Marcel would be proud !

Madeleines are one of the reasons why it's good to be French. Easy to make and a fabulous treat for goûter time (one of the reasons why my better half loves the fact that I'm French ha!).

Ingredients

100gr butter
70gr honey
2 eggs
30gr sugar
120gr flour
1 tsp of baking powder

Madeleines mould - mine is a french made silicone tray with 16 (if i remember well) madeleines shaped holes.


How to


1) Start by melting the butter and honey together in a small pan.

If you have a kitchen machine, now is the time to use it, otherwise just use a regular electric mixer or a whisk.

2) In a bowl whisk the eggs and sugar together. Add flour and baking powder, and once well incorporated add the honey and butter mix.

3) If necessary, grease your moulds. Pour some batter in each shape. Leave to rest for at least an hour in the fridge.

Preheat the oven at 220C (th.7)

4) Put in the oven for about 4 mins, until you see a bump on top of each madeleines, then turn down to 180C and bake for 5 more minutes. They have to be golden with a nice round bump. Leave to cool for few minutes and take out from the mould.

I personally love plain madeleines, but if you pump them a little, they can look just that bit fancier.

To create the chocolate shell, just pop one square of chocolate in each shapes of your mould and put it in the oven for few minutes, until melted. Then take it out, and jiggle one madeleine in each shape to cover the back with chocolate and leave them in the mould.
Let it set, preferably in the fridge, for few hours and let the magic happen !

** I have silicone moulds, I have only tried to make the chocolate shell with these, I cannot guarantee it would work with different type of moulds **

Enjoy !

Ben x


french version