Lemon Almond Madeleines
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest freshly
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup almond flour finely ground blanced almonds
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled slightly
- Pre heat oven to 375u0b0F.
- With about 2 tbsp additional butter, generously butter madeleine pan and put it into the freezer (mine is aluminium so it cools quickly).
- Melt butter in the microwave or small saucepan. Set aside to cool.
- Put about 2 tbsp of the melted butter in a frying pan and brown the almond flour (carefully, this burns quickly). Set aside to cool.
- In a bowl with an electric mixer beat the whole eggs with the granulated sugar until the mixture is thick and pale and forms a ribbon when the beaters are lifted (15-20 minutes).
- Beat in the almond extract and the zest.
- Sift in the flour in 4 batches over the mixture, folding it in gently after each addition.
- With a fork, press the browned almond flour so that it becomes mealy and doesn't lump
- Fold the almond flour into the batter.
- Put about 1 cup of the batter into the cooled melted buter and incorporate well.
- Gently fold this butter-batter mixture into the remaining batter. and the butter.
- Spoon the batter into twenty-four 3- by 2-inch cooled and buttered Madeleine molds and bake the Madeleines in the lower third of a preheated 375u0b0F oven for 10 minutes, or until the edges are golden.
- Turn the Madeleines out on a rack, let them cool.
eggs, granulated sugar, almond, lemon zest freshly, flour, almonds, unsalted butter
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Lemon-Almond-Madeleines-1660749 (may not work)