French Food Friday - Mini Matcha & Raspberry Friands

 

Bonjour mes belles,

I cannot believe it is Friday already. This week's recipe is one of my favorites and I am sure other green tea lovers will agree.

Matcha & Raspberry Friands

Ingredients:

95g unsalted butter, cubed

135g egg whites

150g granulated sugar

100g almond meal

60g flour

12g Zen Green Tea matcha

pinch of salt

Optional: Fresh/frozen raspberries

Method:

1. Grease the tin you are going to use  thoroughly with butter and dust flour sparingly over it.

2. Prepare a Beurre Noisette (French for “browned butter”): Heat the butter in a pan over low-medium fire and allow it to cook until it is golden brown in colour. Turn off the fire and take it off the heat once it is golden brown, otherwise, it will go from golden brown to black very quickly. Allow the beurre noisette to cool to room temperature while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.

3. In a bowl, place sugar, flour and ground almond, matcha powder and salt together. Whisk the dry ingredients a little. Add in the (cooled) beurre noisette (including the brown sediments) and whisk to combine.

4. Add in the egg whites slowly while whisking till incorporated. You do not need to create too much volume in the egg whites. I do all this by hand as you just need the batter to come together.

5. Spoon the friands batter into the greased muffin moulds. Place a raspberry into the centre of the friand. Bake in a 190 degrees preheated oven for about 15 minutes, or until it springs back to touch.

6. Allow it to cool slightly in the muffin tins before unmoulding.  Cool them completely on wire racks before serving.

Bon vendredi a tous ♥

Leeann x