French Food Friday - Mini Mandarin and Cranberry Friands

This week's recipe is one of our favourites and  they are the prefect size for serving with a cup of tea or coffee. 

They also make lovely Christmas gifts.

♥♥Mini Mandarin and Cranberry Friands♥♥

Makes around 18 mini friands

Ingredients

80g ground almonds

100g butter

120g sifted icing sugar

30 sifted plain flour

3 medium egg whites

36 fresh cranberries (dried will do if fresh are not available)

2 mandarins, zest only

2 Tablespoons caster sugar

4 Tablespoons flaked almonds

Method

1. Heat oven to 180 C.
2. Melt the butter gently and leave to cool slightly.
3. Sift the icing sugar and flour into a bowl, stir in ground almonds and mix well. In another bowl whisk the egg whites until they are frothy.
4. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the egg whites and orange zest. Combine well and then add the melted butter.
5. Toss the cranberries with the sugar in a small bowl.
6. Grease your mini muffin  pan and then place the mixture into the pan, be careful not to overfill. Top with the cranberries and the flaked almonds.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden. Leave to cool in the pan for 5 minutes then remove and place on a wire rack.
8. Dust with icing sugar before serving.  

très bon week-end à tous, Leeann x