La Sablésienne - Comté and Sesame Savory Shortbread

A shortbread that has reconsidered its identity entirely. This is not a sweet biscuit that got lost on the way to the cheese course. It was designed to be here, alongside a glass of something cold, with Comté AOP at nearly 12% of the dough and sesame seeds toasted into every bite. The result is buttery where you want it, nutty where you don't expect it, and savory enough to make you forget there's a dessert coming.

La Sablésienne is a biscuit factory from the Pays de la Loire with a long habit of doing things properly: French ingredients, master bakers, no artificial colors, no preservatives, no flavor shortcuts. The savory line is the newer chapter, and it is a very good one.

MADE WITH COMTÉ AOP AND SESAME, BY LA SABLÉSIENNE, PAYS DE LA LOIRE, FRANCE

Comté is one of France's most celebrated raw milk cheeses, aged in the Jura mountains under strict PDO regulations that govern everything from the breed of cattle to the size of the wheel. At the AOP designation, it carries a depth of flavor that most cheeses spend their whole existence trying to approximate. La Sablésienne works it into their sablé dough alongside toasted sesame for a cracker that is genuinely ingredient-forward: the Comté is the point, and the shortbread is its very good vehicle. No artificial colors, preservatives, or flavorings. Made in France. 105g.