Blueberry & lemon friands

A recipe for moist and sweet blueberry and lemon friands.

Recipe «Blueberry & lemon friands» presented in category Recipes / Appetiziers, to prepare this dish you will need no more 30 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1/2 cup plain flour, 1 1/2 cup pure icing sugar, 1 tbsp lemon rind, finely grated, 150g almond meal, 200g butter, melted and cooled , 150g blueberries, fresh or frozen, 5 egg whites, lightly beaten with a fork, Extra icing sugar, to dust .

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup plain flour 
• 1 1/2 cup pure icing sugar 
• 1 tbsp lemon rind, finely grated 
• 150g almond meal 
• 200g butter, melted and cooled 
• 150g blueberries, fresh or frozen 
• 5 egg whites, lightly beaten with a fork 
• Extra icing sugar, to dust 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 190C or 170C fan. Lightly grease a 12-hole non-stick friand pan. Cut small ovals of non-stick baking paper to line the bases. Sift the flour and icing sugar into a large bowl then add the rind and almond meal (ground almonds). Stir to combine evenly and make a well in the centre.
2. Add the egg whites and butter to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined; do not overbeat. Fold through blueberries.
3. Spoon mixture into the prepared pans. Bake for 25 mins until well risen and golden grown. Leave the friands in the pans for 5 mins then carefully lift out onto a wire rack to cool. Serve friands dusted with icing sugar.