Lesley Nicol's pistachio and lemon friand recipe
Make friends with a zesty pistachio and lemon friand. This nutty and sweet friand recipe is simple but delicious.
Key information
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves: 30 friands
Recipe difficulty rating: Medium
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Ingredients
150g butter diced
150g icing sugar
80g pistachios
60g plain flour
1 large free range egg and 3 egg whites
2 tbs clear honey
Finely grated zest of one large lemon
How to prepare pistachio and lemon friands
- Preheat the oven to 160°C fan/180°C/350F/gas mark 4.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan until foaming and nutty in colour, remove from the heat and set aside.
- Put the pistachios, flour and icing sugar in a food processor and process until powdery.
- Transfer the nuts to a bowl and pour over the butter, mix well with a wooden spoon.
- Add a whole egg and the egg whites, lemon zest and honey and mix again to a smooth batter.
- Either pipe or spoon the mixture into the mini muffin tin, stopping at 2mm before top. There will be mixture left over.
- Bake for 15 minutes until risen and golden brown. Repeat with the remaining mixture.
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