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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 1 kg, you will need:

1 220 ml egg white
2 300 ml icing sugar
3 363.2 ml ground almonds
4 93.6 ml flour
5 250 ml 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 300 ml icing sugar, 363.2 ml ground almonds, and 93.6 ml flour, then mix.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Mix 220 ml egg white into the flour, almonds and icing sugar mixture.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Add 250 ml 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
4,372 Kcal or 18,305 Kj	49 gr	372 gr	351 gr
219 %	19 %	35 %	53 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
442 Kcal or 1,851 Kj	5 gr	38 gr	35 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 1 kg : 6.64 €

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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

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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: How to make marzipan decorations, Walnut paste, Finger biscuits, Pink Reims biscuits, Armagnac marzipan, ... All
	Noisette butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grapefruit moelleux, Pistachio madeleines, Chestnut cake, Génoise (Genoa sponge), Lemon and lime cakes, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oat financiers for Louise, Like MaronSui's, Calissons, Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines), How to add beaten eggs whites to a mixture, ... All
	Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Succès praliné (praline meringue), Stuffed prunes, Nanou's apple and almond cake, Chocolate almond cookies, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, ... All

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