Beignets Régina (Sponge-Finger Fritters with Apricot)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Pâte à Biscuits à la cuiller
- Apricot jam
- Fresh cream flavoured with maraschino
- Very fine breadcrumbs (for crumbing à l'anglaise)
Instructions
- Pipe the Pâte à Biscuits à la cuiller in the form of strongly domed macaroons.
- Bake them in a slow oven and let them cool.
- Hollow out the inside of each and garnish with apricot jam.
- Put them together in pairs and soak them with fresh cream flavoured with maraschino.
- Crumb them à l'anglaise and finish as for the Beignets Mignons.