Name: Choc orange friands
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1 cup icing sugar, plus extra, to dust; 3/4 cup plain flour; 1 cup almond meal (ground almonds); 6 egg whites, lightly beaten; 185 gram butter, melted; 100 gram chocolate and almond nougat bar, finely chopped; 1 medium orange

Ingredients

1 cup icing sugar, plus extra, to dust

3/4 cup plain flour

1 cup almond meal (ground almonds)

6 egg whites, lightly beaten

185 gram butter, melted

100 gram chocolate and almond nougat bar, finely chopped

1 medium orange

Method

1.Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). Grease a 9-hole friand tray.

2.Sift icing sugar and flour into a large bowl. Stir in almond meal, then egg White and butter. Stir until combined and smooth. Fold in chocolate bar. Finely grate zest from orange, then stir into friand batter. Divide mixture among prepared holes.

3.Peel orange; cut into 5 slices, discarding seeds. Halve each slice. Top each friand with an orange slice. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean.Cool in tray for 5 minutes; turn onto a wire rack to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature. Serve dusted with extra icing sugar.

Top friands with thickly sliced strawberries instead. You can replace chocolate bar with chopped dark chocolate melts.
Note

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