Recipe

Lime and vanilla madeleines

Apr 30, 2011 2:00pm
  • 10 mins cooking
  • Makes 24 Item
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Ingredients

Lime and vanilla madeleines
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoon caster sugar
  • 4 tablespoon icing sugar
  • 2 vanilla beans
  • 75 gram butter
  • 1/4杯(35 g)自发面粉
  • 1/4 cup (35g) plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated lime rind
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon hot water

Method

Lime and vanilla madeleines
  • 1
    Preheat oven to 200°C. Grease two standard 12-hole madeleine pans.
  • 2
    Place eggs, caster sugar and 2 tbsp icing sugar in a small bowl. Split vanilla beans lengthways; scrape seeds into bowl with eggs. Beat with an electric mixer until thick and creamy.
  • 3
    Meanwhile, melt butter. Sift flours twice, then sift flours over egg mixture. Pour combined melted butter, rind, juice and the water down side of bowl, then fold ingredients together.
  • 4
    Drop rounded tablespoons of mixture into pan holes. Bake madeleines about 10 minutes. Tap hot pan firmly on bench to release madeleines, then turn immediately onto baking-paper-covered wire racks to cool. Serve dusted with remaining sifted icing sugar.

Notes

Madeleines should be eaten soon after baking.

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