Pink Reims biscuits
These biscuits are a speciality of Reims. They have a light texture, rather like finger biscuits, and are traditionally rectangular and coloured pink.
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Last modified on: February 12th 2014
Keywords for this recipe:For 15 biscuits, you will need:
- 1
2 Eggs - 2
70 g caster sugar - 3
63 g flour - 4
3 drops food colouring - 5
25 g icing sugar - Total weight: 258 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 26 min.
Cooking: 20 min.
All in all: 46 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Beat together the yolks of 2 Eggs with 70 g caster sugar until the mixture foams and turns white.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Add the egg whites a little at a time...
Stage 3
...allowing the mixture to "foam" each time before adding more.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
At the end, add the red colouring.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Sieve 63 g flour onto the mixture and fold in gently with a soft spatula. Lean the bowl over on its side to do this more easily.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
Reims biscuits are normally rectangular, but you can use whatever shape moulds or tins you have available.
Fill the moulds 3/4 full.
Reims biscuits are normally rectangular, but you can use whatever shape moulds or tins you have available.
Fill the moulds 3/4 full.
Stage 7 - 20 min.
Dust with icing sugar and bake for about 20 minutes.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Turn out when cold.
Keeping: Several days in an airtight tin.
Source: From Gaston Lenôtre.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 20 7 % | 140 10 % | 10 2 % | 740 40 % | 3,100 40 % |
| Per 100 g | 7 3 % | 60 5 % | 4 1 % | 290 10 % | 1,200 10 % |
| Per biscuits | 1 0 % | 9 1 % | 0 | 50 2 % | 210 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 15 biscuits : 0.50 €
- Per biscuits : 0.03 €
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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