Financiers
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
12 cakes
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup ground almonds
- 6 large egg whites
- 2⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
directions
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Continue to cook, watching closely, until the milk solids turn brown. Be very careful, as they will turn from brown to black-burnt in a split second.
- Mix almonds and sugar in a medium saucepan. Add egg whites and cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. When the mixture is runny, slightly opaque and hot (about 2 minutes), remove from heat and stir in flour. Add melted butter slowly. Transfer to a bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap (press plastic against surface of batter), and chill at least 1 hour, or up to 3 days.
- Preheat oven to 400°F Butter 12 financier molds or 12 mini-muffin cups, dust with flour, and discard excess (or use butter-and-flour baking spray). If using individual molds, line them up on a cookie sheet.
- Fill each mold/cup almost full (about 3 tbsp each). Bake for 13 minutes or until golden and springy to the touch. Cool a few minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!