French Food Friday...Scented madeleines
recipe and photo from here
This week we have lots of lovely honey so this recipe looks perfect and I love the addition of the orange flower water which is a favourite of mine.
Scented madeleines
These legendary French cakes are flavoured with orange and a drizzle of honey and, dipped in lime-blossom tea, make a blissful treat.
Makes 12-15
2 large eggs
75g caster sugar
85g plain white flour
1 tsp baking powder
1⁄4 tsp salt
60g butter, melted and cooled (plus extra for greasing)
Shredded zest of 1 orange
2 tsp orange-flower water
4 tsp floral honey, melted
Thé de Tilleul (lime-blossom tea) or green or jasmine tea
Step 1) Pre-heat the oven to 220°C, Gas Mark 7 and grease 2 silicone madeleine mould trays. Whisk together the eggs and sugar in a medium bowl until pale and frothy. Sift, then fold in the flour, baking powder and salt, working carefully and quickly. Drizzle in the butter, zest and orange-flower water, and fold through the mix lightly and quickly. Spoon the mix into 12-15 moulds, filling no more
than 3⁄4 full.
Step 2) Bake for 8 minutes, then partially remove the tray from the oven and drizzle over the honey. Bake for 2 minutes more and turn out while still hot. Serve with tea or coffee, if you prefer.
2 large eggs
75g caster sugar
85g plain white flour
1 tsp baking powder
1⁄4 tsp salt
60g butter, melted and cooled (plus extra for greasing)
Shredded zest of 1 orange
2 tsp orange-flower water
4 tsp floral honey, melted
Thé de Tilleul (lime-blossom tea) or green or jasmine tea
Step 1) Pre-heat the oven to 220°C, Gas Mark 7 and grease 2 silicone madeleine mould trays. Whisk together the eggs and sugar in a medium bowl until pale and frothy. Sift, then fold in the flour, baking powder and salt, working carefully and quickly. Drizzle in the butter, zest and orange-flower water, and fold through the mix lightly and quickly. Spoon the mix into 12-15 moulds, filling no more
than 3⁄4 full.
Step 2) Bake for 8 minutes, then partially remove the tray from the oven and drizzle over the honey. Bake for 2 minutes more and turn out while still hot. Serve with tea or coffee, if you prefer.
Amicalement, Leeann x
Looks and sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing...have a wonderful weekend!
Leticia
Bon weekend to you.. These look amazing... YUM!
ReplyDeleteSarah
Have a great weekend, Leeann. I will have to try these.
ReplyDeleteTeresa
xoxo
Ah, I foresee a Proustian moment in the making
ReplyDeleteOh goodness these look scrumptious! xo ~Lili
ReplyDeleteOh Leeann you must have read my mind with this madeleine recipe!
ReplyDeleteI've just returned from spending 2 months with my daughter in France.
I brought back the silicone madeleine trays and I've been searching for a recipe.
Yours sounds perfect - thank you so much, I'll let you know how it goes!
I'm really missing my breakfast brioche too (the ordinary supermarket one).
I had 2 slices each morning - less fattening than toast with butter and marmalade!
Have you got a recipe for brioche tucked away somewhere??!!
Your blog's looking lovely too and I'm off to catch up your recent posts!
xox
Shane
Hi Leeann
ReplyDeleteThe previous comment was from me - it's an old blogger address I don't use but I can't delete it for some reason....grrr
It's cold and wet back in NZ, it is after all the middle of winter I spose!
x
Shane
I love this recipe is special to this family weekend.
ReplyDeleteI must agree.. looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of Madeleines and featured my first batch in my silicone trays on my blog a while ago. However, I must try these scented ones and I've just brought back jasmine tea from Hong Kong too!
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