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Piedmont pyramids

If you are already familiar with coconut pyramids, you might like to try these hazelnut-flavoured Piedmont pyramids.

The recipe is very straightforward, but these little cakes, with their crisp outside and moist centre, are simply delicious.

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Last modified on: December 2^nd 2020

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For 10 pieces, you will need:

1 1 egg
2 90 g caster sugar
3 200 g ground hazelnuts
Total weight: 340 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Put 1 egg and 90 g caster sugar into a large bowl and mix.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Add 200 g ground hazelnuts and mix again. This should give you a fairly thick paste.

Stage 3 - 7 min.

Weigh out pieces of about 1 oz (30 g), roll into balls and arrange on a sheet of cooking parchment (or a silicon mat, as shown in the photo), laid on a baking sheet.

Stage 4

Pinch each ball between your fingers twice, at right angles, to give a pyramid shape.

Dip your fingers in cold water if the mixture begins to stick.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Make all the pyramids like this.

Stage 6 - 20 min.

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Stage 7

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

Depending on the size of your egg, you might need to adjust the quantity of ground hazelnuts. For an elegant finishing touch, stick a whole hazelnut (without its skin) on top of each pyramid.

Keeping

A few days in an air-tight jar or tin.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,787 Kcal or 7,482 Kj	36 gr	124 gr	127 gr
89 %	14 %	12 %	19 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
526 Kcal or 2,202 Kj	11 gr	37 gr	37 gr
26 %	4 %	3 %	6 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
179 Kcal or 749 Kj	4 gr	12 gr	13 gr
9 %	1 %	1 %	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: Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 10 pieces : 2.82 €
Per piece : 0.28 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Ground hazelnuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Rich hazelnut buttercream, Smart plum tart, Autumn apple and plum crumble pie, Hazelnut and orange cake, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple Strudel, Pear compote , Fruit crumble, Ice-cream Vacherin, Finger biscuits, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clementine Creamy, Crunchy salad, Chocolate almond cookies, Yeast-based flaky dough (for croissants), Moist chocolate cake, ... All

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