Raspberry Friands
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Friands are based on financiers, the famous French pastry made with almond meal, powdered sugar and egg whites. With a delicate frangipane like texture and a crisp sweet flavour, friands are punctuated by the addition of fruits, chocolates and nuts as a topping. When I make ice cream, I make friands. It is a happy arrangement that works well for me. Ice cream needs egg yolk and friand needs egg white. Two delicious birds with one baking stone! During the warmer months when I have a hankering for friands, I just make custard out of the yolk.
This raspberry friand recipe which I adapted from Donna Hay’s Modern Classics 2, a baking book that I absolutely revere and have been baking from for the past four years is a gorgeous basic recipe that I bake everytime with just a change of topping. Keeping the base recipe same, I have baked friands topped with pecan nuts and maple syrup, strawberries, chocolate chips and baby marshmallows, blueberries and mars bar. It bakes beautifully every single time and is one of the easiest pastries I have ever whipped up. They make gorgeous little tea cakes!
Raspberry Friands
Adapted from Modern Classics 2 – Donna Hay
Preparation Time – 10 minutes
Baking Time – 20 minutes
Makes – 10
Ingredients
125g butter
1 cup almond meal
1 2/3 cup pure icing sugar, sifted
3/4 cup plain flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
5 egg whites
1/3 cup frozen raspberries
melted butter to grease
flour or breadcrumbs to coat pan
Method
Preheat oven to 180C (350F). Place butter in a saucepan over low heat. Cook until melted completely. Remove from heat and set aside.
Combine almond meal, icing sugar, flour and baking powder in a bowl. Stir to mix. Add the egg whites and stir gently with a wooden spoon to mix. Add butter and mix well.
Grease a 10 X 1/2 cup capacity friend or muffin tin with melted butter. Dust with flour or breadcrumbs. Spoon two tablespoons of mixture into each cup and sprinkle with frozen raspberries.
Bake in preheated oven for approximately 15 to 20 minutes until cooked, risen, golden and still moist in the centre.
Dust with icing sugar to serve.
The friands are absolutely gorgeous. I’ve never tried one but am bookmarking your page now. Lovely!
These are just delightful! I would have to resist devouring the whole batch of these beauties!
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So pretty and perfect with either ice cream or custard
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If I am making pasta again soon, then I will save the egg whites for these
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Super yummy looking Raspberry Friands……thanks for sharing.
Friands looks lovely!
Yummo these friands look awesome, and so easy to make. Have bookmarked your recipe to give these a go.
this reminds me… I love you.
they look so delicious! i need to get myself some friand tins and make some!
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Just the other day I was thinking of pistachio friands but never got to making it.But seeing these fab raspberry friands make me want to go bake some.
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I so need to get a friand tin!! I love raspberry friends, but have never made any. Yours look gorgeous. Can I have one please?
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Heard the name for the very first time..and the bake looks very pretty!
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they look adorable !
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I was wondering if Almond meal is the same as crushed almonds. I too used almond meal, but the recipe I was following noted “crushed almonds”. Still tasted great, and Im glad I found your recipe using almond meal.
Thankyou
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Gorgeous Friands, Sneh! But I’d have loved seeing your baby devour one
Btw, did you get started on the photo ratings? I wish we could have a roundtable meeting for this task, would have been fun too.
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Love the idea of pairing ice cream with friands. Very clever (and delicious)
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They look beautiful! I love that book too, if packed with wonderful recipes (that work every time).
I make a lot of ice cream (even in the winter) and I always have a stash of egg whites in the freezer – they end up in financier form lots of times.
I am so glad I found your blog through Pinterest! I have a food photography blog and your photos are going to play a big inspiration!
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