Strawberry & Pistachio Financiers

“If you love strawberry and pistachio, raise your hands!” Great! I saw a lot of hands including mine (both hands raised). I know it’s probably not the season for strawberries yet supermarkets always tend to import their supplies from elsewhere. So, strawberries that I used are not English strawberries.

So, it looks like strawberry and pistachio are good friends. They get on really well, both the look and taste. If you love this, stick around, I’ve got something really nice to share. Well, I can’t hide what they are as you have already seen how they look like when you read this text. Yes, they all got beautiful name - Financiers. These little cute ones are light tea cake, quite similar to sponge cake. They are usually baked in little shaped molds.

I gathered the word ‘financier’ is said to be derived from the traditional rectangular mold, which resembles a bar of gold. Another theory says that the cake became popular in the financial district of Paris surrounding La Bourse du Commerce (the former name of the Paris stock exchange). 

Since tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, strawberry and pistachio financiers could be a surprise a gift to your loved ones. They look nice and taste amazing! I wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day! Bonne Saint-Valentin! ??????

Recipe: Strawberry & Pistachio Financiers (Financiers aux Fraises et Pistaches)

Ingredients:

Almond powder, 50g

Pistachios (ground), 100g

Butter, 75g

Icing sugar, 80g

Flour, 30g

Egg white, 3

Strawberries, 20

Method:

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan until it’s slightly brown. Set aside and keep it warm.

2. Grind pistachio until fine, almost like powder.

3. In a bowl, put in ground pistachio, almond powder, flour, icing sugar. Mix well. Then, put in the melted butter and give it a good mix.

4. Now, put in the egg white. At this point, you need to use electric mixer/whisk to mix all the ingredients until double their volume.

5. Cover and put the mixture in the fridge to chill for 2 to 4 hours.

6. Preheat the oven at 180°C.

7. You can use mini muffin mould (with 3cm diameter) or the classic rectangular mould. Spoon the mixture into the mould.

8. Slice or quarter the strawberries. Put it and push it slightly into the mixture.

9. Meanwhile, roughly  crush the pistachios and sprinkle on top of the mixture.

10. Put the mould in the oven, and bake for about 20 minutes or until the financiers rise and golden brown.

11. Remove from mould sprinkle a little bit of icing sugar.

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