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.
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!
ReplyDeleteOh these sound delightful! I love pecans and browned butter :D
ReplyDeleteI love toasted pecans and was happy their flavour came through in these little cakes.
ReplyDeleteYou are such a trooper with ingredients. These little cakes do grow on you. Happy eating.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised by how delicate and full of flavour these were!
ReplyDeleteI loved the strong pecan taste :)
Unusual cookie ingredients with the cornmeal. Sounds delicious to me.
ReplyDeleteWow...what effort to get the ingredients! The things we do to bake right? :). Great job!
ReplyDeleteAgreed!
Deleteglad you were able to get all the goods— these were tasty!
ReplyDeletePecans are readily available here, but not ground ones, which it sounds like you needed. At least they were worth the effort!
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