Matcha Langues De Chat
Langues de Chat aka cat tongues are a classic French cookie, this version takes a Japanese twist by sandwiching two crisp cookies around a sweet white chocolate matcha filling. The result is a unique, crisp, moreish, sweet and slightly bitter cookie!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 15 1x
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie
- 50 g Plain flour
- 50 g Egg white
- 50 g Icing sugar
- 50 g Unsalted butter, softened
Matcha White Chocolate Filling
- 60 g White chocolate, melted and tempered
- 3 g Matcha powder
Instructions
Cookie
- Preheat the oven to 150 °C
- Whisk together the softened butter and icing sugar
- Add 2/3rds of the egg white and whisk until combined
- Add the plain flour and mix until just combined
- Add the rest of the egg whites and mix until smooth
- Pour batter into a piping bag with a small round tip and pipe 3 cm circles onto a sheet of parchment paper with approx. 4cm between each circle
- Tap the tray firmly on the table to spread the circles
- Place into the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown and firm
Matcha White Chocolate Filling
- Melt about 35g of chocolate until 42°C (try not to exceed this temperature)
- Add the remainder of the white chocolate and mix vigorously until it reaches 29°C (if there are pieces of unmelted chocolate you can just remove them)
- Mix approximately a tablespoon of melted white chocolate into the matcha powder, mixing until smooth
- Add the mixed matcha chocolate into the remainder of the white chocolate and stir until completely combined
- Pour into a small piping bag and pipe onto the flat side of a cooled cookie
- Lightly place another cookie on top flat side down
- Place in the fridge to set and serve!