Pink Reims biscuits
These biscuits are a speciality of Reims. They have a light texture, rather like finger biscuits, and are traditionally rectangular and coloured pink.
62,0034/5 for 13 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: February 12th 2014
For 30 biscuits, you will need:
- 0
3 eggs - 1
140 g caster sugar - 2
125 g flour - 3
5 drops food colouring - 4
50 g icing sugar - Total weight: 465 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 26 min. | 20 min. | 46 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
Several days in an airtight tin.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Beat together the yolks of 3 eggs with 140 g caster sugar until the mixture foams and turns white.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Add the egg whites a little at a time...
Stage 3
...allowing the mixture to "foam" each time before adding more.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
At the end, add the red colouring.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Sieve 125 g flour onto the mixture and fold in gently with a soft spatula. Lean the bowl over on its side to do this more easily.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
Reims biscuits are normally rectangular, but you can use whatever shape moulds or tins you have available.
Fill the moulds 3/4 full.
Reims biscuits are normally rectangular, but you can use whatever shape moulds or tins you have available.
Fill the moulds 3/4 full.
Stage 7 - 20 min.
Dust with icing sugar and bake for about 20 minutes.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Turn out when cold.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,405 Kcal or 5,882 Kj | 30 gr | 283 gr | 17 gr |
| 70 % | 12 % | 27 % | 3 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 302 Kcal or 1,264 Kj | 6 gr | 61 gr | 4 gr |
| 15 % | 2 % | 6 % | 1 % |
| Per biscuits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 47 Kcal or 197 Kj | 1 gr | 9 gr | 1 gr |
| 2 % | <1 % | 1 % | <1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 30 biscuits : 0.84 €
- Per biscuits : 0.03 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
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: Chocolate and vanilla crème brûlée, Cannelés, Nantes Tourton, Apple paste, Mirlitons, ... All |
| Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Galette Charentaise, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Four quarters, Ciabatta, Grandma Solange's biscuits, ... All |
| Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Saint Honoré cake, Millefeuille, Walnut paste, Little Christmas biscuits, Succès praliné (praline meringue), ... All |
| Food colouring: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Strawberry feuilleté, Fresh mint ice-cream, Peach and green tea tart, Marzipan (almond paste), Lime meringue tart, ... All |
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