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Piedmont pyramids

Name: Piedmont pyramids
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 10 pieces
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 egg; 90 g caster sugar; 200 g ground hazelnuts

If you are already familiar with coconut pyramids, you might like to try these hazelnut-flavoured Piedmont pyramids.

The recipe is very straightforward, but these little cakes, with their crisp outside and moist centre, are simply delicious.

47 K 4.3/5 (3 reviews)

35 min.

Easy

2.85 €

10 pieces

3 Ingredients

Last modified on: December 2^nd 2020

For 10 pieces, you will need:

1 1 egg
2 90 g caster sugar
3 200 g ground hazelnuts
Total weight: 340 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 15 min.

Cooking: 20 min.

All in all: 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Put 1 egg and 90 g caster sugar into a large bowl and mix.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add 200 g ground hazelnuts and mix again. This should give you a fairly thick paste.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 7 min.

Weigh out pieces of about 1 oz (30 g), roll into balls and arrange on a sheet of cooking parchment (or a silicon mat, as shown in the photo), laid on a baking sheet.

Stage 4

Pinch each ball between your fingers twice, at right angles, to give a pyramid shape.

Dip your fingers in cold water if the mixture begins to stick.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 4 min.

Make all the pyramids like this.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 20 min.

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Stage 7

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

Depending on the size of your egg, you might need to adjust the quantity of ground hazelnuts. For an elegant finishing touch, stick a whole hazelnut (without its skin) on top of each pyramid.

Keeping: A few days in an air-tight jar or tin.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	40 RDI=10 %	120 RDI=10 %	130 RDI=20 %	1,790 RDI=90 %	7,480 RDI: 90 %
Per 100 g	10 RDI=4 %	40 RDI=3 %	40 RDI=6 %	530 RDI=30 %	2,200 RDI: 30 %
Per piece	3 RDI=1 %	10 RDI=1 %	10 RDI=2 %	180 RDI=9 %	750 RDI: 9 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 10 pieces : 2.85 €
Per piece : 0.30 €

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