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 14th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 1 kg 500 g, you will need:
- 1
11.6 oz egg white - 2
15.8 oz icing sugar - 3
1 lb + 3.2 oz ground almonds - 4
4.9 oz flour - 5
13.2 oz Noisette butter
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 12 min. | 12 min. |
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Mix 11.6 oz egg white into the flour, almonds and icing sugar mixture.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Add 13.2 oz Noisette butter to the mixture.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Mix well.
Your financier batter is ready.
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 |
| 5,988 Kcal or 25,071 Kj | 74 gr | 559 gr | 448 gr |
| 299 % | 28 % | 53 % | 68 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 403 Kcal or 1,687 Kj | 5 gr | 38 gr | 30 gr |
| 20 % | 2 % | 4 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 kg 500 g : 9.95 €
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: Pink Reims biscuits, Santiago Cake, Brioche royale, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Tarte Normande, ... All |
 | Noisette butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pancake batter, Chocolate madeleines, Chestnut cake, Lemon and lime cakes, Pistachio "Financiers", ... All |
 | Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Croute à thé, Walnut paste, Pavlova, Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines), Royal icing, ... All |
 | Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Blackcurrant-almond muffins, Gâteau Nantais, Linzer torte, Marzipan (almond paste), Chocolate almond cookies, ... All |
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