Fresh Corn Madeleines with Sour Cream and Caviar
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted, plus additional for brushing molds
- 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal (not coarse)
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup well-shaken buttermilk
- 1/2 cup corn (from 1 ear), chopped
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 50 grams caviar (1 3/4 ounces; preferably sevruga)
- Garnish: chopped fresh chives
- Special equipment: a madeleine pan with 20 miniature (1/2-tablespoon) molds (preferably nonstick); a small pastry bag fitted with small star or leaf tip (optional)
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Brush molds with some melted butter.
- Whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
- Whisk together egg, buttermilk, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and corn in another bowl, then add to dry ingredients, stirring until just combined.
- Spoon 1 teaspoon batter into each mold and bake in middle of oven until madeleines are golden around edges and spring back when pressed lightly, 5 to 6 minutes.
- Turn madeleines out onto a rack to cool and make more in same manner.
- Put sour cream in pastry bag (if using) and pipe (or spoon) about 1/2 teaspoon onto each madeleine, then top with a rounded 1/4 teaspoon caviar.
unsalted butter, yellow cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, black pepper, egg, wellshaken buttermilk, corn, sour cream, fresh chives, molds
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/fresh-corn-madeleines-with-sour-cream-and-caviar-106997 (may not work)