Pistachio and Lime Financiers and Soy Chai Latte
By: Joe Damrongphiwat
Published: Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 1:37pm

Ingredients




Financiers

1 1/2 cups of finely ground roasted pistachios
6 egg whites
185 grams of melted butter
1 1/2 cups of icing sugar
1/4 cup of buckwheat flour
1/4 cup of rice flour
1 tablespoon of lime juice
2 teaspoons of finely grated lime rind

Preparation

1 Methods: 2 Preheat oven to 200'c fan-forced and grease the oval financier pans with butter and thinly sifted flour. 3 Beat egg whites until frothy (turn the egg whites upside down over your head - if it is ready it won't drop!). Add in butter, sifted sugar, flours, lime juice and rind and nuts. Mix well. 4 Spoon the mixture into pans and bake about 20 minutes. Stand them in pans for 5 minutes and take them out onto a wire rack to cool. Brush with hot sugar syrup.

About


If I was sleeping, I would dream about lying down underneath a giant pistachio tree in my own orchard. It was a routine I always did after a busy day of producing a range of pistachio goods in my factory.
In reality, it was midnight and I couldn't sleep. But my love for these tasty nuts wasn't only in a dream. Baking pistachio and lime friands seemed to be the most comforting substitute moment when my dream was a little to far to reach ... (sighed).

Comments:
Joe Damrongphiwat

Thank you, Cynthia :-)
Cynthia Furey

Just beautiful!
Tanja Wilmot

love this idea to try - could I try using a muffin pan or would that just be totally no good at all?
Joe Damrongphiwat

Hi Tanja, you definitely can use the muffin pan - it will not affect the baking process at all. It is traditionally baked in an oval shape to look like a gold bar as the name suggests.