Lime madeleines
Makes 24 Cost per serve $0.30
Hands-on time 25 min
Cooking time 10 min
9 dairy free
¼ cup mild extra-virgin
olive oil
2 teaspoons lime zest
2 eggs
¼ cup caster sugar
2 tablespoons lime juice
²⁄³ cup plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Icing sugar, for dusting
1 Preheat oven to 160ºC.
Lightly spray a 12–hole
madeleine tin with oil.
Combine olive oil and zest
in a small bowl. Set aside
for 15 minutes to infuse.
2 Beat eggs and sugar in
a large bowl using electric
beaters until thick and pale.
Add the infused oil and the
lime juice; beat until mixture
is just combined.
3 Sift the flour and baking
powder together. Gently
fold flour mixture into egg
mixture, in 3 batches, until
just combined. Place mixture
in fridge for 10 minutes.
4 Spoon mixture into prepared
tin. Bake for 10–15 minutes, or
until golden and firm to touch.
Transfer from the tin to a wire
rack. Set aside to cool. Dust
with icing sugar, to serve.
Cook’s tip You can make these
madeleines in round-bottomed
patty cake tins. The recipe will
then make 16.
Lime madeleines
NOVEMBER 2017 HEALTHY FOOD GUIDE 77
209kJ/50cal
Protein 0.9g
Total Fat 2.8g
Sat Fat 0.5g
Carbs 5.2g
Sugars 2.5g
Fibre 0.2g
Sodium 20mg
Calcium 3.2mg
Iron 0.1mg
PER MADELEINE