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Quatre-quarts or four quarters is a very familiar French dessert made with only four ingredients each of equal weight.  Starting with the egg weight, it will allow you to determine how much of the other ingredients you will need. That simple.

To make matters easier I have transferred into cup measurements for you. However, by remembering that simple tip of all 4 ingredients same weight, you will never need this recipe again.

I was introduced to this wonderful dessert at the tender age of 10-11 and I have been making it since. Easy to prepare as you can see from the quick instructions, however, the result is always the same: perfection.

Variations

Add lemon zest and a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice.

Split the quatre-quarts mixture in two and add some cacao to one of the two. Mix well. When spooning it into the mold alternate cacao and non and with a knife blend ever so slightly the two flavors. Once baked and ready to be sliced you will notice a great design.

Add some chopped date, raisins to it.

How to serve it

You can bake in a rectangular mold or a shape mold. I use Nordic Ware as they are the best for even cooking.

Slice and serve it with jam,  fruit compote, or creme Anglaise.

If baked into a round shape mold, add fruits in the middle when ready to serve.

TIPS

• Beat the egg white to soft peaks. When you remove the beaters from the egg whites the peaks should stay in an upright position. Another way to make sure that all the egg white is beaten up is to move from side to side the bowl. If the egg whites do not move they are beaten to perfection. In my cooking classes, I demonstrate this by turning the bowl upside down.
• Always sift the flour.
• Make sure the mold is well buttered. I use no-stick bakery spray by Bak-klene ZT. It covers each nook and cranny of all those gorgeous molds that we have on the marketplace.
• As not all ovens are the same, after 30 minutes of baking insert a knife in the middle, and if it comes out clean the Quatre-Quarts is done. Do not worry about falling down when you open the oven door, we do not use yeast.
• Let is rest in the mold over a cooling rack for 5 minutes prior to removing from the mold. The cooling rack will help the bottom to cool off as well as air will circulate underneath it.

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