I have quite a few friand recipes on this blog and they are all my favourites. That is because in Australia we can never grow tired of these delicious nutty treats. If I ever need to produce a baked treat at a short notice, I always go for a friand. If you the word ‘friand’ is new to you, you might have heard of the french financiers. They are the same!
This time around, I decided to give them a ‘high tea’ look. Imagine them being served on tiers at a special occasion. So naturally I had to glam them up. All I did was coat them in white chocolate and they looked ‘high tea ready’! I used a flower cookie mold so my friands were small and thin. You could also use a regular friand mold/pan but you may need to double the recipe in that case for 12 regular sized friands.
Lemon Friands
Yields 12 small friands
70 g unsalted butter, melted
3 egg whites, lightly whisked
100 g icing sugar
30 g self raising flour
60 g almond meal
1 tbsp grated lemon zest
200 g white chocolate
yellow gel food colouring
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease a 12 hole flower cookie mold or 6 hole friand pan.
Place all the ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk until combined. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked through.
Remove from oven. Cool on a wire rack.
Melt white chocolate using a microwave or double boiler. Add the food colour as per desired shade. Mix till well blended.
Pipe white chocolate onto the flower cookie mold. Shake off excess. Press friands into the white chocolate. Place mold in the refrigerator to set. Remove friands carefully from mold. Enjoy!
