Piped petits-fours


Piped petits-fours
As the name suggests, these are piped into shape using a forcing bag. These dainty little macaroon-like cakes are made with marzipan and have a soft, moist texture.
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Last modified on: December 30th 2019

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17 min.1 day15 min.1 day 32 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Piped petits-fours
Cut 1 cup Marzipan (almond paste) into small pieces and put into a mixer bowl.

Add 0 kg 2 g egg white.

Stage 2 - 3 min.
Piped petits-fours
Knead together on slow speed...

Stage 3
Piped petits-fours
...until this makes a soft dough.

Stage 4 - 4 min.
Piped petits-fours
Transfer to a forcing bag with a fluted nozzle.

Stage 5 - 5 min.
Piped petits-fours
Pipe onto a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a Baking sheet. Make rosettes...

Stage 6
Piped petits-fours
...or teardrops.

Pipe whatever shapes take your fancy.

Stage 7 - 1 day
Piped petits-fours
Decorate each petit-four with a griottine or a whole almond.

Leave at room temperature for about 24 hours to form a crust.

Stage 8 - 15 min.
Piped petits-fours
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Bake for about 12-15 minutes.

Stage 9
Piped petits-fours
Check for colour towards the end of cooking. Ideally, the petits-fours should still be quite pale, just lightly browned around the outside.
Remarks
You can also add a small spoonful of kirsch or rum (to suit your own taste) at stage 1.

If you don't have the proper French "griottines", use glacé cherries instead.
Keeping
Several days in an airtight tin.
Source
Based on a recipe from the INBP (French professional bakery institute).
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
1,859 Kcal or 7,783 Kj92 gr500 gr248 gr
93 %35 %47 %38 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
427 Kcal or 1,788 Kj21 gr115 gr57 gr
21 %8 %11 %9 %
Per piece
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
74 Kcal or 310 Kj4 gr20 gr10 gr
4 %1 %2 %2 %
% 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).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Nuts, Egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 25 pieces : 6.04 €
  • Per piece : 0.24 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Marzipan (almond paste)Marzipan (almond paste): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Provençal colombier for Pentecost, How to make marzipan decorations, Arizona cupcakes, Agen prune cake, Little Christmas biscuits, ... All
Egg whiteEgg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Walnut paste, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", Almond macaroon cake, Ice-cream Vacherin, Coconut tuiles, ... All
Whole almondsWhole almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Apple Batter Puddings, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Red cabage salad with toasted almonds, Moist cereal bars, Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan, ... All
Griottine cherriesGriottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Black Forest gateau, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Mini almond-morello tarts, Cherry and pistachio tarts, Galette de Fougerolles, ... All
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