Chestnut moelleux


Chestnut moelleux
"Moelleux" means soft, and is also the name given to the gooey, soft-centred cakes that are popular in France. These muffin-style cakes are doubly chestnutty: there is chestnut purée in the mixture and pieces of marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) in the middle as well.

The result is a little melt-in-the-mouth treat.
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Last modified on: February 11th 2018
For 15 moelleux, you will need:

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Resting: 30 min.
Cooking: 20 min.
All in all: 1 hour 15 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 3 min.
Chestnut moelleux
Put into a mixer bowl: 30 g ground almonds, 30 g ground hazelnuts, 30 g cornflour and 50 g butter, cut into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 4 min.
Chestnut moelleux
Beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 30 min.
Chestnut moelleux
Add 100 g egg, 300 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons), 1 tablespoon rum and 1 pinch fine (or table) salt.

Continue beating until evenly mixed.

Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Stage 4 - 4 min.
Chestnut moelleux
Chop 40 g marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) into small dice.

Stage 5 - 4 min.
Chestnut moelleux
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

You can put the mixture into a forcing bag to make life easier, but this is not essential.

Stage 6 - 4 min.
Chestnut moelleux
Put a little of the mixture into each cake mould or tin, then add a few chopped marrons glacés on top.

Stage 7 - 4 min.
Chestnut moelleux
Cover with more cake mixture (you should not be able to see the marrons glacés), then glaze the tops.

Stage 8 - 20 min.
Chestnut moelleux
Bake for about 20-25 minutes, watching carefully for browning towards the end of the cooking time. Be careful not to overcook, or the cakes will be too dry.

Stage 9
Chestnut moelleux
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
If you don't have cornflour, you can use ordinary plain flour or chestnut flour instead, but the cake texture will be a little less moist.
Keeping: A few days in an airtight tin.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe40 RDI=10 %260 RDI=30 %100 RDI=20 %2,120 RDI=110 %8,870 RDI: 110 %
Per 100 g5 RDI=2 %40 RDI=4 %20 RDI=2 %340 RDI=20 %1,420 RDI: 20 %
Per moelleux2 RDI=1 %20 RDI=2 %6 RDI=1 %140 RDI=7 %590 RDI: 7 %
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 Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Nuts, Milk, egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 15 moelleux : 6.30 €
  • Per moelleux : 0.45 €

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  • Very delicious and very moist .
    Posted by Daniela march 13th 2018 at 21:55 n° 1

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