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Ardéchois

Ardéchois
Ardéchois is a deliciously moist regional cake with chestnut cream.
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duree1 hour difficultéEasy prix3.20 € pour combien1 cake ingredients9 Ingredients
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Last modified on: April 6th 2025
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 45 min.
All in all: 1 hour
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 2 min.
Ardéchois : Stage 1
Melt (microwave or bain-marie) 100 g butter, and set aside.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 3 min.
Ardéchois : Stage 2
Preheat oven to 160°C (320°F).

Pour 2 eggs and 50 g caster sugar into a bowl and whisk to combine.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 4 min.
Ardéchois : Stage 3
Pour in the melted butter, 200 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) and 1 tablespoon rum.

Mix well.

Note: Keep the butter container for buttering the mould in step 6.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 4 min.
Ardéchois : Stage 4
Sift 100 g flour, 3 g baking powder and 2 pinches salt into the bowl.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 min.
Ardéchois : Stage 5
Mix well again.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.
Ardéchois : Stage 6
Brush a 20 cm (8-inch) diameter mould with butter, using the melted butter from step 1 if possible, and place a circle of baking paper on the bottom. This is not essential, but it makes unmoulding much easier.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.
Ardéchois : Stage 7
Pour the batter into the mould.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 40 min.
Ardéchois : Stage 8
Bake for approximately 40 minutes (check after 35 minutes).
Stage 9
Ardéchois : Stage 9
Leave to cool, and decorate with powdered sugar if desired.
Remarks
For an even more distinctive version, replace half the flour with chestnut flour.

You can replace the rum with whisky, which goes very well with chestnuts.
Keeping: 2 or 3 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source: After Hervé cuisine
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe20 RDI=9 %270 RDI=30 %100 RDI=20 %2,110 RDI=110 %8,830 RDI: 110 %
Per 100 g4 RDI=2 %50 RDI=5 %20 RDI=3 %380 RDI=20 %1,600 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, egg, Gluten
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 cake : 3.20 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)

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Butter
Butter

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Flour
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Caster sugar
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