Makes about 12
Prep time: 1 hour
Baking time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
45g unsalted butter
1 tsp honey, plus an extra 1 tsp for glazing
One eighth tsp saffron threads
1 large egg
35g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla
finely grated zested of 1 small orange
45g plain gluten-free flour
¼ tsp xanthan gum
½ baking powder
10g shelled pistachio kernels, finely blitzed
Equipment:
Madeleine tray
- Melt unsalted butter, honey and saffron beads in a saucepan until the butter has melted. Remove from the heat and set aside to reach room temperature.
- Combine gluten-free flour with baking powder and xanthan gum in a separate bowl. In another bowl, combine sugar, vanilla, orange zest and egg, and whisk until smooth. Stir in the melted butter and honey. Once combined, add the flour into the wet mixture in three goes, whisking well each time.
- Cover the mixture with cling film and place in the freezer for half an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC fan / 200ºC otherwise. Using the madeleine tray, brush each mould with butter and sprinkle with extra gluten-free flour.
- Spoon one and a half heaped teaspoons in each mould until it is two-thirds of the way full.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown. Go around the edges of each madeleine with a spatula until they fall out. Transfer the madeleines to a wired rack to cool for 10 minutes before decorating.
- Melt additional honey in a saucepan and finely blitz the shelled pistachio kernels. Liberally brush each madeleine with honey, before dunking its narrower end in the nuts. Repeat this process, and neatly place on a serving platter with the nut side faced up.
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