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Friands

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Servings: 12 friands
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 6 egg whites.
  • 125 g hazel nut meal or almond meal. Generally retailed as ground almonds or hazel nuts.
  • 240 g icing sugar mixture.
  • 75 g gluten free flour.
  • 185 g unsalted butter melted, but not hot.

Equipment

  • Select a traditional friand baker’s pan or alternatively a small cupcake size pan (non-stick). Small paper patty-pans are also good.

Method
 

  1. Using your whisk lightly beat the egg whites until the whites have broken up and aerated slightly. You are NOT making pavlova.
  2. Add ground nuts, icing sugar and flour. Stir until well combined.
  3. Add melted butter. Mix well, for a couple of minutes until the butter is incorporated.
  4. Regardless of what pans you are using, fill each mould to just below the rim.
  5. Bake for about twenty minutes.
  6. When ready (they should be springy to touch), let them cool for about 5 -10minutes, until you turn them out onto a wire rack.
  7. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

Notes

The uncooked mix freezes well as does the cooked friands. If you are freezing it uncooked, estimate a ‘batch’ quantity before you fill your container.
Ordinary plain flour is OK to use. I use the gluten-free type and have some mix in the freezer as a quick option for unexpected visitors.
If you actually want gluten free, check that your corn flour is made using maize.
Lots of easy flavour variations – a few are listed below.
Variations:
Either mix. Place some berries on the top of each friand before you bake. 2-4 raspberries, 3-6 blueberries, 1-2 blackberries; depending on the size of the friand.
Almond mix. Add 100g of grated white chocolate to the uncooked mix. Finish with raspberries.
Almond mix. Add one ripe, mashed banana to the uncooked mix and top individual friand with one or two slices of banana.
Almond mix. Add 2 tsp grated lime zest to the uncooked mix. Top with a a quarter thin slice of lime.
Almond mix. Add 2 tsp of grated orange zest and one tbsp of poppy seeds to the uncooked mix.