Description:
The first time I had the pleasure of trying madeleines was when I moved to Jersey a few years back. Madeleines are small cakelike cookies that are baked in special moulds, which give them a delicate shell-like shape. They are super light and I find it nigh impossible to stop at just a couple. One of the best gifts that France has given to the baking world, these are so perfect to have with your afternoon tea. I have filled my madeleines with some readily available lemon curd from Waitrose and we had it as a treat with butterfly-pea flower tea….it was sooooo yum!
Servings
24
Ingredients
130g sugar-
3 eggs
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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10g baking powder
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20g honey
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1/2 cup unsalted butter, plus more for greasing moulds
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1 tbsp lemon zest, finely grated
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1/2 tsp vanilla extract
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1/2 cup lemon curd
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Icing sugar, for dusting
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Combine sugar and eggs with an electric whisk until foamy. Fold in melted butter,vanilla extract,honey & lemon zest.
Sift in flour, baking powder to the batter & mix well. Chill in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Meanwhile, brush the madeleine tin moulds with melted butter. Once batter is chilled, spoon around 1 tbsp of batter into each mould and bake for around 10 mins until edges are golden brown.
Once madeleines are completely cool, squeeze through some lemon curd into the soft hump of the madeleines until it seeps out. You can use a pastry bag or even a sandwich ziploc bag with a tiny cut on one corner for squeezing through lemon curd. Finally dust with icing sugar.
