Almond And Strawberry Friands Food

SUPER EASY ALMOND FRIAND

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat oven to 350 F. Sift flour into a large bowl.
• Add sugar and ground almonds and stir well.
• In a separate bowl, whisk egg whites until foamy and light-but not firm peaks (you are not making meringues).
• Add egg whites to dry ingredients, add butter, and gently stir everything together until you have thick batter.
• Place 6 small, lightly greased loaf tins (they should hold about half a cup of liquid) onto a baking sheet. Using a dessert spoon, fill 3/4 of each tin with batter. Clean up any spillages or batter on the cake tin rim or sides.
• Cook in center of oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until risen and golden brown; when center is pierced with a toothpick, it should come out clean.
• Leave cakes in tins for 5 minutes, then remove and leave to cool on a wire cooling rack.
• Once cooled, dust with icing sugar, if using.

BLUEBERRY & LEMON FRIANDS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to fan 180C/conventional 200C/gas 6. Generously butter six non-stick friand or muffin tins. Melt the butter and set aside to cool.
• Sift the icing sugar and flour into a bowl. Add the almonds and mix everything between your fingers.
• Whisk the egg whites in another bowl until they form a light, floppy foam. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, tip in the egg whites and lemon rind, then lightly stir in the butter to form a soft batter.
• Divide the batter among the tins, a large serving spoon is perfect for this job. Sprinkle a handful of blueberries over each cake and bake for 15-20 minutes until just firm to the touch and golden brown.
• Cool in the tins for 5 minutes, then turn out and cool on a wire rack. To serve, dust lightly with icing sugar.

ALMOND VEGETABLE STIR-FRY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and sugar. Stir in water, soy sauce and sesame oil until smooth; set aside., In a large nonstick wok or skillet, stir-fry broccoli in hot oil 3 minutes. Add pepper, onion, garlic and ginger; stir-fry 2 minutes. Reduce heat. Stir soy sauce mixture; stir into vegetables with nuts. Cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened.,