Nutty Petits Fours

Nutty Petits Fours

Dessert 649 Last Update: Aug 09, 2021 Created: May 30, 2021
Nutty Petits Fours
  • Serves: 12 People
  • Prep Time: 20 min
  • Cooking Time: 15 min
  • Difficulty: Medium
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My maternal Grandmother who raised me in Beirut loved baking. There wasn't a day where I came back from school and would not find a new butter biscuit or a creamy cake in our famous "Namlieh" or kitchen's cabinet. I love these petits fours as they are buttery and semi-sweet with that crunch of a choice of nut in the middle. I added a drizzle of melted dark chocolate just to tell my "Teta" or Grandmother, "Here you go I just needed more chocolate".
Salut Teta!

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Sieve the corn starch, flour and baking powder into a bowl; this method is necessary to avoid any lumps in the dough.
  2. Into a stand mixer, sieve the icing sugar and mix with the butter until all creamy.
  3. Add the egg, lemon flavouring and vanilla and keep mixing until all well combined together.
  4. Add the dry ingredients (corn starch and flour) and combine evenly until it becomes a dough.
  5. Use your hands and knead well for about 10 minutes.
  6. Shape them into small balls with your palm and make a tiny well in the middle to add your favourite nut.
  7. Bake in the oven at 190 degrees Celsius for about 10 to 15 minutes.
  8. Drizzle dark chocolate on top after cooled.
  9. (Melt 200g dark chocolate in the microwave, pour into a tubed bottle and drizzle in zig zag form on the biscuit).

Nutty Petits Fours



  • Serves: 12 People
  • Prep Time: 20 min
  • Cooking Time: 15 min
  • Calories: -
  • Difficulty: Medium

My maternal Grandmother who raised me in Beirut loved baking. There wasn't a day where I came back from school and would not find a new butter biscuit or a creamy cake in our famous "Namlieh" or kitchen's cabinet. I love these petits fours as they are buttery and semi-sweet with that crunch of a choice of nut in the middle. I added a drizzle of melted dark chocolate just to tell my "Teta" or Grandmother, "Here you go I just needed more chocolate".
Salut Teta!

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Sieve the corn starch, flour and baking powder into a bowl; this method is necessary to avoid any lumps in the dough.
  2. Into a stand mixer, sieve the icing sugar and mix with the butter until all creamy.
  3. Add the egg, lemon flavouring and vanilla and keep mixing until all well combined together.
  4. Add the dry ingredients (corn starch and flour) and combine evenly until it becomes a dough.
  5. Use your hands and knead well for about 10 minutes.
  6. Shape them into small balls with your palm and make a tiny well in the middle to add your favourite nut.
  7. Bake in the oven at 190 degrees Celsius for about 10 to 15 minutes.
  8. Drizzle dark chocolate on top after cooled.
  9. (Melt 200g dark chocolate in the microwave, pour into a tubed bottle and drizzle in zig zag form on the biscuit).

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Author Lina Saad dr_alicia75@yahoo.co.uk Lina Saad

I am Lina, a mother, wife, food author and a Lebanese Food Specialist. I was born and lived in Sierra Leone, raised in Beirut and educated in London. Although I love all foods in general, nothing and I mean nothing comes between me and my Lebanese Kitchen. My favourite foods are vines leaves with he

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