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How To Make Petit Fours

Paul Ellis shows how to make petit fours. This recipe features desiccated coconut, egg whites and sugar. Easy and quick to make, these petit-fours are a delicious snack to be enjoyed with coffee or served as a dessert. Enlarge

How To Make Petit Fours

Paul Ellis shows how to make petit fours. This recipe features desiccated coconut, egg whites and sugar. Easy and quick to make, these petit-fours are a delicious snack to be enjoyed with coffee or served as a dessert.

Prep:
5m
Cook:
5m
Total:
10m
Temp:
180° c  -  360° f

Ingredients

  • desiccated coconut
  • sugar
  • egg whites
  • almond

Step 1: Mix the Coconut, Egg and Sugar

Add some desiccated coconut to a bowl. Add 4 tsp sugar to the coconut. Add 4 tsp egg-white to the mix or just enough to bind the mixture.

Step 2: Bake your Petit-Fours

Shape your coconut mix into quinelles and place an almond on top of each quinelle. Add to a baking sheet and place in a pre-heated oven at 180C for about 5 minutes.