Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 6 egg whites
  • 185 gram butter, melted
  • 1 cup (125g) almond meal
  • 1 1/2 cup (240g) icing sugar mixture
  • 1/2 cup (75g) plain flour
  • 100 gram white chocolate, coarsely chopped
  • 100 gram fresh or frozen raspberries
  • 2 teaspoon lime rind, finely grated
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1/4 cup (20g) desiccated coconut
  • 1/3 cup (15g) flaked coconut
  • hazelnut or almond meal.
  • 100 gram fresh or frozen mixed berries
  • 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
  • 2 teaspoon lemon or orange rind, grated
  • 100 gram dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
  • 1/4 cup hazelnuts. coarsely chopped
  • 2 medium (200g) thinly sliced plums.

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to moderately hot 200°C (180°C fan-forced).. Grease 12 x ½-cup (125ml) pans; stand on oven tray.
  • Place egg whites in medium bowl, whisk lightly with fork until combined. Add remaining ingredients to bowl. Using wooden spoon, stir until just combined. (To add flavour variations, below.)
  • Divide mixture among prepared pans.
  • Bake in moderately hot oven about 25 minutes. Stand 5 minutes then turn onto wire rack. Serve dusted with extra sifted icing sugar, if desired.
  • These variations are added to the basic almond friand mixture.
  • RASPBERRY AND WHITE CHOCOLATE Stir 100g coarsely chopped white chocolate into the egg-white mixture. Top friands with 100g fresh or frozen raspberries.
  • LIME COCONUT Stir 2 teaspoons finely grated lime rind, 1 tablespoon lime juice and ¼ cup (20g) desiccated coconut into the egg-white mixture; sprinkle unbaked friands with ¹⁄³ cup (15g) flaked coconut.
  • PASSIONFRUIT Use hazelnut or almond meal. Drizzle the pulp of two medium passionfruit over unbaked friands.
  • BERRY Top unbaked friands with 100g fresh or frozen mixed berries.
  • CITRUS AND POPPY SEED Add two teaspoons grated lemon or orange rind and one tablespoon poppy seeds to the egg-white mixture.
  • CHOCOLATE AND HAZELNUT Replace almond meal with hazelnut meal. Stir 100g coarsely chopped dark chocolate into egg-white mixture. Sprinkle unbaked friands with ¼ cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts.
  • PLUM Use hazelnut or almond meal. Top unbaked friands with 2 medium (200g) thinly sliced plums.