Orange and olive oil financiers

Huile d'olive d'Aix-en-Provence PDO
Intense flavour
Financiers à l'orange et à l'huile d'olive
A PDO
Preparation
15 min
A PDO
Cooking time
12 min
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Ingredients

A PDO
For 6 personnes
  • For this recipe for orange and olive oil financiers, you will need:
  • 1 untreated orange
  • 3 eggs
  • 120g caster sugar
  • 80g of ground almonds
  • 50g of flour
  • 50g of full-flavoured olive oil

Tip

Go for a full-flavoured olive oil, which pairs beautifully with orange in these orange and olive oil financiers!Do give the matcha tea and lemon version a go, or try the recipe for orange and olive oil biscuits, to enjoy a whole array of sweet treats for your afternoon tea!

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 210°C. Grease your financier tins, if necessary.
  • Scrub the orange under a trickle of cold water, dry it and finely grate the zest. Squeeze half an orange and set the juice aside.
  • Separate the egg whites from the yolks. In a mixing bowl, whisk the yolks with the caster sugar until the mixture turns pale, then add the flour and ground almonds. Mix together.
  • Next, add the olive oil, along with the orange juice and zest. Mix together.
  • Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form, then gently fold them into the batter.
  • Divide the batter between the moulds, place on the middle shelf of the oven and bake for about 10 minutes until the financiers are golden brown.
  • Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool before serving.

Tip

Go for a full-flavoured olive oil, which pairs beautifully with orange in these orange and olive oil financiers!Do give the matcha tea and lemon version a go, or try the recipe for orange and olive oil biscuits, to enjoy a whole array of sweet treats for your afternoon tea!
We recommend...

For this recipe, we recommend PDO huile d'olive d'Aix-en-Provence (intense taste) for its aromas of raw artichoke and greenery, sometimes complemented by hints of walnuts/hazelnuts and red berries.

If you don’t have this, choose another intense-flavoured olive oil: PDO huile d'olive de Corse - Oliu di Corsica, PDO huile d'olive de Haute-Provence, PDO huile d'olive du Languedoc, PDO huile d'olive de Nîmes, PDO huile d'olive de Provence, PDO huile d'olive de la Vallée des Baux-de-Provence. 

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