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Perfect French Madeleines
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Perfect French Madeleines

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Servings: 30 Madeleines
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: French
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 125 g Soft Butter 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp
  • 130 g White Sugar 2/3 cup
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract or Vanilla Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 50 g Milk 1/3 cup
  • 200 g All-Purpose Flour 1+ 2/3 cup
  • 8 g Baking Powder 1/2 tbsp
Garnish
  • 150 g Chocolate of Choice 1 cup
  • Crushed Nuts

Equipment

  • MAdeleines Baking Tray

Method
 

  1. Beat the butter with the sugar and vanilla until fluffy and pale. About 10 minutes.
  2. Incorporate the eggs one at the time while mixing.
  3. Add the milk and incorporate it.
  4. SIft the dry ingredients directly into the mixing bowl
  5. Fold the dry ingredents into the batter with a spatula.
  6. Caver the batter and refregerate it between one hour and three days.
  7. Preheat the Overn to 220C / 428F.
  8. Brush the Madeleines baking tray with soft butter.
  9. Fill the madeleines tray to the 3/4, about one table spoon.
  10. Bake for 5 minutes in 220C / 428F.
  11. Lower the heat to 200C /398F and bake for a further 4 to 5 minutes.
Chocolate Garnish
  1. Melt the chocolate and add about 2 teaspoons to each madeleine shell, immedaltly and gently push the madeleines back into the tray.
  2. Freeze for 30 minutes and immediately unmold.
  3. Or dip one end of the madeleines into the chocolate and sprinkel some crushed nuts.