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Financier batter

Name: Financier batter
Prep time: 12 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 500 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 110 g egg white; 150 g icing sugar; 80 g ground almonds; 30 g flour; 125 g noisette butter

This delicious mixture is for the classic little French cakes called "financiers" (because of their ingot shape), but it can also be used with fruit, like a clafoutis.

351 K 4.7/5 (43 reviews)

15 min.

Easy

3.35 €

500 g

5 Ingredients

Last modified on: April 14^th 2020

For 500 g, you will need:

1 110 g egg white
2 150 g icing sugar
3 80 g ground almonds
4 30 g flour
5 125 g noisette butter
Total weight: 495 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 15 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Sieve together 150 g icing sugar, 80 g ground almonds, and 30 g flour, then mix.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Mix 110 g egg white into the flour, almonds and icing sugar mixture.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add 125 g noisette butter to the mixture.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Mix well.

Your financier batter is ready.

Remarks

If you don't have hazelnut butter, or don't have the time to make it, use melted butter instead.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Based on a recipe by Gaston Lenôtre.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	20 RDI=9 %	190 RDI=20 %	180 RDI=30 %	2,190 RDI=110 %	9,150 RDI: 110 %
Per 100 g	4 RDI=2 %	40 RDI=4 %	40 RDI=5 %	440 RDI=20 %	1,850 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, Nuts, Gluten, milk

How much will it cost?

For 500 g : 3.35 €

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Icing sugar

Noisette butter

Egg white

Ground almonds