Financiers

Name: Financiers
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: Makes 12 Financiers
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 3 egg whites; 1 pinch salt; ½ teaspoon natural vanilla extract; 90 g (3¼ oz) unsalted butter; 70 g (2½ oz/⅔ cup) almond meal; 85 g (3 oz/⅔ cup) icing (confectioners’) sugar; 30 g (1 oz) plain (all-purpose) flour

Preparation info

Makes
12
Financiers

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

100 Desserts to Die For

By Trish Deseine

Published 2016

About

Little cakes with the delicious flavour of butter ... An essential recipe that’s a must to master.

Ingredients

90 g (3¼ oz) unsalted butter
70 g (2½

Europe
France
Cake
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 200°C (400°F/GAS 6). Butter and flour the financier tin. Gently melt the butter in a saucepan or a microwave.

COMBINE THE ALMOND MEAL, ICING SUGAR AND FLOUR IN A MIXING BOWL. In another mixing bowl, beat the egg whites with the salt to soft peaks