Fine Madeleines

Name: Fine Madeleines
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour; 175 g Butter, 5 eggs (Gr. M); 200 g Sugar; 1 Pckch. Bourbon vanilla sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of; 1 untreated orange; 140 g Flour; 1 coated Tsp Baking Powder; 60 g ground almonds without skin; 7-10 Tbsp sugar or icing sugar

AUTHOR
Zackary Austin

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
60 mins

TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 12

7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour
175 g Butter, 5 eggs (Gr. M)
200 g Sugar
1 Pckch. Bourbon vanilla sugar
1 pinch Salt
7-10 Tbsp grated rind of
1 untreated orange
140 g Flour
1 coated Tsp Baking Powder
60 g ground almonds without skin
7-10 Tbsp sugar or icing sugar

Directions

1
Grease a madeleine tray (for 12 pieces) or a brioche tray (for 6 pieces) and dust with flour
2
Melt the butter and let it cool down lukewarm. Beat eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and orange peel for about 8 minutes until frothy. Mix flour, baking powder and almonds, fold into the mixture with a whisk. Fold in liquid butter. Chill for at least 15 minutes.
3
Fill one third of the dough into the madeleine tray or half of the dough into the brioche tray
4
Bake the madeleines in a preheated oven (electric oven: 200 °C/recirculating air: 175 °C/gas: level 3) for 10-12 minutes or the brioches at the same temperature for 15-20 minutes. Bake the remaining dough in the same way
5
Cool the cake for 5 minutes, then turn out of the moulds. Let it cool down. Sprinkle with sugar or icing sugar