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Foie gras fingers

An elegant canapé which consists of a crisp layer of shortcrust pastry topped with a layer of foie gras.

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Last modified on: December 21^th 2011

Keywords for this recipe:Canapés Small bites Appetizer Aperitif

For 40 canapés fingers, you will need:

1 150 g flour
2 120 g butter
3 1 egg
4 5 g salt
5 50 g sesame seeds
6 200 g Foie gras
Total weight: 575 grams

Change these quantities to make: 20 canapés fingers 40 canapés fingers 80 canapés fingers 120 canapés fingers

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Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	2 hours	20 min.	2 hours 50 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare the shortcrust pastry with sesame seeds by mixing 150 g flour, 120 g butter, 1 egg, 5 g salt and 50 g sesame seeds in a food processor bowl.

Mix until homogeneous, then form into a thick cake and wrap in stretch plastic film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Stage 2 - 2 hours

Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).

Roll out the pastry into a large rectangle as evenly as you can (to avoid offcuts as far as possible). Prick all over.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

Bake the pastry until it is golden brown.

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Cut the pastry into strips about 1 cm (1/2 inch) wide using a knife with a serrated blade.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Cut these strips into pieces around 4 cm (2 inches) long.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Cut the foie gras into pieces barely the size of the pastry and about 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick.

Stage 7 - 10 min.

Assemble the fingers by placing each piece of foie gras on a piece of pastry.

Keep in the fridge, but take them out 30 minutes before serving to allow the flavour of the foie gras to develop fully.

Stage 8

Possible variation: put a thinner slice of foie gras between 2 pieces of pastry that has been scattered with grated gruyère before baking.

Remarks

The pastry can be prepared several days in advance if it is kept tightly wrapped in stretch film in the fridge.

The number of fingers indicated is only approximate and will depend on the size you cut the pieces of pastry. So don't worry if you have a few more or less.

The sesame seeds can be replaced with others seeds of your choice (linseed, poppy seeds, etc.).

And to drink?

A glass of champagne.

Keeping

A few hours in the fridge.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,954 Kcal or 8,181 Kj	53 gr	124 gr	219 gr
98 %	20 %	12 %	33 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
340 Kcal or 1,424 Kj	9 gr	22 gr	38 gr
17 %	4 %	2 %	6 %

Per canapé fingers
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
49 Kcal or 205 Kj	1 gr	3 gr	5 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 40 canapés fingers : 8.19 €
Per canapé fingers : 0.20 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Foie gras: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Tournedos Rossini, Foie gras Chantilly , Scallops with crunchy vegetables and wine sabayon, Beef Wellington, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Two-olive ciabatta, Escalopes in a sesame crust, Soft apple cookies, Plum and hazelnut crumble, Liège waffles, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche galette, Nanou's chocolate cake, Leek and tuna loaf, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Rillettes stuffed mushrooms, ... All
	Sesame seeds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Hamburger buns, Seeded loaf, Sesame cookies, Fish in a seed crust, Sesame fried scampi, ... All

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