INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup marrons glaces
  • 16 pieces white bread (round cocktail slices or rounds cut from a sliced loaf)
  • 3 tablespoons butter (no substitutions, quantity approximate)
  • 1/4-1/2 cup whipped cream, sweetened and flavored with a little vanilla (quantity approximate)
  • 2 tablespoons pistachios , blanched and chopped (quantity approximate)
  • candied violets (optional)

DIRECTIONS

  1. Butter eight pieces of the round cocktail bread; cut a small circle out of the remaining eight.
  2. Grind marrons glacés finely.
  3. Spread on rounds on buttered bread; cover with remaining bread.
  4. Fill the cut out centers with whipped cream; garnish with pistachios or tiny candied violets.