have bredala with tea or coffee after lunch or dinner, and to give them to children as a morning or afternoon snack. There’s always a little bag or box of
