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Almond dacquoise

Name: Almond dacquoise
Prep time: 19 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 44 min
Yield: 500 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 5 egg whites; 2 tablespoons caster sugar; 150 g icing sugar; 150 g ground almonds

A dacquoise is a sort of almond meringue that can be eaten like a biscuit or can be used as the base of more sophisticated desserts.

217 K 4/5 (13 reviews)

45 min.

Easy

3.95 €

500 g

4 Ingredients

Last modified on: June 28^th 2011

For 500 g, you will need:

1 5 egg whites
2 2 tablespoons caster sugar
3 150 g icing sugar
4 150 g ground almonds
Total weight: 480 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 20 min.

Cooking: 25 min.

All in all: 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Beat 5 egg whites, incorporating 2 tablespoons caster sugar halfway through, then 150 g icing sugar when they are stiff.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Tip 150 g ground almonds into the meringue.

Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F).

Stage 3 - ⌛ 7 min.

Fold in the ground almonds gently.

Stage 4

Your dacquoise dough is ready.

Stage 5

You can pipe biscuits with a forcing bag like finger biscuits.

Stage 6

Or spread the mixture into one big flat biscuit with a metal spatula.

Stage 7

You can also make pistachio dacquoise by replacing the ground almonds with ground pistachios.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 25 min.

Cook for around 25 minutes without opening the oven door, otherwise the dacquoise is very likely to fall completely flat.

Remarks

Another possible flavour: the almonds can be replaced with hazelnuts.

Important: the dacquoise dough is very sticky, so must be cooked on a non-stick baking sheet or a sheet of cooking parchment.

If you lose track of how many egg whites you have in your bowl, remember 1 egg white = 30 g approximately.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in an airtight tin.

Source: After Pierre Hermé (simplified).

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	40 RDI=10 %	210 RDI=20 %	80 RDI=10 %	1,710 RDI=90 %	7,170 RDI: 90 %
Per 100 g	7 RDI=3 %	40 RDI=4 %	20 RDI=3 %	360 RDI=20 %	1,490 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 500 g : 4.00 €

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