Orange Spice Madeleines
 
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Serves: 30
Ingredients
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 1 cup + 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup + 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp orange extract
  • 1 large navel orange, zest
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • ¼ tsp ground cardamom
Instructions
  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan. If you like, you can skillfully brown the butter slightly for a nuttier flavour but take care not to over-brown it. if you're worried about burning the butter, skip the browning and just melt it. Set aside to cool slightly.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix one cup of the flour, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom and set aside.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk the two eggs with the vanilla, orange extract and salt until the eggs are frothy.
  4. And the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and, using a spatula, stir until just combined. Take care not to over-stir.
  5. Add the cooled melted butter and the orange zest and stir. It may take a minute for the butter to blend into the mixture but once again, take extra care not to over mix.
  6. Rest the batter. Cover the bowl and place in the refrigerator to rest at least one hour and up to overnight.
  7. Prepare the madeleine pan with the extra tablespoon of butter- butter each shell-shaped mold and dust lightly with flour, tapping off any excess. Place the pans in the freezer for at least an hour.
  8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove the batter from the refrigerator and the pan from the freezer. Fill each mold with approximately one tablespoon of the batter.
  9. Bake the madeleines for 10-15 minutes until the edges are browning and the middle is puffed up slightly. Using your forefinger, press lightly on the center hump- when the madeleines are finished baking, it should spring back at your touch.
  10. Remove the madeleines from the oven and let cool for 2 minutes. Then gently loosen the madeleines from their molds and arrange onto a cooling rack. Dust with icing sugar (optional) and serve.
Recipe by Port and Fin at https://portandfin.com/orange-spice-madeleines/