CHOCOLATE & ORANGE FRIANDS
Ingredients
- 1 cup icing sugar plus extra, to dust
- 3/4 cup plain flour (I used a gluten-free flour blend)
- 1 cup almond meal (ground almonds)
- 6 egg whites, lightly beaten
- 185 g butter, melted and cooled
- 100 g chocolate drops
- 1 medium orange
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F). Grease a 12-hole friand tray.
- Sift icing sugar and flour into a large bowl. Stir in almond meal, then egg white and butter. Stir until combined and smooth.
- Fold in chocolate drops. Finely grate zest from orange, then stir into friand batter. Divide mixture among prepared holes.
- Peel orange and cut 5-6 (depending on how many friands you have) thin round slices from it, discarding seeds. Halve each slice, trim excess pith and lay the half slice on top of each friand.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the tops are golden and a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean. Don’t worry if they crack a little; this is quite normal. Cool in tray for 5 minutes; turn onto a wire rack to cool.
- Serve warm or at room temperature. Serve as is, or dusted with icing sugar.
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