Desserts Recipes - Madeleines Recipe

  
 

Desserts Recipes - Madeleines Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 6

  • 175g/6oz butter (melted and cooled, plus extra for greasing)    

  • 100g/4oz plain flour (plus extra for dusting)

  • 2 eggs                                                    

  • 175g/6oz caster sugar

  • 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest

  • 2 tablespoons icing sugar for dusting

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4. Lightly grease 12 madeleine holes in a madeleine tin.

  2. Lightly dust the madeleine tin with flour and shake off any excess. Combine the eggs and sugar in a heatproof bowl.

  3. Place the bowl over a pan of simmering water and beat the mixture with a whisk or an electric beater until thick and pale yellow.

  4. Remove the bowl from the heat and continue to beat the mixture until cooled slightly and increased in volume.

  5. Sift the flour 3 times on to baking parchment. Add the flour, butler and orange zest to the bowl and fold in quickly and lightly with a metal spoon until just combined.

  6. Spoon the mixture carefully into the madeleine holes. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly golden. Carefully remove from the tin and place on a wire rack until cold.

  7. Dust with icing sugar before serving. Madeleines are best eaten on the day of baking.