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Finger biscuits

These small biscuits, that look a bit like savoy biscuits, are delicious alone or with Champagne, but are also the base for charlottes or Tiramisu.

337 K 3.7/5 (63 reviews)

50 min.

Average

1.35 €

40 biscuits

6 Ingredients

Last modified on: July 30^th 2021

For 40 biscuits, you will need:

1 187.2 ml flour
2 120 ml potato starch
3 360 ml egg white
4 240 ml caster sugar
5 200 ml egg yolk
6 icing sugar

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 25 min.

Resting: 10 min.

Cooking: 15 min.

All in all: 50 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Preheat oven to 180°C or 356°F.

In a bowl, mix together, 187.2 ml flour and 120 ml potato starch with a whisk.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Beat 360 ml egg white in then add 240 ml caster sugar little by little to obtain a firm meringue.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Pour 200 ml egg yolk over the meringue, then gently fold in with a soft spatula.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Sieve the flour-starch mixture on top.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

And incorporate it, still gently with a spatula.

Stop working as soon as it is mixed, there is no big problem if there are a few small pieces of meringue left here and there.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Spread out the preparation (diameter 1 cm) using a forcing bag on a baking sheet if possible covered with a sheet of cooking paper, in cylinders of about 2 inches (5 cm) long.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Once the whole baking sheet is set, sprinkle it with icing sugar.

Stage 8 - 15 min.

Place in the oven without delay and cook for 10-15 minutes, checking for colouring.

Stage 9 - 10 min.

Remove from the baking sheet while still hot, and cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

This recipe isn't as easy as it sounds, the difficulty is getting the biscuits to bulge nicely rather than being (too) flat. The key to success lies in steps 3 and 5 where you need to incorporate the meringue very carefully to keep the light side of the preparation. Take great care in this delicate operation.

The small history said that those biscuits was created in the 18^th century by the famous chef Antonin Carème, at this time chef of Prince of Talleyrand. The prince love to dip a biscuit in his glass of Porto wine every evening, so Carème make this long biscuits for him (I love those pretty stories).

According to Mado, in Quebec these biscuits are called "Doigts de dames" (ladies' fingers), which is rather more poetic.

Keeping: Several days in a closed metal box.

Source: From Christophe Michalak.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	60 RDI=20 %	430 RDI=40 %	60 RDI=10 %	2,530 RDI=130 %	10,590 RDI: 130 %
Per 100 g	5 RDI=2 %	40 RDI=4 %	6 RDI=1 %	240 RDI=10 %	1,020 RDI: 10 %
Per biscuits	1 RDI=1 %	10 RDI=1 %	1 RDI=0 %	60 RDI=3 %	270 RDI: 3 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 40 biscuits : 2.70 €
Per biscuits : 0.10 €

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