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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cookies: | 2. Combine confectioner's sugar and almond flour in a food processor. Pulse until blended and finely ground. | 3. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. | 4. Whip egg whites and salt in a stand mixer on medium high speed until frothy. Gradually beat in granulated sugar, 1 T. at a time, until stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes. | 5. Fold 1/3 of the confectioner's sugar mixture into the egg whites. Fold in remaining confectioner's sugar mixture and food coloring. Transfer to a large piping bag (do not overfill the bag, use part of the batter at a time) and snip off a 1/2 inch opening. | 6. Pipe batter in 1 1/4 inch circles onto parchment paper. Let stand at room temperature for 15-20 minutes. | 7. Bake cookies, one sheet at a time, for 15 minutes. Cool completely on paper on wire racks. | 8. Ganache: | 9. Place chopped chocolate in a small bowl. | 10. In a small saucepan, heat cream just until steaming. Pour over chocolate and stir until smooth. | 11. Refrigerate until good spreading consistency. | 12. Filling: | 13. Beat butter until smooth. Add confectioner's sugar and salt, beat on low speed until blended. Add heavy cream and beat until good spreading consistency. | 14. Divide in half, tint half with gel food coloring. | 15. Carefully remove cookies from parchment. Spread ganache or plain or tinted filling onto flat side of cookie. Sandwich with another cookie. Repeat with all cookies. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
confectioner ' sugar	1 1/2	cups	sifted	-	-	-	-
almond flour	3/4	cup	sifted	-	-	-	-
egg white	3			51.48	0.7227	10.790999999999999	0.1683
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
sugar	3	tablespoons	granulated	59.9625	11.2515	1.8769	0.9359999999999999
gel food coloring	3	drops		-	-	-	-
chocolate	4	ounces	bittersweet chopped	678.132	52.0506	8.8339	48.3424
heavy cream	1/2	cup		204.0	1.6440000000000001	1.704	21.648000000000003
butter	1/2	cup	unsalted softened	813.795	0.0681	0.9648	92.0599
confectioner ' sugar	2	cups		-	-	-	-
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
heavy cream	2 -3	tablespoons		204.0	1.6440000000000001	1.704	21.648000000000003
food coloring				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.