🇫🇷 France recipe

Madeleines

These delicate, shell-shaped butter cakes from the town of Commercy in Lorraine are perhaps the most literary pastry in the world, immortalized by Marcel Proust. A perfectly baked madeleine has a golden, slightly crisp exterior, a tender and moist crumb, and the distinctive bump on its back that is the hallmark of proper technique.

Prep15 mins + 1 hr chill
Cook12 mins
Serves12
Difficultyeasy
Madeleines, a France dish

Ingredients

  • 120g plain flour
  • 120g granulated sugar
  • 120g unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus extra for greasing
  • 3 large eggs
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Pinch of fine sea salt
  • Icing sugar for dusting

Method

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Nutrition per serving

Calories
130
Protein
2 g
Carbs
15 g
Fat
7 g

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