Madeleines
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Madeleines are often associated with Marcel Proust who wrote about them and the childhood memories evoked by eating one.
Ingredients :
- 2 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 100g flour
- 20g ground almonds
- 100g sugar
- 125g salted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder (approximately 6g)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence extract
Method :
- Pre-heat oven to 210°C
- Melt the butter in a pan until it browns slightly (this gives a nutty flavour to your madeleines and is known as a ‘beurre-noisette’ in french which translates as ‘hazelnut-butter’)
- Mix the flour with the baking powder and the ground almonds
- In a bowl gently beat the eggs with the sugar and the vanilla essence
- Sieve in the mix of flour, baking powder and ground almonds and mix until the texture is smooth
- Add in the cooled melted butter and mix well
- Ideally if you have the time leave the batter in the fridge for 2 hours – this will help them rise and give the traditional ‘bump’ shape!
- Grease the madeleine pan (this isn’t necessary if you are using silicon pans) and fill each shell to about 2/3
- Bake in oven at 210°C for 6-8 minutes
*Other possible flavours for your madeleines : the zest of a small lemon or a few drops of orange blossom water