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Hazelnut and cherry financiers

In France, these little ingot-shaped cakes are known as "financiers". With their blend of hazelnut and Griottine-cherry flavours, they are sure to delight.

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Last modified on: May 22^th 2022

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For 12 pieces, you will need:

1 120 ml Griottine cherries
2 200 ml ground hazelnuts
3 500 ml Financier batter

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).

Drain 120 ml Griottine cherries.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Spread 200 ml ground hazelnuts out on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

Toast in the oven for 15 minutes, then leave to cool.

Turn the oven up to 410°F (210°C).

Stage 4 - 15 min.

Prepare 500 ml Financier batter, using the toasted ground hazelnuts in place of almonds.

Note: All this can be done the previous day.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Sit your mould on a baking sheet, lined if you wish with cooking parchment (you can reuse the paper from toasting the hazelnuts).

I am using silicon moulds here with each compartment measuring 8x3x3 cm (3x1.2x1.2 inches).

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Put a layer of financier batter into each mould, filling to about 1/4 of the depth (a forcing bag is ideal for this).

Put in the freezer for 15 minutes to firm up the batter; this helps keep the cherries in the centre of the cake.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Put 3 (or more) cherries into each mould.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Cover with more batter, but do not fill right to the top as the financiers will rise during cooking.

Stage 9 - 25 min.

Bake for about 25 minutes.

Stage 10

Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool fully (or until warm) before eating.

Remarks

It is not absolutely essential to toast the hazelnuts in stage 3, but doing so really brings out their flavour.

If you don't have Griottines, you can use Amarena cherries instead.

Keeping

Several days in an airtight tin or jar.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,671 Kcal or 15,370 Kj	155 gr	1,040 gr	867 gr
184 %	60 %	98 %	131 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
448 Kcal or 1,876 Kj	19 gr	127 gr	106 gr
22 %	7 %	12 %	16 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
306 Kcal or 1,281 Kj	13 gr	87 gr	72 gr
15 %	5 %	8 %	11 %

% 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: Nuts, Egg, Gluten, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 12 pieces : 9.55 €
Per piece : 0.80 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Financier batter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clafoutis-style plum financier , Financiers, ... All
	Ground hazelnuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Plum and hazelnut crumble, Piedmont pyramids, Autumn apple and plum crumble pie, Rich hazelnut buttercream, ... All
	Griottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mini almond-morello tarts, Piped petits-fours, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Galette de Fougerolles, Cherry and pistachio tarts, ... All

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