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Olive and Walnut Madeleines

Olive and Walnut Mini Madeleines

Olive and Walnut Mini Madeleines - a sophisticated appetiser to serve with blue cheese and honey!

Course: Appetiser
Cuisine: French
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 6
Author: Recipe adapted from Alice Cucina – Magazine, December 2013

Ingredients

Madeleines

  • 120 gms – 1 cup flour
  • 80 gms – 2.8 oz. walnuts
  • 10 black olives pitted and chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 80 gms – 1/3 cup butter melted
  • Pepper
  • ½ tbsp fresh thyme chopped

To Serve

  • Blue cheese like Gorgonzola piccante or Stilton
  • Honey better if Chestnut honey or a “bitter” honey

Instructions

  1. Blend the walnuts in a food processor until they become a fine powder.
  2. Sift the flour and baking powder and put it into a big bowl.
  3. Add the walnut powder, eggs and melted butter.
  4. Add the chopped olives, thyme and pepper to taste.
  5. Mix until well combined.
  6. Grease a mini madeleine tin and divide the batter into it. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  7. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 220°C – 430°F for the first 5 minutes, then reduce the heat to 180°C – 355°F and cook for another 5 minutes, or until cooked through.
  8. When ready, let them cool down on a wire rack.
  9. Serve with the blue cheese and honey.