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Mini palmiers

Palmiers are a traditional French patisserie, consisting of folded puff pastry caramelized with sugar. These small versions are made with the shop-bought puff pastry that comes ready-rolled in a circle.

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Last modified on: September 11^th 2018

Keywords for this recipe:Palmiers Puff pastry Sugar Caramelized

For 20 pieces, you will need:

1 250 ml Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 20 ml beaten egg
3 100 ml caster sugar

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
19 min.	20 min.	39 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Unroll the circle of puff pastry and trim into a square or rectangle (or roll out, if it comes as a block).

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Glaze the pastry all over.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Sprinkle generously with sugar.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Fold the sides of the pastry in to meet in the centre.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Glaze again and sprinkle with more sugar.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Fold the pastry in half along the join.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Brush with egg and coat with sugar on both sides.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Finish by cutting the pastry into slices about 1cm (1/2 inch) thick...

Stage 9

...and arrange these on a baking sheet, not too close together as they will open out during cooking.

Stage 10 - 20 min.

Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.

Loosen from the baking sheet while hot and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

If you make the puff pastry yourself, you can make your palmiers larger as the pastry will be thicker.

Keeping

Several days in an airtight tin.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
534 Kcal or 2,236 Kj	13 gr	183 gr	81 gr
27 %	5 %	17 %	12 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
144 Kcal or 603 Kj	4 gr	49 gr	22 gr
7 %	1 %	5 %	3 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
27 Kcal or 113 Kj	1 gr	9 gr	4 gr
1 %	<1 %	1 %	1 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 20 pieces : 0.89 €
Per piece : 0.04 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Maroilles cheese quiche, Chicken and mushroom pie, Rustic chicken and mushroom pie, Two-cheese quiche, Cheese and tomato tart, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Doughnuts, Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, Caramel semolina pudding with raisins, Jam doughnuts, Caramelized apple and walnut cake, ... All
	Beaten egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Milk rolls, French croissants, Elsa's Comtoise galette, Cochelin d'Evreux, Snails in a brioche, ... All

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