Cocoa Cigarette Paste

Name: Cocoa Cigarette Paste
Ingredients: 7 tablespoons (3 ½ oz./100 g) butter; ¾ cup (3 ½ oz./100 g) confectioners’ sugar; 3 tablespoons (⅔ oz./20 g) cocoa powder, unsweetened; Scant cup (2 ¾ oz./80 g) cake flour; 3 egg whites

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

About

These thin cigarette cookies are far easier to make than you might imagine. The chocolate recipe given here is a delicious variation on the classic cigarette cookie recipe.

Ingredients

7 tablespoons (3 ½ oz./100 g) butter
¾

Garnish
Vegetarian

Method

Cover the pencil in plastic wrap. Butter the baking sheet if using. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). In a saucepan, melt the butter, whisking* it constantly, until it browns (beurre noisette).

Pour the melted butter into a mixing bowl. Light