Matcha financiers

The little cake of Parisian pâtisseries — brown butter and almond, sweetened with honey.

15 min + 12 min baking · 12 financiers

Ingredients

• 100 g butter
• 3 egg whites (90 g)
• 70 g honey
• 60 g ground almonds
• 40 g flour
• 4 g matcha

Method

1. Melt the butter until it turns nutty brown, then let it cool slightly.
2. Mix the sifted ground almonds, flour and matcha.
3. Stir in the egg whites and honey, then the brown butter, without beating hard.
4. Fill buttered moulds three-quarters full. Bake at 200 °C for 10 to 12 minutes.
5. Unmould while warm. Best the same day, or the next in an airtight box.

Choose your pouch →Matcha madeleines →