Blueberry & lemon friands

By Lee

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1 1/2 cup pure icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind, finely grated
• 150 g almond meal
• 200 g butter, melted and cooled
• 150 g blueberries, fresh or frozen
• 5 egg whites, lightly beaten with a fork
• Extra icing sugar, to dust

Preparation

Step 1

Step 1
Preheat oven to 190C or 170C fan. Lightly grease a 12-hole non-stick friand pan. Cut small ovals of non-stick baking paper to line the bases. Sift the flour and icing sugar into a large bowl then add the rind and almond meal (ground almonds). Stir to combine evenly and make a well in the centre.
Step 2
Add the egg whites and butter to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined; do not overbeat. Fold through blueberries.
Step 3
Spoon mixture into the prepared pans. Bake for 25 mins until well risen and golden grown. Leave the friands in the pans for 5 mins then carefully lift out onto a wire rack to cool. Serve friands dusted with icing sugar.