Lemon Friands

This is a good basic recipe which could be 'jazzed up' further with some fruit.

190g unsalted butter

60g plain flour

1 1/3 cups (200g) icing sugar, plus extra to dust

120g almond meal

5 eggwhites

Grated zest of 1 lemon

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Melt butter and use a little to grease a 12-hole friand pan. Dust with a little flour, shaking out excess.
2. Sift the flour and sugar into a large bowl, then stir in the almond meal.
3. Place eggwhites in a small bowl and lightly froth with a fork. Add to dry ingredients with melted butter and zest, stirring until completely combined. Fill each friand hole two-thirds full. Bake for 25-35 minutes until golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven, leave in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar just before serving.