Name: Dutch Pithiviers *** (Pithiviers Hollandais)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 2 h 35 min
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 14 oz. (400 g) almond cream, Frangipane Cream recipe; ⅓ cup (1¾ oz./50 g) Confectioners’ sugar; 1 quantity (1¼ lb./600 g) puff pastry dough, classic or quick; ⅓ cup (1 oz./30 g) ground almonds; ½ cup (3½ oz./100 g) granulated sugar; ½ egg white (1 tbsp/15 g)

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

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Ingredients

1 quantity (1¼ lb./600 g) puff pastry dough, classic or

Method

Divide the puff pastry dough in half. Roll each half separately on a lightly floured surface into a square with a thickness of ⅙ in. (4 mm). Place the 9½-in. (24-cm) plate upside down on the pastry and cut around it (the trimmings can be saved for another recipe).
Roll one pastry circle around the rolling pin and carefully unroll it onto the cookie sheet.