French Pastry Recipes with Almond Flour (for when you’re too scared to make macarons)
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- 13 Apr 2023
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Once upon a time, you decided that you were going to learn how to make macarons that would impress your friends with your savoir-faire, convince your family that you’re a real adult, and maybe even win your ex back. You bought the almond flour, the silicone baking sheets with little macaron-shaped circles on them, and fresh pastry bags with a half dozen metal tips. But your first attempt flopped, and you’re terrified of trying to make macarons again.
Luckily, there are dozens of things you can make with that bag of almond flour that’s been languishing in your pantry. The French love almonds, or amandes, and use them frequently for baking.
Blue Diamond Almond Flour is a fan favorite, and our recommendation for high quality, budget-friendly almond flour for macarons and other French pastries. Those concerned about their sustainability, water conservation, and bee-friendly biodiversity efforts can review that information here. But if you dislike using almond flour for ecological reasons, the more eco-friendly hazelnut flour can be used in its place in most of these recipes.
All of these recipes can be easily tweaked to make them gluten-free. Just substitute Cup4Cup or your favorite GF flour mix or pastry shell.
Financiers
While the idea of eating a financier feels like something out of an “eat the rich” meme, the French word refers to both people who work in finance, and tiny rectangular cakes made from brown butter, flour, egg whites, powdered sugar, almond flour, and hazelnuts. The cakes get their name from Paris’s financial district, where they were popularized in the 19th century, as employees of the city’s stock exchange would stash the cakes in their pockets for a sweet treat later. Read More…
