Financier

From what google translate tells me, this means financial. Why, I have no idea.

We had egg whites leftover from another recipe.  Not wanting them to go to waste, Anne Elise came up with a recipe for financiers- a madeleine sort of small cake, with almond powder (or processed almonds with sugar powder). They look absolutely stunning, smell beautifully and are absolutely to die for. Seriously. Here’s how to make them:

Type of dish: dessert

Cost: medium

Difficulty: medium

Time:  45 min

Serves: 6

Preparation time: 15 min

Baking  Time: 20- 30 min

Oven temperature : 210 C

What you need to make this dish:

Big bowl, an egg beater, 6 small tartlet forms, or muffin forms, saucepan, spoon

Ingredients:

• 5 eggs whites
• 125 gr almond powder
• 2 cup sugar powder
• ½ up of regular flour
• 150 g butter
• Butter for forms

How to prepare:

Preheat the oven to 210 C,  wipe the tartlet forms with some butter, set aside. Heat a saucepan over high heat, put in butter and melt, when the butter is liquid and turning a light brown color, remove from heat. You have to watch the butter. Look into the butter. Mix the butter. See your yummy future. Be careful not to burn the butter. Set aside. In a bowl, mix almond powder, sugar, flour, egg whites and mix wildly for 3-4 min. Add the butter to the egg mixture when it cools down to room temperature. Mix again. Pour the mixture in the tartlet forms, filling each one up to half the  tartlet form. Put in oven and bake approx 20 min, or when it becomes light brown. Take them out of the oven when they’ve risen to form a peak in the tartlet forms. Leave them to cool down, eat cold. Serve from the tartlet forms.

Additional information:

The baking time depends on the power of your oven. If you don’t know your oven that well, check every 5 minutes how the financiers are doing. Say Hi! to them. They might finance you through a crisis:)

Serve with ideas:

Fresh fruits like raspberries, and especially with coffee. Drool. Or make them with raspberries here