FRIAND-MY FRIEND THE FRIAND

FRIAND-MY FRIEND THE FRIAND image

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 7

0.40 lb butter (preferably unsalted)
0.44 lb icing sugar
0.13 lb plain flour, sifted
0.26 lb ground almonds
5 large egg whites
1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind or 1 teaspoon orange rind (i prefer orange)
icing sugar, for dusting

Steps:

1. Heat oven to 200 degrees C. 2 Melt butter and allow it to cool. 3 Use 1 tablespoon to coat 10 muffin tin moulds or individual oval baking moulds measuring 5 x 10 cm. 4 Sift icing sugar and flour into bowl, mix in the ground almonds. 5 Lightly beat egg whites with a fork, fold them into dry ingredients. 6 Add cooled, melted butter and orange rind, mix well. 7 Three quarters fill each mould with mixture and bake on the middle shelf of oven for 10 minutes. 8 Turn tray around, and bake for another 5- 10 minutes, till tops are golden, and springy to the touch. 9 Leave in the tins for 5 minutes, then gently unmould onto a wire tray and leave to cool. 10 Dust the friands with icing sugar to serve.