FINANCIER WITH BLACKCURRANT AND CANDIED CHESTNUT

Preparation time: 12 minutes
 

Cooking time: 35 minutes 

 

Ingredients for 4 persons:

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  • 90g almond powder

  • 100g of sugar ice cream

  • 1 pinch of fine salt 

  • the pulp of a vanilla pod 

  • 60g of flour 

  • 4 egg whites 

  • 30g black currant jam 

  • 100g butter 

  • 3 candied chestnuts cut in 4
     

Decoration of the financier: 
 

  • 2 candied chestnuts cut in 4 

  • 1 tsp. soup of blackcurrant jam

  • 1 tsp. tablespoon of water

 

Preparation:

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  • Preheat the oven to 190° C. 

 

  • In a skilled, drop the butter and melt with hazelnut color. Get rid of a ramekin. 
     

  • In a bowl, mix flour, almond powder, ice sugar, fine salt and vanilla pulp. Add egg whites 1 to 1 to whip and blackcurrant jam. Stir and add the hazelnut butter.
     

  • In the buttery and floured mold, pour up to half the cookie device. 
     

  • Drop the pieces of candied chestnuts then pour the rest of the device cookie. 
     

  • Bake for 35 minutes. 
     

  • In a small pan, pour the spoonful of jam with the spoonful of water and heat up to get coulis of blackcurrant. 
     

  • At the end of cooking, unmold the financier on a pastry chef grid. 
     

  • Place with blackcurrant coulis and drop the pieces of candied chestnuts in the center.