Chewy Lemon-Pistachio Financiers

Preparation info
  • Makes About

    2 Dozen

    Bars
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth

By Jill O'Connor

Published 2007

  • About

Financiers are dense, chewy little rectangular cake bars named for the glittering gold bricks they resemble. Here, stuffed with zesty pea-green pistachios and a zing of lemon, they really shine.

Ingredients

Method

Combine the Ground Almonds, pistachios, and 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar in a food processor. Grind the nuts and sugar together until the mixture is very fine and powdery.

Transfer the Nut Mixture to a Large Bowl and Stir in the Granulated Sugar, lemon zest, egg whites, and vanilla just until smooth and combined. Sift the flour and salt together onto a piece of waxed paper and g