Friands

My neighbour Rowanne makes these lovely Friands

hers are on the white place

mine are in the pan

My friend Ellen asked me for the recipe and I told her

it was on my blog, then suddenly remembered

I didn't put it up so I am hastily loading it up

hoping she will not go into my blog before I have it up

hee hee

Preheat oven to 180° C

185g melted butter

1 cup (125g) almond meal

6 egg whites

1 1/2 cup (240g)icing sugar

1/2 cup (75g) plain flour

35 g fresh raspberries or frozen

35 g fresh blueberries or frozen

(I actually put in 50g each of the fruits)

Mix everything together except fruit with a wooden spoon

Spoon mixture into oiled friand pans filling each

section half full

This recipe will make 12 friands

Divide fruit evenly and poke into mixture

WARNING: if you mix the fruit into the mixture

then you will get a pink mixture, that is why you

put the fruit in last

Bake in moderate oven 180° C for 25 minutes or until cooked

Remove from oven and let cool in pan

Variations: 2 tbsp poppy seeds and grated rind of 2 lemons

orange or mandarins can be added to the dry ingredients

If using citrus in the mixture, a glaze of melted marmalade

can be brushed on the cooked friands whilst they are

cooling.

(never let the husband mind the oven, he took the friands out

and didn't see that it wasnt cooked so I had half cooked friands)

Chocolate/Coffee Friands

(I forgot to take a photo of them...sorry)

250g Icing Sugar

100g plain flour

125g ground almonds

180g melted and cooled butter

6 egg whites

100g dark chocolates finely chopped

2 tbsp instan coffee dissolved in hot water

Preheat oven to 180° C

In a medium bowl combine, sugar, flour, almonds, butter and egg whites

Mix well until all ingredients are combined

Pour dissolved coffee into mixture and mix well

Oil friand pan and spoon mixture in and top with chopped chocolate

Bake for 20 mins or until cooked

Remove from oven and let cool in pan