Warm Madeleines with Yuzu Curd
🇫🇷 France
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 80 g caster sugar
- 40 g honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 150 g self-raising flour
- 150 g unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus extra for greasing
- Finely grated zest of 1 yuzu (optional)
- 3 eggs (for yuzu curd)
- 1 egg yolk (for yuzu curd)
- 150 g caster sugar (for yuzu curd)
- 150 ml yuzu juice
- 150 g softened unsalted butter, diced (for yuzu curd)
Steps
- Whisk eggs, sugar, honey, vanilla and a pinch of sea salt until pale and fluffy, about 8-10 minutes.
- Sift flour over the mixture and fold through gently.
- Fold in melted butter and yuzu zest a little at a time until just combined.
- Cover and refrigerate the batter for at least 1 hour, or overnight.
- For the yuzu curd, whisk eggs, egg yolk and sugar together in a heatproof bowl, then stir in yuzu juice.
- Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and stir continuously (do not whisk) until thickened, about 11-12 minutes.
- Remove from heat and whisk in butter piece by piece until fully incorporated.
- Strain the curd and chill quickly over an ice bath.
- Transfer curd to a piping bag fitted with a 5mm nozzle and refrigerate until firm, 1-2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 180°C fan-forced. Brush madeleine moulds with melted butter.
- Spoon heaped tablespoons of batter into each mould.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until domed and springy to the touch.
- Turn madeleines out onto a wire rack to cool.
- Cut a small slit into each madeleine and pipe in a little yuzu curd.
- Arrange on a platter and serve with extra yuzu curd on the side for dipping.
Notes
Classic French madeleines given a Japanese twist with yuzu curd filling.
Source: www.gourmettraveller.com.au