Recipe: Gances

Name: Gances
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: Gances Ingredients:300 g (10.5 oz) of type 55 flour; 50 g (1.75 oz) of cornstarch; 2 tablespoons of crème fraîche; 1 tablespoon of rum or Amaretto; 1 Zest of untreated lemon sliced very finely; 3 free-range eggs; 2 packets of vanilla sugar or vanilla extract; 1 packet of baking powder; 1 small pinch of salt; 20 g (0.7 oz) of sugar; 75 g (2.6 oz) of melted butter

By AFTouch-Cuisine 4.4/5 (14 reviews) · 🍳 27 made it

Prep 5 min

Cook 15 min

Total 20 min

Recette Gances - Recette de chef — Photo: ©autres délices-A.F.Touch

Ingredients

Gances Ingredients:

300 g (10.5 oz) of type 55 flour
50 g (1.75 oz) of cornstarch
2 tablespoons of crème fraîche
1 tablespoon of rum or Amaretto
1 Zest of untreated lemon sliced very finely
3 free-range eggs
2 packets of vanilla sugar or vanilla extract
1 packet of baking powder
1 small pinch of salt
20 g (0.7 oz) of sugar
75 g (2.6 oz) of melted butter

Step-by-step directions

1 Separate your eggs then whip your egg whites until stiff peaks form

2 In a large bowl pour all the elements except the flour, stir, then add the egg yolks and melted butter and finally the whipped egg whites.

3 Then gradually add flour to obtain a tender dough and let it rest covered for 4 hours.
Then roll out and cut the dough according to your imagination.
Fry then in a bath of oil (160°) then drain and sprinkle with powdered sugar