French Lemon Madeleines

French Cuisine 32 min 8 servings 110 kcal

Ingredients

eggs 2 sugar 100 g flour 120 g baking powder 1 tsp butter 110 g lemon zest, grated 1 lemon juice 1 tbsp vanilla 1 tsp

Brown Butter

1 Melt the butter over medium heat and let it foam until it **turns light brown and smells like hazelnuts**. Strain it and let it cool until warm. This browned butter gives madeleines a comple...

Whisking Eggs and Sugar

2 Whisk the eggs with the sugar and a pinch of salt for **4-5 minutes** until the mixture becomes pale, thickens, and **falls from the whisk in a ribbon** that stays on the surface for two sec...

Adding the Flour

3 Sift the flour and baking powder over the mixture in **two batches**, folding gently **with a cutting motion from bottom to top** using a silicone spatula. Do not beat — beating releases the...

Butter and Lemon

4 Add the **warm brown butter** in a thin stream while gently folding, then add the lemon zest, juice, and vanilla. Hot butter deflates the air and cold butter solidifies, so it must be **warm...

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