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Hazelnut and cherry financiers

In France, these little ingot-shaped cakes are known as "financiers". With their blend of hazelnut and Griottine-cherry flavours, they are sure to delight.

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Last modified on: May 22^th 2022

Keywords for this recipe:Small cakes Pâtisserie Financiers Moist Hazelnuts Griottines Cherries

For 12 pieces, you will need:

1 120 g Griottine cherries
2 200 g ground hazelnuts
3 500 g Financier batter
Total weight: 820 grams

Change these quantities to make: 4 pieces 6 pieces 12 pieces 24 pieces 36 pieces

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
38 min.	40 min.	1 hour 18 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Hazelnut and cherry financiers : Photo of step #1

Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).

Drain 120 g Griottine cherries.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

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Spread 200 g ground hazelnuts out on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

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Toast in the oven for 15 minutes, then leave to cool.

Turn the oven up to 410°F (210°C).

Stage 4 - 15 min.

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Prepare 500 g Financier batter, using the toasted ground hazelnuts in place of almonds.

Note: All this can be done the previous day.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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Sit your mould on a baking sheet, lined if you wish with cooking parchment (you can reuse the paper from toasting the hazelnuts).

I am using silicon moulds here with each compartment measuring 8x3x3 cm (3x1.2x1.2 inches).

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Hazelnut and cherry financiers : Photo of step #6

Put a layer of financier batter into each mould, filling to about 1/4 of the depth (a forcing bag is ideal for this).

Put in the freezer for 15 minutes to firm up the batter; this helps keep the cherries in the centre of the cake.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

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Put 3 (or more) cherries into each mould.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

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Cover with more batter, but do not fill right to the top as the financiers will rise during cooking.

Stage 9 - 25 min.

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Bake for about 25 minutes.

Stage 10

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Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool fully (or until warm) before eating.

Remarks

It is not absolutely essential to toast the hazelnuts in stage 3, but doing so really brings out their flavour.

If you don't have Griottines, you can use Amarena cherries instead.

Keeping

Several days in an airtight tin or jar.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,061 Kcal or 8,629 Kj	55 gr	300 gr	272 gr
103 %	21 %	28 %	41 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
251 Kcal or 1,051 Kj	7 gr	37 gr	33 gr
13 %	3 %	3 %	5 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
172 Kcal or 720 Kj	5 gr	25 gr	23 gr
9 %	2 %	2 %	3 %

% 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 12 pieces : 9.55 €
Per piece : 0.80 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Financier batter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Financiers, Clafoutis-style plum financier , ... All
	Ground hazelnuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Smart plum tart, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Hazelnut and orange cake, Tyrolean apple crumble, Little cakes with a chocolate and hazelnut centre, ... All
	Griottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Black Forest gateau, Mini almond-morello tarts, Piped petits-fours, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Galette de Fougerolles, ... All

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