Finger biscuits
These small biscuits, that look a bit like savoy biscuits, are delicious alone or with Champagne, but are also the base for charlottes or Tiramisu.
296,8773.5/5 for 49 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: June 22th 2013
For 20 biscuits, you will need:
- 0
5 eggs - 1
120 g caster sugar - 2
10 g Vanilla sugar - 3
100 g flour - 4
icing sugar - 5 2 tablespoons caster sugar
- Total weight: 510 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 45 min. | 15 min. | 1 hour |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Put yolks in a bowl, and add 120 g caster sugar and 10 g Vanilla sugar.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Beat until mixture becomes pale.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
And fold it in with a spatula. Stop mixing as soon as flour is totally incorporated.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Beat egg-whites to firm peak stage, adding 2 tablespoons caster sugar midway.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Stage 8
Stop as soon as blended, no matter if some traces of white are still visible.
Stage 9 - 10 min.
Spread out mixture on a non-stick baking sheet, using a forcing bag (1 cm diameter), making cylinders about 5 cm or 2 inches long.
Stage 10 - 3 min.
Sprinkle a little icing sugar on top.
Stage 11 - 15 min.
Put in the oven straight away and cook for about 15 minutes. Watch colour towards end of cooking time.
Remarks
The small history said that those biscuits was created in the 18th century by the famous chef Antonin Carème, at this time chef of Prince of Talleyrand. The prince love to dip a biscuit in his glass of Porto wine every evening, so Carème make this long biscuits for him (I love those pretty stories).
According to Mado, in Quebec these biscuits are called "Doigts de dames" (ladies' fingers), which is rather more poetic.
According to Mado, in Quebec these biscuits are called "Doigts de dames" (ladies' fingers), which is rather more poetic.
Keeping:
Several days in a closed metal box.Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,314 Kcal or 5,501 Kj | 40 gr | 234 gr | 27 gr |
| 66 % | 15 % | 22 % | 4 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 258 Kcal or 1,080 Kj | 8 gr | 46 gr | 5 gr |
| 13 % | 3 % | 4 % | 1 % |
| Per biscuits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 66 Kcal or 276 Kj | 2 gr | 12 gr | 1 gr |
| 3 % | 1 % | 1 % | <1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 20 biscuits : 1.22 €
- Per biscuits : 0.06 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
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Source
From Gaston Lenôtre.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Blackberry and almond fondant tart, Pears and caramelised walnut samosas , French custard tart, Passion fruit jellies, Candied grapefruit peel, ... All |
| Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lobster Thermidor, Rabbit civet "à la normande", Little lemon biscuits, Arizona cupcakes, Caramelized apple and walnut cake, ... All |
 | Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple Strudel, Gâteau Nantais, Pear compote , Lemon and grated apple tart, Breton sablé biscuit dough, ... All |
| Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grated potato cakes, Rémoulette dressing, Broccoli savoury custard, Mouna, Chocolate sweetcrust pastry, ... All |
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