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Recipe ~ Sète's Zézettes ☀️

This year, we're reinventing our Boutique... Again! And among other new things, jars of biscuits lovingly made in our ovens! 🍪 We're starting with the iconic and traditional zézettes from Sète, made with local rosé and vanilla sugar ✨.

April 30, 2026Recipe

Oven: 180 °C
Cooking: 15 to 20 minutes

It is a specialty from Sète, created by Gaston Bentata in 1997 in his artisanal and family biscuit factory La Belle Epoque, based in Frontignan.

Ingredients

1 glasssugar
1 glasspeanut oil
1 glassrosé wine (white wine can be used)
1 sachetvanilla sugar
1 sachetbaking powder
6 to 7 glassesflour

Preparation

Mix together the oil, wine, sugar, vanilla sugar and yeast
Gradually incorporate the flour to obtain a smooth dough.
Preheat the oven to 180°C
Flour your work surface and form rolls about 15 cm long. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Make a cut in the middle
Roll in sugar and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
Enjoy

Numerous small jars of homemade jams are arranged on a kitchen counter.

Home tips

They're also excellent with wholemeal flour – but they won't be the zézettes of Sète anymore!
Delicious with a good coffee or a glass of white wine.
Keeps well in a box – 15 days or more if you can resist!
Available in our shop!