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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: October 17^th 2018

For 25 pieces, you will need:

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

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Time required

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

Keeping:

Several days in an airtight tin.

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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 Step 1.

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

Nutritional information

% 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 : 4.61 €
Per piece : 0.18 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

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

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	Griottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Black Forest gateau, Galette de Fougerolles, Cherry and pistachio tarts, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, ... All

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