Financiers
Brown butter almond friands — French bakery classics with a caramelised crust. Browning the butter properly, until it smells nutty, is what separates a real financier from a plain almond cake.
Total time
30 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
15 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
French
vegetariangluten-free
Ingredients
150galmond meal
50gplain flour
200gicing sugar
5egg whites
150gbutter, browned and cooled
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 200°C. Butter a financier or muffin tin.
2
Mix almond meal, flour and icing sugar.
3
Stir in egg whites.
4
Fold in browned butter.
5
Fill tin three quarters full.
6
Bake 12–15 minutes until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
7
Cool in tin 5 minutes then unmould.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.
Calories
530
Protein
6.1g
Fat
30.6g
Carbs
59.8g
Fiber
0.3g
Sodium
74mg
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