French madeleines, by french pastry chef Cyril Lignac
The little gourmet pleasure that takes us right back to childhood. These madeleines are absolutely delicious, and with a little chocolate touch they are even better.
Course: Pastry
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Easy pastry, Easy recipe, French pastry, Pastry
200geggs, room temperature(about 3 big ones or 4 small)
180gsugar(195 g in the original recipe)
20gwildflower honey
6gbaking powder
1 orange or 1 lemon zests
For glazing
200gdark chocolate(or other to taste)
almonds
grated coconut
Instructions
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Keep cooking until the butter reaches 70°C. Let it cool down.
In a bowl, mix the sugar and the fruit zests. Add the honey and the eggs at room temperature mix with a whisk.
Put the flour and the baking powder in a bowl. Stir and gradually add the sugar/honey/egg mixture.
Gradually pour the melted butter.
Put the dough in a pastry bag and set it aside in the refrigerator for 24h.
The next day, preheat the oven to 180°C.
Grease the madeleine moulds. Fill them up to 3/4 with the dough.
Keep them in the oven until the madeleines have puffed up and gotten a nice golden brown colour. The original recipe recommends 8 to 10 minutes cooking time. In my case, the cooking time is 20 minutes (since my moulds are quite big).
Let them cool.
For glazing
Carefully melt the chocolate down (for a better result, you can use the tempering technique).
Dip the madeleines halfway into the melted chocolate. Sprinkle with almond pieces, grated coconut or other top-finishing as you desire.
Place them over a grill and let the chocolate stiffen.