Friands

by Ed Halmagyi

Ingredients

  • 200g unsalted butter
  • 200g icing sugar
  • 60g plain flour
  • 150g almond meal
  • 5 egg whites
  • zest 1 lemon
  • nuts, berries, chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 200°C Melt the butter and set aside to cool slightly.
2 Mix the icing sugar, flour and almond meal in a bowl then stir in the butter, egg whites and lemon zest.
3 Spoon the mixture into greased individual oval-shaped baking moulds. Press some nuts, berries or chocolate chips in the top if using, then bake for 20 minutes.
4 Allow to cool slightly, then unmould.