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Piped petits-fours

As the name suggests, these are piped into shape using a forcing bag. These dainty little macaroon-like cakes are made with marzipan and have a soft, moist texture.

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Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

Keywords for this recipe:Small biscuits Almond paste Marzipan Moist Soft Pastry

For 25 pieces, you will need:

1 250 g Marzipan (almond paste)
2 35 g egg white
3 25 whole almonds
4 25 Griottine cherries
Total weight: 435 grams

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
17 min.	1 day	15 min.	1 day 32 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Cut 250 g Marzipan (almond paste) into small pieces and put into a mixer bowl.

Add 35 g egg white.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Knead together on slow speed...

Stage 3

...until this makes a soft dough.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Transfer to a forcing bag with a fluted nozzle.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Pipe onto a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a Baking sheet. Make rosettes...

Stage 6

...or teardrops.

Pipe whatever shapes take your fancy.

Stage 7 - 1 day

Decorate each petit-four with a griottine or a whole almond.

Leave at room temperature for about 24 hours to form a crust.

Stage 8 - 15 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Bake for about 12-15 minutes.

Stage 9

Check for colour towards the end of cooking. Ideally, the petits-fours should still be quite pale, just lightly browned around the outside.

Remarks

You can also add a small spoonful of kirsch or rum (to suit your own taste) at stage 1.

If you don't have the proper French "griottines", use glacé cherries instead.

Keeping

Several days in an airtight tin.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,032 Kcal or 4,321 Kj	39 gr	193 gr	103 gr
52 %	15 %	18 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
237 Kcal or 992 Kj	9 gr	44 gr	24 gr
12 %	3 %	4 %	4 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
41 Kcal or 172 Kj	2 gr	8 gr	4 gr
2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 25 pieces : 6.04 €
Per piece : 0.24 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Based on a recipe from the INBP (French professional bakery institute).

This recipe uses (among others)

	Marzipan (almond paste): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to make marzipan decorations, Little Christmas biscuits, Provençal colombier for Pentecost, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Arizona cupcakes, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Walnut paste, Nougat, How to beat egg whites, Pistachio powder or paste, Marzipan (almond paste), ... All
	Whole almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Toasted almond cake, Carrot-top pesto, Red cabage salad with toasted almonds, Moist cereal bars, Chocolate mendiants, ... All
	Griottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Black Forest gateau, Galette de Fougerolles, Hazelnut and cherry financiers, Cherry and pistachio tarts, Mini almond-morello tarts, ... All

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