Gluten Free Pecan Financier 1

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The recipe describes how to make gluten-free pecan financiers using brown butter and a neutral gel.

The steps to make brown butter are to bring butter to a boil, continue cooking until milk solids separate and turn golden brown, then strain.

The ingredients used to make the neutral gel are water, sugar, pectin, glucose/corn syrup, and citric acid powder.

GLUTEN-FREE

PECAN FINANCIER
for 9 financiers

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Gluten-free Pecan Financier
for 9 financiers

NEUTRAL GEL

Ingredients Total weight: ~ 165 g 100%

• Water 72 g 44%
• Sugar (1) 61 g 37%
• Sugar (2) 10 g 6%
• Pectin NH 3.5 g 2%
• Glucose/corn syrup 18 g 11%
• Citric acid powder 0.2 g <1%

1. Pour the water into a saucepan, add the glucose syrup and sugar (1).

2. Heat the mixture to 30 °C / 86 °F.

3. Mix sugar (2) and pectin NH.

4. Add the pectin and sugar mixture into the saucepan with water,
glucose and sugar (1) and bring everything to a boil.

5. Then add citric acid powder. Continue cooking for about 3 minutes.

TIP
• If desired, the citric acid powder can be replaced with 2 g of
lemon juice.

6. Strain the gel into a clean container and refrigerate.

7. Leave the neutral gel to stabilize in the fridge at 4 °C / 39 °F for at


least 6 hours.

BROWN BUTTER

Ingredients

• Butter 82% 150 g

1. Put the butter in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Continue


cooking on low heat for several minutes until milk solids separate
from fat and float to the top. When ready, the butter will reach the
temperature of 140 °C / 284 °F and turn golden brown.

2. Strain the finished butter into a separate bowl using a strainer —


put some paper towels in it so the fat drains to the bowl and the
milk solids stay on the paper towel.

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Gluten-free Pecan Financier
for 9 financiers

GLUTEN–FREE PECAN FINANCIER

Ingredients Total weight: ~ 397 g 100%

• Brown rice flour 30 g 8%


• Oat flour 5g 1%
• Icing sugar 100 g 25%
• Pecan powder 60 g 16%
• Egg whites 100 g 25%
• Brown butter 100 g 25%
• Sea salt 2g <1%
• Pecan halves 9 pcs
• Butter 82% for brushing the molds Sufficient quantity
• Neutral gel Sufficient quantity

1. In a bowl, sift together the brown rice flour, oat flour and pecan
powder, mix with the sifted icing sugar.

2. Add the room-temperature egg whites and salt to the dry


ingredients. Mix until smooth with a spatula.

3. Heat the brown butter to 40 °C / 104 °F. Gradually add it to the


mixture of the egg whites and dry ingredients and mix well with a
wire whisk.

4. Cover the batter with plastic wrap and place it in the fridge for
6 hours or overnight.

5. Preheat the oven to 165 °C / 329 °F. Brush the 7-cm Matfer Exopan
oval molds (ref. 850182) with a bit of soft butter. The layer of coating
should be very thin.

6. Pipe the financier batter into the molds, filling them ¾ full, and place
the pecan halves on top.

7. Bake for about 10–12 minutes, minding the peculiarities of your


oven. When ready, the financier should spring back into shape
when pressed lightly.

8. Allow the financiers to cool down at room temperature.

9. Heat up the neutral gel to 60–70 °C / 140–158 °F and brush the


pecans with it.

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