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Pithiviers

Two puff pastry rounds filled with almond cream, scored in a rosette pattern and golden brown: the ancestor of the king cake.

  • 1 h 05
  • 8 servings
  • Medium
  • Moderate
  • French

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Nutrition facts

487 kcal per serving

Protein
8.5 g
Carbohydrates
37.8 g
of which sugars
14.7 g
Fat
32.1 g
of which saturated fat
12.4 g
Fiber
2.6 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Whisk the softened butter and sugar, then add the almond flour, the eggs and the rum.
  2. Spread the almond cream in a dome on one pastry round, leaving a 2 cm (3/4 in) border; moisten the border.
  3. Cover with the second round, seal, scallop the edge and brush with egg yolk; score curved lines in a rosette pattern with the tip of a knife.
  4. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes at 190°C (375°F).

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