Description
French madeleines, a delicate shell-shaped pastry, showcase simple ingredients creating elegant treats. Buttery, light sponge cakes with golden edges promise a classic French bakery experience you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 eggs
- 100 g (3.5 oz) sugar
- 100 g (3.5 oz) butter, melted
- 100 g (3.5 oz) flour
- ½ tsp (2.5 ml) baking powder
- 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract (or lemon zest for lemon version)
- 1 pinch salt
- Additional butter for greasing molds
Instructions
- Prepare Butter: Gently melt butter and allow it to cool to a tepid state, preventing complete solidification.
- Whip Egg Mixture: Vigorously beat eggs and sugar until the blend transforms into a pale, voluminous foam with a light, airy texture.
- Incorporate Aromatics: Delicately mix in vanilla extract or lemon zest, ensuring even distribution throughout the egg mixture.
- Combine Dry Ingredients: Sift flour, baking powder, and salt through a fine strainer to eliminate potential clumps and ensure smooth integration.
- Create Batter: Fold sifted dry ingredients into the egg-sugar mixture using a spatula, maintaining the batter’s delicate airiness while achieving a uniform consistency.
- Finalize Batter: Carefully incorporate cooled melted butter, stirring until the mixture becomes smooth and free of butter streaks.
- Rest and Develop: Allow batter to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes, enabling flavors to meld and intensify.
- Prepare Molds: Thoroughly coat madeleine molds with butter, ensuring complete coverage to prevent sticking and facilitate easy release.
- Bake to Perfection: Fill mold cavities three-quarters full and bake in a preheated oven until edges turn golden and characteristic humps form, creating the classic madeleine shape and texture.
Notes
- Butter Temperature Matters: Ensure butter is lukewarm but not hot, as this impacts the batter’s texture and overall rise of madeleines.
- Whisk with Vigor: Beat eggs and sugar energetically to create a light, voluminous foam that gives madeleines their signature airy texture.
- Gentle Folding Technique: Use a spatula with soft, careful motions when incorporating dry ingredients to preserve the batter’s delicate airiness.
- Resting Time is Crucial: Allow batter to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature, which helps develop deeper flavors and improves madeleine structure.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 186
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg