Financiers
Make ahead and keep these pretty little petits fours for a weekend dinner party
Difficulty and servings
Makes 24
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 40 minutes plus chilling
- Butter and flour 24 financier moulds or two 12-hole mini muffin tins and put them in the fridge so the butter sets.
- Melt the butter in a pan over a high heat until it starts to brown. Strain through a fine sieve. Cool. Mix the flour, almonds and sugar in a bowl. Fold in the egg white and stir in the sultanas and butter. Chill for half an hour, or overnight.
- Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Pour the mixture into the moulds and bake for 10-15 minutes, until golden brown and risen in the centre. Cool before taking them out of the tins.
Recipe from olive magazine, April 2005.
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Ingredients
- 125g lightly salted butter
- 25g plain flour , sifted
- 125g ground almonds
- 100g caster sugar
- 3 egg whites , lightly beaten
- 50g sultanas , soaked in 3 tbsp rum
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Difficulty and servings
Makes 24
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 40 minutes plus chilling
Ingredients
- 125g lightly salted butter
- 25g plain flour , sifted
- 125g ground almonds
- 100g caster sugar
- 3 egg whites , lightly beaten
- 50g sultanas , soaked in 3 tbsp rum
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