It's meant to be posted a while back..hehe
Such a long time since last post.
These months I have been baking several stuff after the broken oven's fixed,
mostly been doing things I'm quite familar with. For some reasons I've got no luck
and results kept being unsatisfactory. Got to give something else another go.
I got this recipe from a friend on Christmas Day when she invited me for Christmas dinner.
Interesting that people actally the Christmas lunch 'dinner' when it's actually started at 2pm.
Anyways, she got this recipe from I-forgot-which magazine, and the recipe page was torn directly from the meg on the shop's shelf...which I still found very unbelievable that she didn't get caught
or sent to the police.. Jenessa you're hilarious...am thinking of you now, hehe
I first ate a friand few years ago from a famous pastry shop. It was very nice, but expensive.
(Just saw people selling them at Lantern Festival 2013 for $4.5 each...goodness!)
According to the internet, friands (don't even know how to pronounce it) are famous
in OZ and NZ, but they firstly seem to be related to Financier. How surprise.
I've heard of Financier but never know they're similar in a way. Traditional financier
might seem a bit plain, but friands can be modified in many ways to suit everyone's
tast bud.
Ok, enough talking. Let's get started. Here's the recipe.
Makes around 12-14.
You need:
Cooking oil spray
8 egg whites
250g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 and half cups of icing sugar
2/3 cup plain flour
1 1/3 cups almond meal
2 tsp finely grated lemon rind
1 cup frozen raspberries , thawed (I used less)
Method
1. Generously spray a 12-hole friand pan (half cup capacity) with cooking oil.
Haven't got oil spray at home. Used brush instead. Sprinkle a bit of the flour can
help remove the friands later.
2. Whisk egg whites in a large bowl until just frothy. (Here I whisked a bit longer until
it formed soft peaks).
Add butter, icing sugar, flour, almond meal and lemon rind. Stir until smooth but
don't overstir I think.
Divide the mixture among prepared pan holes. Top with berries.
3. Cook in a moderate oven (180 degrees) for about 25 minutes or unitl golden and
cooked when tested. Stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cook.
Serve warm.
rising rising rising !
Hello friand babies!
The first fresh batch tastes quite almondish and quite crunchy too. Not a too sweet
recipe but some people might need to modify a bit more.
The other interesting discovery was they actually tasted a lot better when chilled...
yum yum.
Now try it yourself! Happy baking everyone!
