Madeleines
Small shell-shaped French sponge cakes made with browned butter and lemon zest, the cake Proust dipped in his tea. Cold batter meeting a hot oven is what pushes up the hump on the back.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 100 g butter, plus extra for the tin
- 2 eggs
- 90 g caster sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 lemon, zest only
- 100 g plain flour, plus extra for the tin
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1720 kcal · P 25g · C 204.9g · F 93.3g
Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Melt the butter in a small pan and cook it over medium heat for 3–4 minutes, until it smells nutty and the solids turn hazelnut brown. Cool until just warm.
- 2Whisk the eggs, sugar, honey and lemon zest for 5 minutes, until pale and thick enough to leave a trail.
- 3Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt and fold in gently, then fold in the browned butter.
- 4Cover and chill the batter for at least 1 hour, or overnight.
- 5Brush a 12-hole madeleine tin with melted butter, dust with flour and tap out the excess. Chill the tin for 10 minutes. Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan).
- 6Spoon a heaped tablespoon of cold batter into each mould without spreading it. Bake for 9–11 minutes, until golden at the edges, risen with a hump and springy. The batter makes about 16, so bake the rest in a second batch.
- 7Tap the madeleines out onto a rack at once. Dust with icing sugar and eat the same day, ideally warm.
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Questions and answers
How long does Madeleines take to make?
About 100 minutes: 80 min prep and 20 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Madeleines?
9 ingredients: butter, eggs, caster sugar, honey, lemon, plain flour, baking powder, salt, icing sugar.
How many servings does this Madeleines recipe make?
16 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Madeleines?
About 107 kcal, with 1.6 g protein, 12.8 g carbohydrate and 5.8 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Madeleines recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Madeleines?
Madeleines comes from French cuisine.
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