Pear And Almond Friands - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 egg whites
185 g butter, melted
120 g almond meal (ground almonds)
240 g icing sugar (confectioners sugar)
110 g plain flour
1 small pear, peel, cored and chopped finely (180 grams)
20 g sliced almonds

Preparation

Preheat oven to 200\u00b0C or 180\u00b0C if using a fan-forced oven and grease a 12 hole muffin pan (1/3 cup/80ml size) or friand pan.
Whisk the egg whites in a medium bowl until frothy.
Add the melted butter. almond meal, sifted icing sugar and flour, then the chopped pear. Stir until combined.
Place into the 12 muffin/friand pans and sprinkle with the flaked almonds.
Bake for about 20 minutes. Stand 5 minutes in the pan, before turning out.
Allow to cool on a wire rack.