Maddalena Pienotta

Name: Maddalena Pienotta
Cook time: 8 min
Yield: 20 servings
Ingredients: 125 g unsalted butter; 1 vanilla pod; 3 eggs; 125 g caster sugar; 1 tablespoon honey; 125 g plain flour; 1.5 teaspoons baking powder; 2 zest unwaxed lemons; 125 g melted butter

Madeleines

By Big Mamma

Original recipe source

Cook time: 8 minutes

Servings: 20

Ingredients

125 g unsalted butter
1 vanilla pod
3 eggs
125 g caster sugar
1 tablespoon honey
125 g plain flour
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
2 zest unwaxed lemons
125 g melted butter

Instructions

In a pan, melt the butter over a medium heat for 5 minutes. Split the vanilla pod (bean) along its length and scrape out the seeds with the tip of a knife.
In a mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar, honey and vanilla seeds until the mixture turns pale and fluffy.
Sift the flour with the baking powder and gently fold into the mixture. Add the melted butter and the zest of 1 lemon and stir to combine. Rest the batter in the refrigerator overnight.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6. Grease a madeleine pan with butter and lightly dust with flour. Put 1 tablespoon of batter into each mould, making sure not to fill them completely.
Bake in the preheated oven for 3 minutes and then turn off the oven, leaving the madeleines in the oven for a further 5 minutes, allowing them to turn golden and fluffy. Sprinkle with the zest of t...