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Financier
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Financier

Financier, or visitandine, is a small traditional French almond cake, flavored with brown butter, that’s baked in a small rectangular pan.

Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 15 financiers
Calories: 150 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cup ground almonds
  • ½ cup butter unsalted
  • ¼ cup flour
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 4 egg at room temperature, white
  • ½ teaspoon bitter almond extract (or the seeds of 1 vanilla pod)
Equipment
  • Financier pans
  • Mixing bowl
  • Non-stick casserole dish
  • hand whisk
  • Spatula
  • Cooling rack

Instructions

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  1. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, ground almonds and icing sugar. Set aside.
  2. Preheat the oven to 400 F (200°C).
Brown butter
  1. Melt the butter over low heat in a non-stick saucepan, and separate the fat from the solid milk residue which sinks to the bottom of the saucepan and begins to brown.
  2. When it turns a toasted hazelnut color, remove the saucepan from the heat. Set aside.
  3. The butter will smell slightly of hazelnut.
Financiers
  1. While gently mixing with a spatula or a whisk, stir the egg whites into the dry ingredients.
  2. Add the bitter almond extract or the seeds of the vanilla pod.
  3. Finally, add the brown butter and mix gently with a spatula until a smooth and homogeneous paste is obtained.
  4. Fill the financier pans three-quarters full.
  5. Bake for 10 minutes for small financiers, or 14 to 15 minutes for large ones.
  6. Turn out onto a cooling rack.