I bought a friand pan this week in Dunedin New Zealand… They are found in many cafe etc here.. I was eating them thinking they were made of almond flour only, so would be within the paleo diet!! Reply

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Once you try a friand, you won’t be able to stop making them! Here are some other friand recipes you might like: Don’t worry if you don’t have a friand pan! This recipe will work wonderfully using a regular muffin tin instead, which also gives perfect results. Friand ingredients I have been completely intrigued by the idea of these adorable little cakes. I had never heard of them let alone tasted them before. And so I tried them. I’m not sure what the texture supposed to be like. They tasted wonderful but they’re little more dense than I expected. I’m not sure if it’s supposed to be dense or the supposed to be Aerie almost like angel food but a little more dense. Please advise I’d love to get them right. Reply I genuinely do not know as it’s not something I’ve tried. When subbing standard sugar for something less refined and (hopefully) healthier, I usually use something like honey or maple syrup or even coconut sugar (which I fine grind to make a like for like texture re icing sugar). A tiny bit of Xanthan Gum (although if you can’t tolerate it, the cakes should still hold reasonably well without it).Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the melted butter and whisked egg whites. Gently fold to combine completely.

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Butter. Unsalted butter is the best choice here. You can sub for melted coconut oil if you need your friands to be dairy-free. Very true! I don’t think I “need” most of what I have in my kitchen and I am always reminding myself that it is a luxury to have anything more than a good knife and a wooden spoon. But once I start cooking without all of my gadgets, I do miss them 🙂 ReplyStep 9. Take the cakes out of the oven and let them cool in the mold for 3-5 minutes. To help loosen them, use a butter knife to run carefully around the sides of each friand. Friands are little cakes made with whisked egg whites, ground almonds, icing sugar and a small amount of flour. They are very light, moist and buttery. Stir together the dry ingredients, then lightly beat the eggs and mix into the dry ingredients with melted butter and flavourings. Yes, you can definitely reduce the sugar in this recipe. I made it once with half the sugar and it still tasted great, definitely less sweet than the normal recipe. I think you can experiment with the quantity of sugar, whether you reduce by 1/4 or even 1/2. Hope this helps 🙂 Reply Bake the friands in the oven for about 20-25 minutes, or until they are lightly golden and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

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White Chocolate Friands.Omit the lemon zest. Increase the vanilla extract to 1 teaspoon and stir in diced white chocolate to the friand batter.

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Those friands look absolutely gorgeous Thanh, I particularly love that photo with the cup of tea. The lighting is beautiful! I looked it up and it turns out to be an Australian and New Zealand thing with a French name. A friand in French is something in puff pastry, often a sausage, like a sausage roll. That’s why you were having trouble finding the tin in Europe! Melt the butter in a small saucepan until it turns a pale golden colour, but be careful not to let it burn. Fold the whisked egg whites into the dry ingredients, followed by melted butter and vanilla extract.