How to make blueberry French pastries – Lawrence Murphy

By Lawrence Murphy
Published 28th Mar 2019, 16:35 BST
Updated 28th Mar 2019, 16:41 BST
Blueberry financiers.Blueberry financiers.
Blueberry financiers.
Every Friday one of the team bakes something for us to enjoy after lunch service with a mug of tea.

It’s a welcome break after scrubbing the oven hood and cleaning the filters in the kitchen.

It was my turn this week (which seems to come round very quickly) and I thought I’d produce a classic French pastry called financier.

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These rectangular cakes are enriched with almonds and usually flavoured with butter that’s been heated so it just begins to colour and take on a nutty flavour. 

Because one of our team is dairy intolerant I changed the recipe and came up with blueberry financiers which are perfect because they are gluten and dairy free.