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Financier batter

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.

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Last modified on: April 14^th 2020

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For 250 g, you will need:

1 ¼ cup egg white
2 0 kg icing sugar
3 ½ cup ground almonds
4 1 ½ tablespoon flour
5 0 kg Noisette butter

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How long will it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
12 min.	12 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Sieve together 0 kg icing sugar, ½ cup ground almonds, and 1 ½ tablespoon flour, then mix.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Mix ¼ cup egg white into the flour, almonds and icing sugar mixture.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Add 0 kg 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,097 Kcal or 4,593 Kj	12 gr	93 gr	88 gr
55 %	5 %	9 %	13 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
442 Kcal or 1,851 Kj	5 gr	38 gr	36 gr
22 %	2 %	4 %	5 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg, Nuts, Gluten, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 250 g : 1.66 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Coconut "croute à thé", Millefeuille, X-Files cookies, Pink Reims biscuits, ... All
	Noisette butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lemon and lime cakes, Pistachio madeleines, Grapefruit moelleux, Chestnut cake, Pancake batter, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche royale, Verrine of avocado mousse and crab, Swiss meringues, Marzipan (almond paste), Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", ... All
	Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, Calissons, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Santiago Cake, Nanou's apple and almond cake, ... All

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