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Baking time: Limoncello Madeleines

Baking time: Limoncello Madeleines

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the gourmands at online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat it and what to cook. This time our cheffies serve you: the recipe for limoncello madeleines.

I don't know about you, but with this whole corona mess, I'm eating and drinking just a bit more than is good for me. I'm really trying my best not to completely grow into a hermit drinker, but some things are really testing me. Because limoncello madeleines? Two loves in a small cute shell: drive me crazy!
 
INGREDIENTS
butter for greasing
45 g sifted flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 beaten egg
80 g Greek yogurt
salt and pepper
Fiorito limoncello
powdered sugar
1 madeleine baking mold

Boozy cupcakes
Anyway, I think madeleines are one of the tastiest French pastries imaginable. In the absence of better, I sometimes buy them at the supermarket, but that has nothing to do with the real deal. Because fresh madeleines are light as air, soft on the inside and crispy on the outside: addictively delicious. With these super cupcakes, there's an extra surprise element: the famous Italian lemon liqueur limoncello. And boozy cupcakes, that's exactly what I need right now. You too? Then stop everything you're doing and turn on the oven.

Here's how to make the limoncello madeleines

  1. Preheat the oven (electric: 200°C/convection: 180°C) and set it to the setting that heats from both the top and bottom.
  2. Grease the madeleine mold with butter.
  3. Mix the flour, baking powder, egg, Greek yogurt, and a little salt and pepper in a food processor or with a hand mixer until smooth.
  4. (And if no one is watching: also a few cheerful drops of limoncello.)
  5. Scoop small heaps of the batter into the mold and bake the madeleines for 10-15 minutes in the oven until they feel firm and are golden brown in color.
  6. Let the madeleines cool a bit and spread with a limoncello icing. You can easily make this by mixing 2 tablespoons of limoncello with 5 tablespoons of powdered sugar. Stir well and apply with a brush (or if you don't have that at home: a teaspoon).
  7. Serve with a glass of ice-cold limoncello.