Chocolate-Orange Friands - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup powdered sugar + extra, to dust
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups ground almonds
6 None egg whites, lightly beaten
3/4 cup butter, melted
3 oz chocolate and almond nougat, finely chopped
1 None orange, zested and peeled and cut into 5 slices, discard seeds then halve

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F. Grease a 9-cup friand tray. Sift powdered sugar and flour into a large bowl. Add ground almonds then egg whites and butter and stir until smooth. Fold in chocolate nougat bar and orange zest. Transfer to prepared pan. Top each friand with an orange slice and bake for 20-25 mins, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 mins then remove and cool completely on a wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar.