Lime Syrup Friands Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Brush twelve 1/3-cup muffin cups with 1 tablespoon melted butter. Place almonds and flour in processor and pulse until almonds are finely ground. Beat egg whites in large bowl until frothy. Sift 2 cups sugar over egg whites. Add ground almond mixture and remaining 13 tablespoons melted butter; fold just to blend. Divide batter among muffin cups. Sprinkle tops with lemon peel and lime peel.
• Bake cakes until golden and centers spring back when touched, about 20 minutes. Cool 5 minutes. Run thin knife around molds and invert cakes onto rack. DO AHEAD Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cool; cover and store at room temperature.
• Sprinkle tops of cakes with powdered sugar. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar, water, and lime juice. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool. Store in an airtight container, refrigerated, until ready to use, up to 1 week.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 200deg.
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• Lightly grease 12 friand moulds.
• If friand moulds are not available, muffin tins can be used.
• Place dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
• Add egg whites and butter and stir again until the mixture is smooth.
• Spoon evenly into friand moulds and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the tops have started to crack and the edges are golden brown.
• Remove from oven and allow to rest in moulds for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire cake rack to cool completely.
• Dust friands with icing sugar before serving.
• Variations: Before baking, friands can be topped with raspberries, rhubarb or blueberries.
• 2 tablespoons poppy seeds and the grated rind of 2 lemons, oranges or mandarins can be added to the dry ingredients.
• If using citrus in the mixture, a glaze of melted marmalade can be brushed on the cooked friands whilst they are cooling.
• Friands are best eaten on the day they are made.

Steps:

• Lime Syrup: Combine sugar, water and lime juice in a small saucepan, and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to the boil, simmer two minutes, remove from heat.
• Grease 12 friand pans with melted butter.
• Sift flour and icing sugar into a large bowl, stir in almond meal.
• Whisk egg whites until frothy but not firm. Fold into dry ingredients.
• Add melted butter and stir until just combined.
• Spoon mixture into prepared pans 3/4 full, sprinkle each friand with lime shreds.
• Bake in moderate oven 180 degrees celcius for 15-20 minutes or until golden and springy to the touch.
• Stand in pans two minutes, turn onto a cake cooler. Drizzle with Lime Syrup.