A favourite French delight.
HINTS
Melted butter must be warm when added to mixture.
Refrigerate the batter mix for 2 hours. You can refrigerate it for up to 3 days. This will give the Madeleines its traditional hump.
Grease the moulds with melted butter, then dust flour on the tray. Refrigerate the trays for 10minutes for the butter to harden. This will allow the cooked Madeleines to fall out of the tray when cooked.
Follow this link for a video demo. This is the best way to explain and see the above hints.
http://www.joyofbaking.com/madeleines.html
Ingredients
- Eggs 3
- Caster Sugar 175g
- Plain Flour (Sifted) 125g
- Baking Powder 1 Tsp
- Unsalted Butter 115g (melted and warm)
- Grated Lemon or Orange
Preheat oven at 175 Degrees. Then turn it down to 140-150 when ready to bake.
Combine the eggs and sugar until pale and thick. (use a paddle on slow mix master)(I do it by hand with a whisk)
Add sifted flour into the mix and combine.
Add melted butter and lemon zest.
Once combined, leave to rest in the fridge. (the longer the better).
Bake for 8 - 12min. Golden and fluffy.
Cool for 10 min.
Sprinkle with Icing Sugar.
Soft and fluffy, nice when dipped in hot espresso coffee.
