Tuesday, June 12, 2018

TWD - Cowgirl Cornmeal Pecan Financiers



This week's Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Cowgirl Cornmeal Pecan Financiers.  The name is not delicate but these little cakes are.  They contain toasted ground pecans, cornmeal and browned butter, making for  taste sensation.

I had a bit of a shopping excursion for the ingredients for these financiers, as neither cornmeal nor pecans are sold at my regular supermarket.  The cornmeal I understand (it is not an ingredient used that much in Australia), but the pecans I do not.  Coles is the only supermarket where I have reliably been able to get pecans in normal quantities.  The cornmeal came from an IGA, which also sold pecans, but only in industrial quantities.   

I wasn't thrilled at first to be making these financiers, but I changed my mind when I tasted them.  The are light and bursting with flavour.

To see what the other Dorie bakers made this week, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

10 comments:

Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.) said...

I loved the flavours of these when I made them a while ago. This week i switched it up to accommodate allergies. I do love the cornmeal in these, pecans or not!

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...

Oh these sound delightful! I love pecans and browned butter :D

Zosia said...

I love toasted pecans and was happy their flavour came through in these little cakes.

Diane Zwang said...

You are such a trooper with ingredients. These little cakes do grow on you. Happy eating.

Sanya said...

I was surprised by how delicate and full of flavour these were!
I loved the strong pecan taste :)

Pam said...

Unusual cookie ingredients with the cornmeal. Sounds delicious to me.

Kim said...

Wow...what effort to get the ingredients! The things we do to bake right? :). Great job!

Cakelaw said...

Agreed!

steph- whisk/spoon said...

glad you were able to get all the goods— these were tasty!

Kari said...

Pecans are readily available here, but not ground ones, which it sounds like you needed. At least they were worth the effort!