Chestnut moelleux
"Moelleux" means soft, and is also the name given to the gooey, soft-centred cakes that are popular in France. These muffin-style cakes are doubly chestnutty: there is chestnut purée in the mixture and pieces of marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) in the middle as well.
The result is a little melt-in-the-mouth treat.
The result is a little melt-in-the-mouth treat.
Last modified on: February 11th 2018
Keywords for this recipe:For 5 moelleux, you will need:
- 1
1 ½ tablespoon ground almonds - 2
1 tablespoon ground hazelnuts - 3
½ tablespoon cornflour - 4
1 tablespoon butter - 5
2 tablespoons egg ( How to... ) - 6
½ cup sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) - 7
1⁄3 tablespoon rum - 8
1⁄3 pinch fine (or table) salt - 9
1 tablespoon marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) - 10
1 tablespoon beaten egg
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 min. | 30 min. | 20 min. | 1 hour 13 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Put into a mixer bowl: 1 ½ tablespoon ground almonds, 1 tablespoon ground hazelnuts, ½ tablespoon cornflour and 1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces.
Stage 2 - 4 min.
Beat until evenly mixed.
Stage 3 - 30 min.
Add 2 tablespoons egg, ½ cup sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons), 1⁄3 tablespoon rum and 1⁄3 pinch fine (or table) salt.
Continue beating until evenly mixed.
Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Continue beating until evenly mixed.
Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Chop 1 tablespoon marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) into small dice.
Stage 5 - 4 min.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
You can put the mixture into a forcing bag to make life easier, but this is not essential.
You can put the mixture into a forcing bag to make life easier, but this is not essential.
Stage 6 - 4 min.
Put a little of the mixture into each cake mould or tin, then add a few chopped marrons glacés on top.
Stage 7 - 4 min.
Cover with more cake mixture (you should not be able to see the marrons glacés), then glaze the tops.
Stage 8 - 20 min.
Bake for about 20-25 minutes, watching carefully for browning towards the end of the cooking time. Be careful not to overcook, or the cakes will be too dry.
Stage 9
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
If you don't have cornflour, you can use ordinary plain flour or chestnut flour instead, but the cake texture will be a little less moist.
Keeping
A few days in an airtight tin.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 698 Kcal or 2,922 Kj | 11 gr | 88 gr | 32 gr |
| 35 % | 4 % | 8 % | 5 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 335 Kcal or 1,403 Kj | 5 gr | 42 gr | 15 gr |
| 17 % | 2 % | 4 % | 2 % |
| Per moelleux | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 140 Kcal or 586 Kj | 2 gr | 18 gr | 6 gr |
| 7 % | 1 % | 2 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 5 moelleux : 2.08 €
- Per moelleux : 0.42 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears, Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, ... All |
 | Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cannelés, Plain cake, Amandier (gluten-free almond cake), Kouign-amann brioche, Caramel rice pudding, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Spinach Croque-monsieur , Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc, Caramelized apple and walnut cake, Scallops with sorrel and Noilly Prat, ... All |
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- Very delicious and very moist .Posted by Daniela march 13th 2018 at 21:55 (n° 1)
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