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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:

0 250 g Marzipan (almond paste)
1 35 g egg white
2 25 whole almonds
3 25 Griottine cherries
Total weight: 435 grams

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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
1,029 Kcal or 4,308 Kj	24 gr	100 gr	61 gr
51 %	9 %	9 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
237 Kcal or 992 Kj	6 gr	23 gr	14 gr
12 %	2 %	2 %	2 %

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

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Marzipan (almond paste): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Arizona cupcakes, Agen prune cake, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), How to make marzipan decorations, Little Christmas biscuits, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio "Financiers", Vanilla ice cream, Marzipan (almond paste), Brioche royale, Calissons, ... All
	Griottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mini almond-morello tarts, Galette de Fougerolles, Black Forest gateau, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Cherry and pistachio tarts, ... All
	Whole almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate mendiants, Chocolate Truffles, Granola, Apple Batter Puddings, Praline rochers, ... All

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