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Quatre Quarts

Quatre Quarts
  • For : 6 personnes
  • Time : 1 hour
  • Difficulty : easy

Ingredients for Quatre Quarts :

  • 3 eggs
  • 250 g sugar
  • 250 g butter
  • 250 g flour
  • 1 pinch of salt

Technical stages for Quatre Quarts :

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Prepare all the ingredients.

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2

Mix thoroughly the sugar with the soft butter using a wooden spatula. The mix must be homogeneous.

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3

Add the egg yolks...

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4

...and blend well.

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5

Add the sifted flour. Mix.

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Beat the egg whites...

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...with a pinch of salt until stiff.

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8

Blend 1/4 of the eggs into the mixture to relax it...

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9

...and then combine the rest gently...

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...with a wooden spatula.

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Grease a cake mold.

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Pour the dough in a buttered rectangular baking pan. Clean up the surfae to make it look even, using a wooden spatula.

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Bake in warm oven (180/200°C or 356/392°F).

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Bake for 40 to 35 minutes...

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The dough will rise and brown. The blade of a knife should come out clean and dry if the quatre-quarts is ready.

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Take out of the oven and unmold. Leave to cool.

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The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Automatic flour sieveAutomatic flour sieve 14.20 Euro
Stamped cake mould 28 x 10 cmStamped cake mould 28 x 10 cm 14.40 Euro
Automatic flour sieveAutomatic flour sieve 14.20 Euro
Stainless Steel whisk 35 cmStainless Steel whisk 35 cm 12.70 Euro
Vacuum food saver 1 litreVacuum food saver 1 litre 11.90 Euro
Cakes Salés et Sucrés des 3 ChefsCakes Salés et Sucrés des 3 Chefs 38.80 Euro
Larousse des dessertsLarousse des desserts 35.00 Euro
Loaf Pan with Rigid HandlesLoaf Pan with Rigid Handles 19.90 Euro
Oven thermometer -50°C à +300°COven thermometer -50°C à +300°C 14.70 Euro